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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From VDOE information, here is the information on 2024-25 AP and IB participation rates at FCPS high schools (all students):

AP:

TJ 69.4%
McLean 65.5%
Oakton 58.54%
Langley 55.72%
Madison 53.92%
Woodson 46.57%
Chantilly 44.92%
Fairfax 44.35%
South County 42.62%
Lake Braddock 41.91%
West Springfield 41.26%
Centreville 37.85%
Hayfield 37.42%
Westfield 33.7%
Herndon 27.86%
West Potomac 26.59%
Falls Church 24.37%

IB:

Marshall 45.9%
Justice 43.79%
Robinson 37.76%
Edison 33.8%
Mount Vernon 31.17%
South Lakes 30.53%
Annandale 27.55%
Lewis 23.27%

No big surprises, but the participation rates at some schools skew higher because of pilot programs or existing policies at certain schools.  At McLean, all pre-calculus students got switched to AP Pre-Calculus in 2024-25 and at Marshall and Justice IB English is the default English course for non-ESOL students.  [/quote]

I'm honestly confused here. Why is the number for TJ so low? Shouldn't all students at TJ be taking at least one AP class? Aren't they the best of the best? How can their number be so close to the other high performers, who also contain students who just happen to live within their borders?[/quote]

This percentage is based on all students at the school last year.

If you look at just juniors and seniors the percentage at TJ is much higher.  [/quote]

Right. Don't most high achieving freshmen take AP human geology? Don't most high achieving sophomores take AP World? I would expect the numbers at TJ to be way higher than, say Oakton.[/quote]

I think you mean AP Human Geography.

I don't know if most high-achieving freshmen take one of the limited number of AP courses available to freshmen at most schools (e.g., AP Human Geography, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Pre-Calculus) simply because they are AP courses.  I do think most high-achieving sophomores take AP World History.

In any event, the percentages listed earlier were taken directly from the VDOE web site.

FCPS separately reports AP participation for [b]juniors and seniors [/b]at the 17 AP high schools.  The latest data posted is from 2022-23.  If you crunch those numbers, here's the higher numbers you get:

TJ 100%
Langley 79.2%
McLean 77.2%
Oakton 75.0%
Madison 74.7%
Woodson 68.3%
Lake Braddock 63.4%
Fairfax 59.4%
Chantilly 58.9%
West Springfield 57.6%
South County 57.3%
Centreville 56.8%
Hayfield 55.8%
Westfield 48.5%
West Potomac 43.6%
Falls Church 43.3%
Herndon 36.7%
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