[quote=ocrenter]so we do have a very good explanation of why the API rose.
once again, API changed only due to demographic change (in this case removal of transfer students).[/quote]
I totally agree, API has a lot more to do with demographic than how well a school educate the kids. I personally think, as long as the school is ranked 8+ (in HS), it should have enough students in AP level classes to keep the classes full and all the AP classes to be available. It’s only when you drop to the lower API schools, where you might not have enough AP level students to keep all AP classes full. Which would have a higher chance of AP class being canceled due to low interest.
Based on my own experiences and seeing my cousins who just graduated HS this year, students taking AP classes tend to hang out with each other. So, even if you go to a school with API score of a 1, you’ll see the valedictorians and AP students hang out with each others. So, I’d only use API score to gauge the availability of AP classes and the amount of students that are capable of taking those AP classes. I wouldn’t read too much more into it.
