JEFFERSONCOUNTYPUBLICSCHOOLS

AdvancedPlacementResults2013
AdvancedPlacement(AP)isacriticalcomponenttoincreasingstudentscollegereadiness.Since
studentscanreceivecollegecreditforpassingAdvancedPlacementtest,itprovidesacosteffective
methodforstudentstoworkaheadonreceivingcollegecredits,aswellasprovidingschoolsand
districtswithadditionaldataonstudentscollegepreparedness.Since1995,JCPShascontinuedto
increasethenumberofstudentstakingexamsandthenumberofteststaken.Theresultsbelowoutline
the2013AdvancedPlacementdata.
NumberofStudentsTakingAPTests:JCPSincreasedthenumberofdistinctstudentstakingAdvanced
Placementfrom4,952in2012to5,160in2013.Thisrepresentsa4.2%increaseinthenumberof
studentstakingatleastoneAPtest.
NumberofAPTestsTaken:Thenumberoftests
takenalsoincreasedfrom7,762in2012to8,043
in2013.Thisrepresentsa3.6%(n=281)increase
inthenumberofteststakenfrom2012to2013.

PassRate:Inordertoreceivecollegecredit,typicallya
scoreof3oraboveisneededontheAPtest(i.e.,pass
rate).JCPSDistricthada1.9%(n=14)decreaseinthe
passratefrom49.7%in2012to47.8%in2013.

NumberofAPTestsTaken

AdvancedPlacementPassRate

8500
8000

7762

8043
2012

7500

49.7%

7000
6500
6000
2013

5500

47.8%

5000
2012

2013

SchoolLevelAnalysis:Aboutathirdoftheschoolsincreasedtheirpassratein2013andhalfofthe
schoolsincreasedtheirnumberofstudentstakingtheAdvancedPlacementexam.Forexample,Valley
increasedtheirpassrateby1.4%andtheyincreasedtheirnumberofstudentstakingtestby134,while
Waggenerdecreasedtheirpassrateby10.3%,theyincreasedtheirnumberofstudentstakingtestby
83.
Top5Schoolswithanincreaseinthenumberof
Top5SchoolswithanincreaseinPassRateand
studentstakinganAPTest
thenumberofstudentstakinganAPTest
WAGGENERTRADITIONAL*
BROWNSCHOOL
BALLARD
JEFFERSONTOWN
MOORETRADITIONAL*
BUTLERTRADITIONAL
DUPONTMANUAL
FERNCREEKTRADITIONAL
IROQUOIS
VALLEYTRADITIONAL*
*TheseschoolsbecamepartoftheAdvanceKYCohort5duringthe20122013schoolyear.

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JEFFERSONCOUNTYPUBLICSCHOOLS
AdvancedPlacementScoreResults(2010to2013)
bySchool

TotalTestTaken
2010=6,249
2011=7,167
2012=7,762
2013=8,043

APScoresCount

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013

HighSchool
ATHERTONHIGHSCHOOL
ATHERTONHIGHSCHOOL
ATHERTONHIGHSCHOOL
ATHERTONHIGHSCHOOL
BALLARDHIGHSCHOOL
BALLARDHIGHSCHOOL
BALLARDHIGHSCHOOL
BALLARDHIGHSCHOOL
BROWNSCHOOL
BROWNSCHOOL
BROWNSCHOOL
BROWNSCHOOL
BUTLERTRADITIONALTECHHIGH
BUTLERTRADITIONALTECHHIGH
BUTLERTRADITIONALTECHHIGH
BUTLERTRADITIONALTECHHIGH
CENTRALHIGHSCHOOL
CENTRALHIGHSCHOOL
CENTRALHIGHSCHOOL
CENTRALHIGHSCHOOL
DOSSHIGHSCHOOL
DOSSHIGHSCHOOL
DOSSHIGHSCHOOL
DOSSHIGHSCHOOL
DUPONTMANUALMAGNETHIGHSCH
DUPONTMANUALMAGNETHIGHSCH
DUPONTMANUALMAGNETHIGHSCH
DUPONTMANUALMAGNETHIGHSCH
EASTERNHIGHSCHOOL
EASTERNHIGHSCHOOL
EASTERNHIGHSCHOOL
EASTERNHIGHSCHOOL
FAIRDALEHIGHSCHOOLMCA
FAIRDALEHIGHSCHOOLMCA
FAIRDALEHIGHSCHOOLMCA
FAIRDALEHIGHSCHOOLMCA
FERNCREEKTRADITIONALHIGH
FERNCREEKTRADITIONALHIGH
FERNCREEKTRADITIONALHIGH
FERNCREEKTRADITIONALHIGH

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1
170
214
140
111
161
170
175
213
23
29
18
27
41
30
36
25
33
39
58
55
28
101
80
53
89
127
173
241
331
341
357
340
91
75
78
44
89
69
115
114

2
156
134
168
191
286
297
334
387
40
35
27
15
25
22
18
16
9
20
32
23
7
20
29
24
162
213
327
269
308
306
373
287
45
45
57
48
67
60
72
88

3
85
94
128
101
292
330
373
423
32
40
19
40
34
23
23
28
5
3
9
8
2
3
6
7
333
492
509
535
264
299
358
300
12
22
17
20
26
44
62
70

TotalStudents
2010=4,005
2011=4,582
2012=4,952
2013=5,160
APScoresPercentages

4
45
40
46
53
208
190
236
239
14
10
10
17
14
11
11
10

5
17
12
18
13
109
108
88
124
3
3
4
4
2
4
3
5

2
1
458
553
582
554
130
148
165
144
2
6
12
12
11
12
22
28

1
473
513
494
458
58
52
51
28
1
3
2
4
2
1
2

TotalTest
Total
Taken^ Students
473
417
494
449
500
466
469
438
1056
626
1095
663
1206
730
1386
797
112
65
117
64
78
42
103
55
116
99
90
79
91
71
84
84
47
43
62
54
101
89
86
74
37
37
126
104
116
92
85
73
1515
886
1898
1043
2085
1112
2057
1157
1091
630
1146
676
1304
742
1099
641
150
85
149
86
167
102
126
81
197
117
187
137
272
163
302
202

1
35.9%
43.3%
28.0%
23.7%
15.2%
15.5%
14.5%
15.4%
20.5%
24.8%
23.1%
26.2%
35.3%
33.3%
39.6%
29.8%
70.2%
62.9%
57.4%
64.0%
75.7%
80.2%
69.0%
62.4%
5.9%
6.7%
8.3%
11.7%
30.3%
29.8%
27.4%
30.9%
60.7%
50.3%
46.7%
34.9%
45.2%
36.9%
42.3%
37.7%

2
33.0%
27.1%
33.6%
40.7%
27.1%
27.1%
27.7%
27.9%
35.7%
29.9%
34.6%
14.6%
21.6%
24.4%
19.8%
19.0%
19.1%
32.3%
31.7%
26.7%
18.9%
15.9%
25.0%
28.2%
10.7%
11.2%
15.7%
13.1%
28.2%
26.7%
28.6%
26.1%
30.0%
30.2%
34.1%
38.1%
34.0%
32.1%
26.5%
29.1%

3
18.0%
19.0%
25.6%
21.5%
27.7%
30.1%
30.9%
30.5%
28.6%
34.2%
24.4%
38.8%
29.3%
25.6%
25.3%
33.3%
10.6%
4.8%
8.9%
9.3%
5.4%
2.4%
5.2%
8.2%
22.0%
25.9%
24.4%
26.0%
24.2%
26.1%
27.5%
27.3%
8.0%
14.8%
10.2%
15.9%
13.2%
23.5%
22.8%
23.2%

4
9.5%
8.1%
9.2%
11.3%
19.7%
17.4%
19.6%
17.2%
12.5%
8.5%
12.8%
16.5%
12.1%
12.2%
12.1%
11.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
0.9%
0.0%
30.2%
29.1%
27.9%
26.9%
11.9%
12.9%
12.7%
13.1%
1.3%
4.0%
7.2%
9.5%
5.6%
6.4%
8.1%
9.3%

5
3.6%
2.4%
3.6%
2.8%
10.3%
9.9%
7.3%
8.9%
2.7%
2.6%
5.1%
3.9%
1.7%
4.4%
3.3%
6.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
31.2%
27.0%
23.7%
22.3%
5.3%
4.5%
3.9%
2.5%
0.0%
0.7%
1.8%
1.6%
2.0%
1.1%
0.4%
0.7%

PassRate
31.1%
29.6%
38.4%
35.6%
57.7%
57.4%
57.8%
56.7%
43.8%
45.3%
42.3%
59.2%
43.1%
42.2%
40.7%
51.2%
10.6%
4.8%
10.9%
9.3%
5.4%
4.0%
6.0%
9.4%
83.4%
82.1%
76.0%
75.2%
41.4%
43.5%
44.0%
42.9%
9.3%
19.5%
19.2%
27.0%
20.8%
31.0%
31.3%
33.1%

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Source:CollegeBoard>OnlineReporting>StudentDataFile

JEFFERSONCOUNTYPUBLICSCHOOLS
AdvancedPlacementScoreResults(2010to2013)
bySchool

TotalTestTaken
2010=6,249
2011=7,167
2012=7,762
2013=8,043

APScoresCount

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013

HighSchool
IROQUOISHIGHSCHOOL
IROQUOISHIGHSCHOOL
IROQUOISHIGHSCHOOL
IROQUOISHIGHSCHOOL
JEFFERSONCOUNTYHIGHSCHOOL
JEFFERSONCOUNTYHIGHSCHOOL
JEFFERSONTOWNHIGHSCHOOL
JEFFERSONTOWNHIGHSCHOOL
JEFFERSONTOWNHIGHSCHOOL
JEFFERSONTOWNHIGHSCHOOL
MALETRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
MALETRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
MALETRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
MALETRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
MOORETRADITIONALSCHOOL
MOORETRADITIONALSCHOOL
MOORETRADITIONALSCHOOL
MOORETRADITIONALSCHOOL
PLEASURERIDGEPARKHIGHSCH
PLEASURERIDGEPARKHIGHSCH
PLEASURERIDGEPARKHIGHSCH
PLEASURERIDGEPARKHIGHSCH
SENECAHIGHSCHOOL
SENECAHIGHSCHOOL
SENECAHIGHSCHOOL
SENECAHIGHSCHOOL
SOUTHPARKTAPP
SOUTHPARKTAPP
SOUTHPARKTAPP
SOUTHERNHIGHSCHOOL
SOUTHERNHIGHSCHOOL
SOUTHERNHIGHSCHOOL
SOUTHERNHIGHSCHOOL
THEACADEMY@SHAWNEE
THEACADEMY@SHAWNEE
THEACADEMY@SHAWNEE
THEACADEMY@SHAWNEE
VALLEYTRADITIONALHIGH
VALLEYTRADITIONALHIGH
VALLEYTRADITIONALHIGH
VALLEYTRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL

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1
41
17
12
42

2
12

3
1

3
10

1
1

TotalStudents
2010=4,005
2011=4,582
2012=4,952
2013=5,160
APScoresPercentages

1
37
90
113
95
192
244
161
155
8
1
14
55
57
50
66
25
19
27
22
13
1
17
10
70
80
94
79
6

34
37
62
70
267
338
275
313
11

15
23
25
45
224
265
235
239
1

1
6
8
6
15
97
157
98
101
1

9
37
45
45
55
40
30
38
39
39
2
2
1
23
31
35
46

5
14
20
29
30
30
27
49
43
33

2
7
11
15
10
26
29
17
13

3
9
20
18

1
9
7
3

39
61
115
276

5
20
25
61

1
7
20

3
1
2
3
36
33
43
29

3
3
6
7
11
12
7
4

TotalTest
Total
Taken^ Students
54
48
17
17
16
16
53
53
1
1
1
1
95
53
159
113
208
171
228
174
816
496
1037
657
812
526
837
502
21
20
1
1
28
28
108
74
132
115
138
105
172
142
112
98
113
94
155
101
128
86
102
64
3
3
19
19
11
9
97
73
129
101
159
129
146
125
6
6

44
82
147
359

35
60
106
240

1
75.9%
100.0%
75.0%
79.2%
0.0%
0.0%
38.9%
56.6%
54.3%
41.7%
23.5%
23.5%
19.8%
18.5%
38.1%
100.0%
50.0%
50.9%
43.2%
36.2%
38.4%
22.3%
16.8%
17.4%
17.2%
12.7%
33.3%
89.5%
90.9%
72.2%
62.0%
59.1%
54.1%
100.0%

2
22.2%
0.0%
18.8%
18.9%
0.0%
0.0%
35.8%
23.3%
29.8%
30.7%
32.7%
32.6%
33.9%
37.4%
52.4%
0.0%
32.1%
34.3%
34.1%
32.6%
32.0%
35.7%
26.5%
24.5%
30.5%
38.2%
66.7%
10.5%
9.1%
23.7%
24.0%
22.0%
31.5%
0.0%

3
1.9%
0.0%
6.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
15.8%
14.5%
12.0%
19.7%
27.5%
25.6%
28.9%
28.6%
4.8%
0.0%
17.9%
13.0%
15.2%
21.0%
17.4%
26.8%
23.9%
31.6%
33.6%
32.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
7.0%
12.6%
12.3%
0.0%

4
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
6.3%
5.0%
2.9%
6.6%
11.9%
15.1%
12.1%
12.1%
4.8%
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
5.3%
8.0%
8.7%
8.9%
23.0%
18.7%
13.3%
12.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
7.0%
4.4%
2.1%
0.0%

5
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
0.0%
3.2%
0.6%
1.0%
1.3%
4.4%
3.2%
5.3%
3.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.3%
2.2%
3.5%
6.3%
9.7%
7.7%
5.5%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%

PassRate
1.9%
0.0%
6.3%
1.9%
100.0%
100.0%
25.3%
20.1%
15.9%
27.6%
43.8%
43.9%
46.3%
44.1%
9.5%
0.0%
17.9%
14.8%
22.7%
31.2%
29.7%
42.0%
56.6%
58.1%
52.3%
49.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.1%
14.0%
18.9%
14.4%
0.0%

88.6%
74.4%
78.2%
76.9%

11.4%
24.4%
17.0%
17.0%

0.0%
1.2%
4.8%
5.6%

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

0.0%
1.2%
4.8%
6.1%

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Source:CollegeBoard>OnlineReporting>StudentDataFile

TotalTestTaken
2010=6,249
2011=7,167
2012=7,762
2013=8,043

JEFFERSONCOUNTYPUBLICSCHOOLS
AdvancedPlacementScoreResults(2010to2013)
bySchool

APScoresCount

Year HighSchool
1
2
3
2010 WAGGENERTRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
21
21
8
2011 WAGGENERTRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
16
9
8
2012 WAGGENERTRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
48
23
10
2013 WAGGENERTRADITIONALHIGHSCHOOL
128
64
9
2010 WESTERNMATHSCITECHMAGHS
5
10
6
2011 WESTERNMATHSCITECHMAGHS
23
13
4
2012 WESTERNMATHSCITECHMAGHS
30
7
7
2013 WESTERNMATHSCITECHMAGHS
37
19
7
2012 WESTPORTTAPPSCHOOL
13
2013 WESTPORTTAPPSCHOOL
14
2
2010 DISTRICTTotal
1551
1563
1390
2011 DISTRICTTotal
1805
1685
1738
2012 DISTRICTTotal
1935
1972
1887
2013 DISTRICTTotal
2152
2050
1948
^TotalTestTakenincludesduplicatecountofstudentswhotookanAdvancedPlacementTest
AP Exam scores are reported on a 5-point scale as follows:
5 Extremely well qualified*

TotalStudents
2010=4,005
2011=4,582
2012=4,952
2013=5,160
APScoresPercentages

4
2
4
4
6
2
3
5
1

5
2
1
2
2

1024
1193
1240
1210

721
746
728
683

3
1

TotalTest
Total
Taken^ Students
54
43
38
30
87
59
209
142
23
17
43
38
52
50
65
64
13
10
16
13
6249
4005
7167
4582
7762
4952
8043
5160

1
38.9%
42.1%
55.2%
61.2%
21.7%
53.5%
57.7%
56.9%
100.0%
87.5%
24.8%
25.2%
24.9%
26.8%

2
38.9%
23.7%
26.4%
30.6%
43.5%
30.2%
13.5%
29.2%
0.0%
12.5%
25.0%
23.5%
25.4%
25.5%

3
14.8%
21.1%
11.5%
4.3%
26.1%
9.3%
13.5%
10.8%
0.0%
0.0%
22.2%
24.3%
24.3%
24.2%

4
3.7%
10.5%
4.6%
2.9%
8.7%
7.0%
9.6%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
16.4%
16.6%
16.0%
15.0%

5
3.7%
2.6%
2.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
5.8%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
11.5%
10.4%
9.4%
8.5%

PassRate
22.2%
34.2%
18.4%
8.1%
34.8%
16.3%
28.8%
13.8%
0.0%
0.0%
50.2%
51.3%
49.7%
47.8%

*Qualified to receive college credit or advanced placement

**No recommendation to receive college credit or advanced placement

4 Well qualified*
3 Qualified*
2 Possibly qualified*
1 No recommendation**

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AA=AchievementArea

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Source:CollegeBoard>OnlineReporting>StudentDataFile

JEFFERSONCOUNTYPUBLICSCHOOLS
ADVANCEDPLACEMENTRESULTS

ScoreDistributionsandNumberofStudentsTakingOneorMoreExam
6,000

9,000
5

5,500

8,000

5,000

2
1
7,000

#Students

4,500

4,000

Numb
berofTestTaken

6,000

3,500
5,000
3,000
4,000
2 500
2,500

2,000

3,000

1,500
2,000
1,000

NumberofStudeentsTakingatleastoneExam

1,000
500

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Year
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JEFFERSONCOUNTYPUBLICSCHOOLS
ADVANCEDPLACEMENTRESULTS
NumberofTestsTakenandNumberofStudentsTakingOneorMoreExam
9,000
#Tests
#Students

8,000

8,043
7,762
7,167

7,000

6,031

6,000

5,000

6,249

4,952

4,891
4,582

4,444
4,000

5,160

4,005

3,826

3,685

3,338
3 000
3,000

2,962

2,871

2,677

2,361

2,206

2,000
1,592 1,660 1,466 1,647
1,000

674
251
166
1995

366

1996

315
245 213
1997

443
339

1998

1,187
996
810

1,904

1,054

463

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

YEAR

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