Perkiomen Valley High School students are provided with the opportunity to take Advanced Placement( AP) courses and earn college credit upon attaining successful scores on related AP exams. Exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 5, and many colleges and universities will award credits, advanced placement, or both, to students who score a 3 or above. Our high school offered 20 AP courses in the 2015-16 school year. The chart at right shows the percentage of graduating seniors who took at least one AP course and scored a 3 or better on the exam- this is known as the AP Equity and Excellence score. Our goal is to have every graduate score a 3 or higher on at least one AP exam as a way to demonstrate college readiness. Last year, 52.6 percent of our graduates scored a 3 or higher. This number has been steadily increasing over the last three years, so progress is being made toward this goal.

Overall, in 2016, 575 high school students took an AP exam. Of this group, 87 percent scored a 3 or better. State-wide, only 68 percent scored a 3 or better.

The number of students taking the ACT, which is another national college admissions test, is on the rise. In 2015, 171 students took the test. Last year, that number increased to 180. State-wide, last year, 31,342 students took the ACT. The ACT includes the four subject areas of English, math, science and reading, and its results are accepted by all four-year colleges and universities in the U. S. The highest possible score on the ACT is 36.

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