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The overall pass rate on AP tests during the 2009-2010 school year was 85% for all Pinecrest Academy students.

During the 2009-2010 academic year, Pinecrest Academy high school students were enrolled in fourteen AP courses, including: AP Studio Art, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, AP Calculus AB and Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Comparative Government & Politics, AP European History, and AP U. S. History.

The overall pass rate (scores of 3, 4, or 5) was 85% for all students.  The top state scores for 2009 (the last year that all national scores have been published) were New Hampshire and Massachusetts with a 72% pass rate. The pass rate for all Georgia schools was 54%.

Some of Pinecrest’s notable achievements this year include a 100% pass rate for AP European History (taught by Mr. Chris Kane), a 100% pass rate for AP Studio Art (taught by Miss Alison Batley), a 100% pass rate for Spanish Literature (taught by Mrs. Ana Garcia), a 100% pass rate for Chemistry (taught by Dr. Daniel Piper) and a 100% pass rate for U. S. History (taught by Mrs. Kristen Falk.)

Overall, 13% of Pinecrest students had a perfect score (5), 35% had a score of four, and 35% had a score of three. Many colleges in the U. S will grant exemptions for and award semester hours to students for each AP course passed in high school.