Indicators of Academic Achievement
AP Equity & Excellence
Score Remains Steady
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 21 AP courses in the 2016-17 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.
52.4 % of graduating seniors took an AP exam and received a score of 3 or higher
Overall, in 2017, 594 high school students took an AP exam. Of this group, 87.5 percent scored a 3 or better. State-wide, only 67.1 percent scored a 3 or better.
PV Outperforms State / National Averages on SAT, ACT
The SAT is the nation’ s most widely referenced admissions test among colleges and universities. It assesses students’ knowledge of subjects necessary for college success: reading, writing and mathematics. The SAT is taken by students during their junior and / or senior years. The College Board reported that approximately 1.83 million students took the SAT in 2017. Approximately 79 percent of PV’ s graduating seniors took the SAT.
The number of students taking the ACT, which is another national college admissions test, is on the rise. In 2016, 180 students took the test. Last year, that number increased to 190. State-wide, last year, 30,987 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.
SAT Scores
ACT Scores
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