Low-Income Schools Ranked By Success on AP and IB Exams

At least 40 percent of the students at each local public high school below come from families with incomes low enough to qualify for federal lunch subsidies. Each school name is followed by its Equity and Excellence passing rate on AP and IB exams and its percentage of low-income students. The average public high school Equity and Excellence rate in the country is about 15 percent.

School	District	Equity and Excellence Passing Rate	Percentage Low-Income Students
1. J.E.B. Stuart	Fairfax County	43.1 percent	51 percent
2. Annandale	Fairfax County	40 percent	40 percent
3. Wakefield	Arlington County	38.4 percent	52 percent
4. Wilson	The District	35 percent	42 percent
5. Wheaton	Montgomery County	27.3 percent	41 percent
6. T.C. Williams	Alexandria	22.5 percent	50 percent
7. SEED	The District	20 percent	73 percent
8. Northwestern	Prince George's County	19 percent	51 percent
9. High Point	Prince George's County	11.2 percent	51 percent
10. Bell Multicultural	The District	11 percent	81 percent