Antioch Community High School achieved 53% in college culture, 34% in college credit, and 19% in college optimization, allowing the achievement of obtaining a Silver recognition on the 2024 AP School Honor Roll. The College Board commemorates schools with AP distinctions to recognize and demonstrate the impact of AP classes in high schools. The distinction combines metrics related to AP classes, college culture, credit and optimization. College culture is based on the percentage of students who took AP exams before graduation. College credit is based on the number of students who get a three or higher on the exams. Lastly, college optimization is based on the number of students who took five or more AP classes. 

ACHS is one percent away from achieving a gold distinction in the college credit category. The higher the distinction a school has, the better scholarships and college opportunities it can offer. This allows students to receive more career opportunities in the future. Additionally, with these better distinctions, the school has more access to College Board AP classes, giving students more credit opportunities before they graduate.

“It’s a celebration of the opportunity that not only do we have a wide variety of course offerings, but then our students tend to score well on them and get that college credit,” Assistant Principal of Instruction and Curriculum Dr. Jaclyn Orlov said. “College Board is always coming out with new classes, and so absolutely looking at what opportunities we can give our students to make sure they all have an opportunity to get college credit before they graduate.”

ACHS is one of the top schools in the county for AP courses and scholarships since it offers several AP courses for its size. ACHS staff continue to strive to achieve these distinctions and reach these heights so that ACHS students will have increased scholarship opportunities.