Advanced Placement offerings and Exam Scores

Students at Bear Creek have the opportunity to challenge themselves in areas of particular aptitude and passion by enrolling in several Advanced Placement courses. AP courses are Bear Creek courses taught by Bear Creek faculty, but content is guided by The College Board. AP courses culminate each May with a national examination in each subject area and students may earn college credit based on their exam score (typically a 3 or higher).

Two defining elements of the AP program at Bear Creek are the scope of our AP offerings and the fact that enrollment is, essentially, open to all students. Bear Creek offers the following AP courses each year:

AP Language and Composition – grade 11
AP Literature and Composition – grade 12
AP US History – grade 11
AP European History – grade 10 or 12
AP Biology – grade 11 (requires a prerequisite of a 94% or above in Chemistry)
AP Chemistry – grade 12 (prerequisite of a year of Chemistry)
AP Physics – grade 12
AP Calculus (AB or BC) – grade 10, 11, 12
AP Statistics
AP courses in Music Theory and Latin are offered every other year.
(Other AP courses may be offered based on interest.)

Bear Creek students are encouraged to explore the AP program in areas that interest them. Whereas some schools discourage AP enrollment to keep exam scores high, in the last four years 77% of Bear Creek’s students in grades 10-12 took at least one AP exam in a given year.

Bear Creek Students AP Summary Statistics