2019 LNC Advanced Placement Success

Advanced Placement Exam scores for 2019 recently were released in North Carolina.  Proficiency on the AP Exam requires a level III, IV, or V.

For Lake Norman Charter, here is a rundown of some quick-hit highlights, starting with our overall success:

Very proud to share @LNCharter AP Exam performance for 2019 again reached an impressive level with an 84.8% total proficiency!

Read more points of pride in this blog post: https://t.co/3rr3rbd03T

Congrats to our teachers and students for Being Your Best! #LNCPride @AP_Trevor

— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) July 8, 2019

Six subjects had 100% Proficiency: Chemistry, English Literature, Physics I, Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio, Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio, & U.S. Government and Politics.

Four additional subjects had a Proficiency in the 90%-range: Biology, English Language, Statistics, and U.S. History (which includes students from American History II Honors who took the exam).

The LNC Proficiency rate of 11 subjects was at least 20% higher than the National Average.

Nine subjects had at least 30% higher Proficiency rate than the National Average.

Five subjects had at least 40% higher Proficiency rate than the National Average (Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Physics I, and U. S. Government and Politics).  Two of those subjects (English Literature and Physics I) had a Proficiency rate of 50% higher than the National Average.

A long-term comparison of our overall proficiency has increased, in addition to drastically increasing the total number of students taking exams:

2015: 341 out of 426 (80.1% proficiency)
2019: 520 out of 613 (84.8%)

This point of pride can be shared by all faculty and staff as continued evidence of our high academic standards in all subject areas.  Our success is a testament to the shared ownership of learning by our teachers and students, as well as the shared support by our families.

Thank you to our teachers and students for being their best,

#LNCPride

CS

P.S. A continued token of appreciation to the North Carolina General Assembly for allocated funding in the budget to pay for all public and charter students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses to take the exams with no cost to the families.

The opinions shared in this blog belong to Craig Smith and do not represent the school or district in which he works.