JICHS earns 2024 AP Award from the College Board.
The College Board has awarded James Irwin Charter High School a 2024 AP School Honor Roll Award for our students’ outstanding achievement on the 2024 Advanced Placement tests. JICHS received an overall BRONZE Award and received a GOLD Award for having 11% percent or our students taking five or more AP exams in high school.
Research shows students who take AP courses and exams are more likely to attend college and graduate on time. The students who enter four-year colleges with credit from AP accelerate their path to graduation and build confidence for college success. And even for those who don’t earn college credit, AP coursework provides early exposure to college-level work and contributes to a college-going school culture.
BRONZE AWARDS:
College Culture: Percent of students in the graduating class who took an AP exam at any point in high school, regardless of score. To avoid pressure on students to take large numbers of APs, only 1 AP exam per student contributes to this indicator.
College Credit: Percent of students in the graduating class who scored 3+ on any AP Exam in high school. To avoid pressure on students to take large numbers of APs, only 1 AP exam score of 3 or higher, per student, contributes to this indicator.
GOLD AWARD:
College Optimization: Percent of students in the graduating class who took 5 or more AP Exams in high school, where at least 1 exam was taken in 9th or 10th grade. Because research finds that 6 or more APs do not improve college graduation rates beyond the optimal total of 5 such courses in high school, no exams beyond 5 per student contribute to this indicator. The Honor Roll also recognizes schools that encourage students earlier on their AP journeys so as not to overload them with AP courses their junior and senior years.
Congratulations to our students, parents, teachers and administrators for achieving this award!
