FLVS Students Outperform State Average In AP Courses

Despite late claims that online and blended learning students are underperforming, Florida Virtual School® (FLVS) students are excelling at meeting global expectations in learning. FLVS announced today that students enrolled in its 15 Advanced Placement® (AP) courses outperformed Florida state averages by 12 percent, equal to global averages.

Courtesy of FLVS

The table above demonstrates how FLVS students are outperforming state averages in the majority of courses available to students. FLVS also reports the follow results from the 2010-2011 school year:

• 3,053 FLVS students took an AP Exam, an 18 percent increase over the previous year
• 88 percent of FLVS AP enrolled students took the AP Exam in their respective courses
• 58 percent qualified with a score of 3, 4 or 5
• FLVS students were above the state qualifying AP averages in 11 of 15 courses
• FLVS students were above the global qualifying AP averages in six of the courses
• AP Environmental Science, in its first year at FLVS, surpassed the state qualifying average by 20 percent and the global average by 9 percent
• Minority students accounted for 46 percent of 2011 AP course enrollments