40 New Jersey School Districts Make AP Honor Roll

At least 40 New Jersey school districts have been recognized for preparing their students well for college (see list below).

The 40 New Jersey school districts were named to the the College Board's AP District Honor Roll, recognizing their students' achievements in Advanced Placement classes.

Overall, 433 schools nationwide received the distinction.

The AP Honor Roll recognizes districts that offer high levels of AP classes while having high numbers of students receiving final exam scores of three or more, on a scale of one to five.

Inclusion on the 7th Annual AP District Honor Roll is based on the examination of three years of AP data, from 2014 to 2016, for the following criteria:

• Increased participation in taking the exams;
• Increased or maintained the percentage of African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students taking the exams;
• Increased or maintained the percentage of African American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students scoring 3 or more on at least one AP Exam; and
• Improved performance levels.

Here is the list of school districts on the honor roll:

• Bloomfield Township School District
• Burlington Township School District
• Butler Public Schools
• Carteret Public Schools
• School District of the Chathams
• Delaware Valley Regional High School District
• Delran Township School District
• Dumont Public Schools
• East Brunswick Public Schools
• East Windsor Regional School District
• Edison Township Public Schools
• Emerson School District
• Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
• Ewing Township Public Schools
• Gateway Regional High School District
• Gloucester City Public Schools
• Haddon Township School District
• Highland Park School District
• Hopewell Valley Regional School District
• Jefferson Township School District
• Metuchen School District
• Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School District
• Monmouth County Vocational School District
• Morris County Vocational School District
• Morris Hills Regional District
• Northern Burlington County Regional School District
• Pascack Valley Regional High School District
• Pemberton Township School District
• Pittsgrove Township School District
• Plainfield Board of Education
• Randolph Township Schools
• Ridgefield Park School District
• Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District
• South Brunswick School District
• South Plainfield Public Schools
• Tenafly School District
• Wall Township Public Schools
• Washington Township Public School District
• West Morris Regional High School District
• Winslow Township School District

See the national list here.

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