AP & ACT Results Over the Years at Madison's Edgewood High School

Edge on the News:

Last year, 120 students took 223 Advanced Placement exams from 15 different exams last year. Congratulations to all of our faculty and staff who contributed to our students' success.

• 34% of juniors - over 40% of seniors and over a quarter of juniors took at least one AP course and exam in 2010-2011. The most recent report available shows the national figure in 2010 was 2010 was 26% for Wisconsin.
• 86.7% of EHS students who took an AP course scored a 3 or higher (passing), compared with 69.9% in the State of Wisconsin and 60.2% globally.
• 38.2% of the EHS graduating class passed (scored 3, 4 or 5) at least one AP exam. According to the 2010 AP report, the national average was 16.9% and Wisconsin average was 18.3% for any time during high school.
• EHS offers one AP course for every 13-14 seniors.

For the period 1997-2011:

• Edgewood's average ACT score rose about 2 points to 25.0 with an average of 96% of EHS students taking the test over that period. During the same period, state and national averages remained essentially unchanged from the low 22s and about 21, respectively. In 2010-11, 71% of Wisconsin students and 49% of all US students took the test.
• The total number of students taking Edgewood's AP courses more than tripled.
• The average number of tests taken per EHS AP student per year rose from 1.34 to 1.86.
• The percent of students receiving passing scores (3, 4 or 5) rose from 54% to 87%.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 3, 2011 3:48 AM
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