The聽Georgia聽Charter聽Schools聽Association congratulates the ten charter schools recognized on the 2026 Georgia聽Department of Education鈥檚 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools : Academy for Classical Education, Atlanta Classical Academy, Charles R. Drew Charter School, Georgia Connections Academy, Georgia Cyber Academy, Hapeville Charter School, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Lake Oconee Academy, Savannah Classical Academy, and Walton High School.聽
Schools聽received this honor based on their 2025聽AP聽courses and exam results.聽Below, you鈥檒l find the list of Georgia charter schools that earned this recognition, along with the Georgia Department of Education鈥檚 criteria for each category.聽
Schools with at least 30% of聽AP聽exams聽taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic (minimum of 16 students) and 30% of all聽AP聽exams聽earning scores of 3 or higher. At least 25 exams聽must be administered.聽
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Georgia Connections Academy
Georgia Cyber Academy
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate High School
Savannah Classical Academy
Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students聽and exams administered in English, math, science, and social studies, with a minimum of 25 total exams聽administered.
Atlanta Classical Academy Charter School
Hapeville Charter School
Kipp Atlanta Collegiate High School
Lake Oconee Academy
Schools with 25% growth in聽AP聽student participation聽from May 2023 to May 2024聽and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2023.
Georgia Connections Academy
Georgia Cyber Academy
Schools with at least five exams administered聽in each of the following聽AP聽categories: one ELA course, two social studies courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course, and a minimum of 25 total exams聽administered.聽
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Walton High School
AP聽Humanities schools with at least 50% of all聽AP聽Humanities exams聽earning scores of 3 or higher.聽
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Walton High School
Schools with at least 20% of the total student population聽taking聽AP聽exams and at least 50% of all聽AP聽exams聽earning scores of 3 or higher.
Lake Oconee Academy
Savannah Classical Academy
Walton High School
Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses (including 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, and AP Computer Science Principles), and a minimum of 25 exams administered.
Academy for Classical Education
Atlanta Classical Academy Charter School
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Georgia Connections Academy
Kipp Atlanta Collegiate High School
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
AP聽STEM schools with at least 50% of all聽AP聽STEM exams聽earning scores of 3 or higher.
Academy for Classical Education
Atlanta Classical Academy Charter School
Lake Oconee Academy
Walton High School
