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Talbot County students report gains in AP participation and qualifying scores, district says
Summary
Talbot County Public Schools reported a rise in Advanced Placement participation this spring and said 74% of AP exam takers earned qualifying scores; district leaders said schools will use the data in school-improvement planning.
Talbot County Public Schools officials presented spring 2025 Advanced Placement results at the Board of Education work session on July 14, reporting higher participation and a majority of students earning qualifying scores.
Dr. Einhorn, who presented the data, told the board the district had 342 students take AP exams this year, an increase from the previous year, and said the district covers AP exam fees under the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. Board members said the district should continue promoting fee coverage to families as a way to boost participation.
The presentation showed that 22% of district students took at least one AP course; Eastern High School reported 20% participation, and St. Michael’s Middle-High School reported 29%. Course-enrollment counts in the presentation showed 233 students took one AP course, 60 took two, 13 took three, 20 took four and one student took five AP courses in the yearlong, college-level program.
Dr. Einhorn also reported that 74% of the district’s AP exam takers earned a qualifying score (a 3, 4 or 5). She said qualifying-score rates rose in English, science and history/social science at a high level, and staff are still disaggregating results by individual courses, teachers and student subgroups.
Board members asked about access and entry criteria for AP courses. Dr. Einhorn said Talbot County Public Schools does not place barriers to AP enrollment and that counselors, teachers and families work together to schedule students who want to challenge themselves; the one exception is mathematics, where students must have completed prerequisite coursework before enrolling in AP calculus.
Members discussed the district’s expanding course offerings, noting AP African American Studies was offered for the first time this year with 32 students enrolled. Board members also raised the relationship between AP and dual-enrollment options, and whether GPA weighting or grading rules affect students’ choices between AP and dual-enrollment paths.
Board members requested further analysis of subgroup access to AP and whether dual-enrollment choices are affecting honors distinctions such as valedictorian. Dr. Einhorn said schools will use the AP data as part of their school improvement planning this summer and into the year ahead.
The presentation was followed by routine business and other agenda items.
