Eight charter high schools made the 2019 Georgia Department of Education’s Advanced Placement (AP) Honors list. Schools were named to the list聽in six categories that were based on the results of 2018 AP courses and exams. Georgia’s public-school class of 2018 ranks sixteenth in the nation for the percentage of students who scored a 3, 4 or 5 on at least one AP exam and thirteenth for AP participation. Read the list of charter schools making the AP Honor Schools list and the Georgia Department of Education criteria for each of the categories below.
(64 total named)
Schools with at least 30 percent of AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as African-American and/or Hispanic and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Georgia Cyber Academy
(44 total named)
Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in four of the core areas (English, math, science, and social studies)
Academy for Classical Education
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
(142 total named)
Schools with students testing in the following AP courses: at least one English course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course
Chamblee Charter High School
Georgia Connections Academy
Lake Oconee Academy
(71 total named)
Schools with at least 20 percent of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher
Academy for Classical Education
Atlanta Classical Academy Charter School
Chamblee Charter High School
Lake Oconee Academy
(200 total named)
Schools with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles)
Chamblee Charter High School
Georgia Cyber Academy
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Walton High School
(128 total named)
Schools with students that test in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses, and at least 40 percent of AP math and AP science exams earn scores of 3 or higher
Chamblee Charter High School
Georgia Cyber Academy
