Old Rochester Regional School District is one of nearly 400 public school districts in the nation being honored by the College Board with a place on the Second Annual AP Honor Roll, for increasing access to “Advanced Placement” coursework and maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of three or higher on AP exams.

Achieving both of these goals is the ideal scenario for a district’s AP program because it indicates that the district is successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students.

Since 2009, Old Rochester Regional School District increased the number of students participating in AP from 41 to 79, while maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of three or higher from 95 percent in 2009 to 84 percent in 2011.

The majority of U.S. colleges and universities grant college credit or advanced placement for a score of 3 or above on AP exams.

Superintendent Doug White said he was very proud of the students and staff in regard to this recognition. He stated that the district would look toward continuance of this honor by maximizing opportunities for students to take and succeed in courses at their highest level of appropriate rigor and gain the college readiness and access that such courses offer.

The AP Honor Roll is made up of only those public school districts that are simultaneously expanding opportunity and improving performance. The list includes 367 school districts across 43 states and Canada.

Pennsylvania led all states with 34 public school districts named to the Honor Roll, followed by Massachusetts and New York, both with 30.