2021 AP Honor Schools Named In Gwinnett County

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Georgia Superintendent Richard Woods named on Wednesday the state's 2021 Advanced Placement Honor Schools, including more than a dozen in Gwinnett County.

"I extend my heartfelt congratulations to this year's AP Honor Schools," Woods said. "I commend them for their hard work to build strong Advanced Placement programs and, as a result, provide high-quality opportunities for Georgia students."

Gwinnett County schools that earned honors are:

AP Schools of Distinction: 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.

Buford

• Buford High School
• Lanier High School

Dacula

• Dacula High School

Duluth

• Duluth High School

Grayson

• Grayson High School

Hoschton

• Mill Creek High School Hoschton

Lawrenceville

• Archer High School
• Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology
• Mountain View High School Lawrenceville

Lilburn

• Parkview High School

Norcross

• Paul Duke STEM High School

Snellville

• Brookwood High School

Suwanee

• Collins Hill High School
• North Gwinnett High School
• Peachtree Ridge High School

AP Humanities Schools: Schools with a minimum of five students testing in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course.

Buford

• Buford High School

Duluth

• Duluth High School

Grayson

• Grayson High School

Hoschton

• Mill Creek High School

Lawrenceville

• Archer High School
• Discovery High School
• Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology

Lilburn

• Berkmar High School
• Parkview High School

Norcross

• Norcross High School

Snellville

• Brookwood High School
• South Gwinnett High School

Suwanee

• Collins Hill High School
• North Gwinnett High School
• Peachtree Ridge High School

AP Humanities Achievement Schools: AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of three or higher.

Buford

• Buford High School

Duluth

• Duluth High School

Grayson

• Grayson High School

Hoschton

• Mill Creek High School

Lawrenceville

• Archer High School
• Discovery High School
• Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology
• Mountain View High School

Lilburn

• Parkview High School

Norcross

• Norcross High School

Snellville

• Brookwood High School

Suwanee

• Collins Hill High School
• North Gwinnett High School
• Peachtree Ridge High School

AP STEM Schools: Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM 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).

Buford

• Buford High School
• Lanier High School

Dacula

• Dacula High School

Duluth

• Duluth High School

Grayson

• Grayson High School

Hoschton

• Mill Creek High School

Lawrenceville

• Archer High School
• Central Gwinnett High School
• Discovery High School
• Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology
• Mountain View High School

Lilburn

• Berkmar High School
• Parkview High School

Norcross

• Meadowcreek High School
• Norcross High School
• Paul Duke STEM High School

Snellville

• Brookwood High School
• South Gwinnett High School

Suwanee

• Collins Hill High School
• North Gwinnett High School
• Peachtree Ridge High School

AP STEM Achievement Schools: AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

Buford

• Buford High School
• Lanier High School

Dacula

• Dacula High School

Duluth

• Duluth High School

Grayson

• Grayson High School

Hoschton

• Mill Creek High School

Lawrenceville

• Archer High School
• Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology
• Mountain View High School

Lilburn

• Parkview High School

Norcross

• Paul Duke STEM High School

Snellville

• Brookwood High School

Suwanee

• Collins Hill High School
• North Gwinnett High School
• Peachtree Ridge High School

Georgia's public-school class of 2020 has the 17th-highest Advanced Placement pass rate in the nation, according to data released by the College Board on Wednesday.

Georgia's AP pass rate, and its rank among other states, stayed the same from the class of 2019 to the class of 2020 — an encouraging indicator given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the latter group of students.

The percentage of students earning a 3 or higher on an AP exam was 23.2 percent for Georgia's class of 2020, as it was for the class of 2019. Georgia students recorded stronger AP performance than most Southern states, scoring higher than their peers in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

The percentage of low-income AP test-takers who scored 3 or higher increased in Georgia for the second year in a row, rising from 43.7 percent for the class of 2019 to 49.4 percent for the class of 2020. This figure is based on the performance of students who used an AP exam fee reduction, which states look to as a marker of equitable participation for low-income students.

Overall, 38.5 percent of Georgia's class of 2020 took an AP exam while in high school. This is a slight decrease compared to the class of 2019 – of those students, 40.5 percent took at least one AP exam. The national participation rate dropped slightly as well, from 39.9 to 38.3 percent.