East Granby Students Scoring Higher On Advance Placement Tests

An additional 2,000 high school students in Connecticut took at least one Advanced Placement Test for college credit in 2010 compared with the previous year, continuing a trend of greater participation and strong performance on these high-level academic assessments in Connecticut.

According to the College Board, which administers the AP Testing program, Connecticut is among the highest performing states in the nation. Go to: http://apreport.collegeboard.org.

East Granby High School had 34 students take an AP Test in 2010, a slight increase over 2009 when 30 students took the tests.

Typically, high school students take AP tests after completing college-level AP courses while in high school in order to meet the challenge of more demanding coursework and to earn college credit by scoring a 3, 4 or 5 on the AP exam. AP tests are offered in numerous subjects from U.S. history to physics.

In East Granby 75.5% of the tests taken in 2010 had a score of 3,4, or 5.  In 2009 only 64% of the tests hit the mark.

East Granby was among the top ten schools with 50 or fewer students taking an AP test.  The following schools ranked in the top ten out of 44 schools with under 50 students (percentage indicates number of tests with scores of 3,4, or 5):

• Ellington High School (43 students) 98%
• Cogninchaug Regional High School (38 students) 95%
• Edwin Smith High School (50 students) 90.6%
• Bolton High School (31 students) 80%
• North Stonington (33 students) 78.8%
• North Branford High School (48 students) 78.1%
• East Granby High School (34 students) 75.5%
• East Haven High School (49 students) 75.4%
• Nathan Hale High School (48 students) 72.6%
• The Morgan School (43 students) 70.8%

Granby High School had 150 students take one or more AP tests in 2010 with 82.1% of the tests scoring a 3,4, or 5. 

A total of 20,135 high school students (grades 9-12) in Connecticut took at least one AP test in 2010 compared to a total of 18,153 the previous year. The number of tests taken in 2010 was 35,314 compared with 31,295 in 2009, an increase of 4,019.

The number of tests with passing scores (3, 4 or 5) in 2010 was 24,930 (70.6 percent of all tests) for the state, compared with 22,307 (71.3 percent of all tests) for 2009, an increase of 2,623.

The file listing the 2010 AP performance of all Connecticut school districts is attached and can be found with the photos.