More Than 20 Renton School District Students Earn AP Scholar Designation

The Renton School District has some smart cookies.

More than 50 high school students in the district earned the designation of AP Scholar or AP Scholar with Honors by The College Board, according to the .

The classes and tests were taken last school year in May 2011 and many of AP Scholars have graduated and are now in college; however, a handful of students elected to take the test in their junior year and are now seniors.

Approximately 18 percent of the 1.9 million high school students who took AP Exams performed at sufficiently high levels to merit the recognition of AP Scholar or AP Scholar with Honors.

Students who take AP classes in high school and score 3 or higher on the 5-point nationally-recognized AP tests are recognized as AP Scholars. Those who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams, are designated AP Scholar with Honors. The College Board’s AP Program offers students the opportunity to take  college-level courses in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement in college, or both, for successful performance on the AP Exams.

High Schools in the Renton School District offer many AP classes including AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Environmental Science, AP English Language, AP German, AP Micro Economics and AP Macro.

*Editor's Note: Information provided by the Renton School District.