High School Performance Information Data Overview

College Board provides High School Performance Information (HSPI) about an applicant’s high school, offering colleges important information for understanding academic opportunities and outcomes. The information includes data on class size, Advanced Placement® (AP®) participation and performance, and SAT® testing patterns, drawn from College Board data. 

Information Presented Includes:

General Information

• High School: Name of the applicant’s high school.
• Senior Class Size: 3-year average of the senior class size of the applicant’s high school (Common Core of Data and Private School Survey, NCES).
• AP Opportunity:
  • Seniors Taking AP: 3-year average of the percentage of the senior class who have taken at least one AP® Exam (aggregate College Board data)
  • Average AP Exams Taken: 3-year average of the number of AP Exams taken by seniors from the high school who took at least one AP Exam (aggregate College Board data)
  • Average AP Score: 3-year average of AP Exam scores across seniors from the high school who took AP Exams (aggregate College Board data)
  • Unique Exams Administered: Number of unique AP Exams taken by seniors at the high school over the past three years (aggregate College Board data)
  • AP Capstone School: AP Capstone™ is a diploma program from College Board based on two yearlong AP courses: AP Seminar and AP Research.

High School SAT Information

• The applicant’s SAT score or ACT score is provided by the college and presented alongside the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of SAT scores at the high school, based on the distribution of SAT scores among SAT takers at the high school over the past three senior classes. The College Board concords ACT scores to SAT scores using published concordance tables.
• Percentage of seniors taking the SAT: 3-year average of the percentage of the high school’s senior class who have taken the SAT (aggregate College Board data).