The Georgia Charter Schools Association congratulates the eleven charter schools recognized on the 2025 Georgia Department of Education’s Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools list: Academy for Classical Education, Atlanta Classical Academy, Charles R. Drew Charter School, Georgia Connections Academy, Georgia Cyber Academy, Hapeville Career Academy, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Lake Oconee Academy, Savannah Classical Academy, Tapestry Public Charter School and Walton High School.
Schools received this honor based on their 2024 AP course and exam results. Below, you’ll find the list of Georgia charter schools that earned this recognition, along with the Georgia Department of Education’s criteria for each category.
2025 AP Honor Schools Access & Support Schools
Schools with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic (minimum of 16 students) and 30% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher. At least 25 exams must be administered.
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Georgia Cyber Academy
Georgia Connections Academy
Savannah Classical Academy
Tapestry Public Charter School
2025 AP Honor Schools Challenge Schools
Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and exams administered in English, math, science, and social studies and a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
Atlanta Classical Academy
Hapeville Career Academy
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Lake Oconee Academy
2025 AP Honor Schools Expansion Schools
AP schools with 25% growth in AP student participation from May 2022 to May 2023 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2022.
Atlanta Classical Academy
Tapestry Public Charter School
2025 AP Honor Schools Humanities Schools
Schools with at least five exams administered in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two social studies courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course, and a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
2025 AP Honor Schools Humanities Achievement Schools
AP Humanities schools with at least 50% of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
2025 AP Honor Schools Distinction
Schools with at least 20% of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
2025 AP Honor Schools STEM Schools
Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, and a minimum of 25 exams administered.
Academy for Classical Education
Atlanta Classical Academy
Georgia Connections Academy
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
2025 AP Honor Schools STEM Achievement Schools
AP STEM schools with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
Academy for Classical Education
Atlanta Classical Academy
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
