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State Names Lakeside High AP Honors School

The school was chosen among top schools statewide in several categories related to Advanced Placement testing.

The Georgia Department of Education named an AP Honors School on Wednesday.

Lakeside High was one of 367 schools statewide given the distinction, and the school placed in several of categories related to Advanced Placement testing.

Advanced Placement – or AP – classes and exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP classes offer rigorous college-level learning options to students in high school. Students who receive a 3, 4 or 5 on AP exams may receive college credit.

The 2012 AP Honor Schools are named in five categories based on the results of 2011 AP classes and exams:

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  • AP CHALLENGE SCHOOLS: Schools of 900 or fewer students with students testing in four of the core areas (English, math, science, and social studies)
  • AP ACCESS & SUPPORT SCHOOLS: Schools with at least 30 percent of their AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as black and/or Hispanic and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher
  • AP MERIT SCHOOLS: Schools with at least 20 percent of the student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher
  • AP STEM SCHOOLS: 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 B, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science)
  • AP STEM ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS: Schools with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses and at least 40 percent of the exam scores on AP math and AP science exams earning scores of 3 or higherΒ 

Lakeside High was named an AP STEM School, an AP Merit School and an AP STEM Achievement School.


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