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Nantucket High reports higher AP participation and majority of AP exam scores of 3 or higher
Summary
Nantucket High School reported 142 students took 265 AP exams last spring with an average exam score of 3.02 and about 74 percent scoring 3 or higher; the school recognized 46 AP Scholars across categories.
Nantucket High School Principal Mandy Hylam reported to the School Committee on Oct. 8 that 142 students sat for 265 Advanced Placement exams in the May administration and the mean score across exams was 3.02. She said 73.94 percent of exams scored a 3 or higher, a College Board benchmark commonly used as a predictor of postsecondary readiness.
Hylam provided grade-level breakdowns: 71 percent of sophomores who took AP exams scored 3 or higher; juniors posted a mean score of 3.3 with 86 percent scoring 3 or above; seniors had a mean score of 2.7 with 53 percent scoring 3 or higher — the principal noted seniors’ exams included physics, calculus and statistics, which are among the more challenging AP subjects.
The school reported 46 students qualified for AP Scholar recognition (28 AP Scholars, 11 with honor and 7 with distinction). Hylam highlighted strong outcomes in AP English Language (39 exams, mean score 3.85) and noted AP Biology, calculus and other courses also showed notable performance.
Hylam said the district currently offers 10 in-person AP classes and partners with Cape Cod Community College for AP-level psychology and macro/microeconomics courses online. For the 2025–26 school year the high school has 279 students enrolled in AP classes; many teachers offer extra study sessions and Saturday mock exams to prepare students for the AP tests. Hylam thanked staff and students for the work that produced the results.
Committee members asked about trends in performance by subgroup and requested a longer trend report on AP participation and scores by ethnicity; Principal Hylam said she would provide a multi-year breakdown on request.
