Advanced Placement
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program is a cooperative educational endeavor between secondary schools and colleges and universities, providing high school students with the opportunity to take college-level courses in a high school setting. AP examinations represent the culmination of college-level work in a given discipline. The tests assess students' ability to perform at a college level. Students who perform well can receive course credit and/or advanced standing at thousands of universities worldwide. For individual school scores, see the U-PASS school report.
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program is a cooperative educational endeavor between secondary schools and colleges and universities, providing high school students with the opportunity to take college-level courses in a high school setting. AP examinations represent the culmination of college-level work in a given discipline. The tests assess students' ability to perform at a college level. Students who perform well can receive course credit and/or advanced standing at thousands of universities worldwide. For individual school scores, see the U-PASS school report.
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
|
| JSD AP Subjects Tested | 30 |
31 |
30 |
31 |
| AP Tests Taken | 4,185 |
4,448 |
4,514 |
4,515 |
| JSD Passing Rate | 70.8% |
75.2% |
70.9% |
69.6% |
| Utah Passing Rate | 67.3% |
68.1% |
65.5% |
65.5% |
| Nation Passing Rate | 61.7% |
61.6% |
59.6% |
59.6% |