Advanced Placement (AP) An established, nationally recognized program, Advanced Placement (AP) courses offer students the opportunity to undertake more complex and challenging college-level course work while still in high school. Newton offers a strong Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum to our students with more than 16 AP courses. In the 2024-2025 school year, 1,351 students at North & South High Schools in Newton took a total of 3,167 AP exams. With a scoring system of 5 (extremely qualified) to 1 (no recommendation), Newton students continue to excel on AP exams with 91% of tests taken receiving a score of three or higher. The table 10 below provides a six-year historical view of AP results by year. Year Data Test Takers Tests Taken % Earned Score of 3-5 1-2 2019 1,072 2,135 91 9 2020 989 1,961 90 10 2021 829 1,474 84 16 2022 1,066 2,116 82 18 2023 1,129 2,355 84 16 2024 1,174 2,516 89 11 2025 1,351 3,167 91 9 Graduation and drop-out rates 11 The four-year graduation statistic tracks a cohort of students beginning in 9th grade through high school and represents the percentage of the cohort that has graduated within that four-year period. Over a ten-year period, Newton Public Schools maintained a four-year high school graduation rate of 95.94%, 7.6 percentage points above the state average of 88.31%. Dropouts are defined as students who leave school prior to graduation for reasons other than transfer to another school. The dropout rate for Newton Public Schools increased to 1 percent in 2024 from 0.9 percent in 2023. Statewide, the dropout rate has remained at 5.3% for 2023 and 2024. Year # in Cohort 4 Year Graduation Rate Dropout Rate NPS State NPS State
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
963 997
95.4% 96.1% 96.2% 95.7% 96.0% 95.6% 96.2% 96.0% 97.3% 95.5% 95.3%
88.4% 89.2% 90.1% 89.6% 89.0% 88.0% 87.9% 88.3% 87.5% 87.3% 86.1%
1.0% 0.9% 0.5% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.7% 0.5%
5.3% 5.3% 4.8% 4.6% 4.7% 5.3% 4.8% 4.9% 4.9% 5.1% 5.6%
1044 1009 1022 1002 1029
947 962 911 945
10 NPS AP Report 11 Graduation/Dropout Data
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