Advanced Placement (AP) Test Scores

Advanced Placement (AP) Tests are given in May of each year to students all over the country. AP Tests allow high school students who qualify to enter college with academic credit and/or test out of freshman level courses. Colleges also weigh AP course-taking very positively when reviewing applications for admission.
All tests are graded from 1 to 5, with 5 being the top score. Although policies vary from college to college, and from department to department within each college, scores of 3 or above usually qualify students for credit and/or testing out of freshman level courses at most colleges and universities.

Table 1 below compares percentage of scores greater than or equal to 3 in all of the tests taken at Wachusett Regional High School with the percentage of scores greater than or equal to 3 in all of the tests taken in all subjects by students nation-wide since 1998. As can be seen, Wachusett Regional High School has done very well as compared to students across the country.

Table 1

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
WRHS
Number of AP Tests Taken	176	169	229	290	224	194	185	152	231	286	300	294	269
Number of Tests with Score of 3 or Higher	125	134	164	219	198	172	159	131	208	253	252	252	244
Percent of Tests with Score of 3 or Higher	71%	79%	72%	76%	88%	89%	86%	86%	90%	88%	84%	86%	91%
Nationwide
Percent of Tests with Score of 3 or Higher	64%	64%	64%	61%	63%	61%	61%	59%	59%	56%	57%	59%	N/A

Table 2 below compares the percentage of scores greater than or equal to 3 in all of the tests taken at Wachusett Regional High School during May 2008, along with the percentage of scores greater than or equal to 3 in all of the
tests taken by students during May 2007-2010: 

Table 2

	2007			2008			2009			2010
AP Test	Number Tested	WRHS Scores 3 or Higher	WRHS Percent Scores 3 or Higher	Number Tested	WRHS Scores 3 or Higher	WRHS Percent Scores 3 or Higher	Number Tested	WRHS Scores 3 or Higher	WRHS Percent Scores 3 or Higher	Number Tested	WRHS Scores 3 or Higher	WRHS Percent Scores 3 or Higher
Art General
Studio Art -- Drawing	11	9	82%	6	6	100%	18	17	94%	12	11	92%
Biology	15	15	100%	9	8	89%	13	11	85%
Calculus AB	30	28	93%	37	37	100%	35	34	97%	38	38	100%
Calculus BC
Chemistry				7	7	100%				9	8	89%
Computer Science A	4	0	0%	4	3	75%				1	1	100%
Computer Science AB
Economics - Macro	17	12	71%	20	10	50%	30	23	77%	17	14	82%
Economics - Micro	17	13	76%	19	12	63%	28	24	86%	20	19	95%
English Language/Composition	31	28	90%	15	13	87%	34	32	94%	42	40	95%
English Literature/Composition	17	16	94%	13	13	100%	18	18	100%	19	16	84%
Environmental Science				12	12	100%
European History	28	25	89%
French Language	12	12	100%	16	9	56%	8	4	50%	7	7	100%
German Language
Government and Politics -- Comparative
Government and Politics - US	5	5	100%	5	5	100%	1	1	100%	10	9	90%
Latin	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	1	1	75%
Music Theory	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	3	3	100%
Physics C: Mechanics
Physics C: Elec & Magnet
Psychology	29	29	100%	26	26	100%	27	27	100%	10	10	100%
Spanish Language	7	7	100%	15	10	67%	17	137	76%	10	6	60%
Spanish Literature
Statistics	22	17	77%	37	26	70%	28	13	46%	19	12	63%
US History	36	33	92%	35	31	89%	22	21	95%	45	45	100%
World History				33	33	100%	11	10	91%	10	8	80%
	286	253	88%	300	252	84%	294	252	86%	269	244	91%

Wachusett Regional School District
1745 Main Street | Jefferson MA 01522 | Telephone: 508-829-1670 | Fax: 508-829-1680
Dr. Thomas Pandiscio, Superintendent