Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods has named five Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2024.  AP exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP courses are one of several ways Georgia students can access college-level learning at the high school level; students who receive a 3, 4, or 5 on an AP exam may receive college credit.

The 2024 SCCPSS AP Honor Schools are named in eight categories, based on the results of 2023 AP courses and exams.  SCCPSS schools receiving recognition include:

Jenkins High School and New Hampstead High School were named AP Access and Support schools.  Access and Support Schools are schools with at least 30 percent of their AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as African-American and/or Hispanic, and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

Savannah Arts Academy was named an AP School of Distinction.   AP Schools of Distinction are schools with at least 20 percent of the student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

Islands High School and Savannah Arts Academy were named AP Challenge Schools.  AP Challenge Schools are Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in English, math, science, and social studies.

New Hampstead High School and Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High Schools were named AP Expansion Schools. AP Expansion Schools are schools with 25% growth in AP student participation from May 2021 to May 2022 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2020.

Savannah Arts Academy was named an AP Humanities School.   AP Humanities Schools are schools with a minimum of five students testing in all of the following AP courses: one ELA course, two history/social sciences courses, one fine arts course and one world language course.

Savannah Arts Academy was also named an AP Humanities Achievement School.  AP Humanities Achievement Schools are AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

Jenkins High School, Islands High School, and Savannah Arts Academy were named AP STEM Schools.  AP STEM Schools are schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles)

Jenkins High School and Savannah Arts Academy were also named AP STEM Achievement Schools.  AP STEM Achievement Schools are AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

There were 275 Advanced Placement Honor Schools named this year in 99 Georgia school districts. “I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the 2024 AP Honor Schools," Superintendent Woods said. “I commend them for their hard work to build strong Advanced Placement programs and, as a result, provide high-quality opportunities for Georgia students. Additionally, I am thrilled that the number of AP Honor Schools and school districts continues to rise each year – a testament to the commitment of Georgia public education to expand opportunities for all Georgia students."

The Georgia Department of Education began recognizing AP Honor Schools in 2008.