ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS
ACROSS THE STATE OF IDAHO (part 2)
The Idaho Department of Education and the College Board were gracious enough to provide district and school data for the 2015 Advanced Placement testing program. No student information was provided, and data were redacted for districts and schools with 10 or fewer participants in the AP testing program prior to providing the information.
Here are statewide data in terms of exams given (click the slide to enlarge):
Of the 9980 Advanced Placement exams given in Idaho in 2015, 3668 were given in the Boise School District. That’s about as many as the next five Districts (West Ada, CDA, Vallivue, Pocatello, and Bonneville) combined.
In fact, Boise District AP students took 37% of the statewide exams in 2015. though the Boise District's enrollment is about 8.5% of statewide enrollment.
Of course, Districts in Idaho vary
greatly in size. When student participation numbers are divided by the number
of juniors and seniors in the District, the top 4 Districts are McCall (64%), Boise (50%),
Blaine Cty (45%), and
Vallivue (42%), all
at over 40%. McCall had 131 juniors and seniors in 2015, and 84 students took
at least 1 exam. Boise had 3552 juniors and seniors, and 1791 took at least 1
exam.
A few districts in Idaho have more than one high school. When we look at the same data by high school, 6 schools were above 40% - Boise High (65%) and McCall (64%) lead the pack, followed by Timberline at 55%, Borah (48%), Wood River in Blaine County (45%), and Century of Pocatello (44%). Vallivue of Caldwell was at 39% participation, and Capital at 33%.
Only 3 of the high schools above 30% AP participation have free/reduced lunch percentages above the statewide average - Borah, which also has the largest statewide population of Limited English students, Vallivue, and Capital.
Here are the percentages of juniors and seniors passing (“3”) at least one exam (more than 95 students taking 1 exam or more), by high school. 99 students took exams at Highland, and 106 at CDA Charter, while 402 took exams at Timberline and 623 at Boise.
