Virtual High School (VHS) students who sat for Advanced Placement (AP) exams scored higher than the national average on the College Board AP exams. In the 2016–2017 academic year, 67% of VHS students taking AP courses scored a 3 or higher on the College Board exams—seven percentage points higher than the national average of 60% for the same exams. One noteworthy example of VHS students surpassing the national average in VHS’s AP courses is AP® Computer Science Principles, a new computer science course in which students think creatively and use technology to explore real-world questions in subjects that interest them. The VHS average student pass rate for the College Board exam was 94.1 % while the national average was 74.5%.
