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Newman Achieves Banner AP Record

E. Bomersback
In the 2024–25 school year, 217 Upper School students at Newman enrolled in at least one AP course. With more students participating than ever before and outcomes reaching record highs, our community has much to celebrate.

The data below highlights both the strength of our students’ performance and the success of our commitment to expanding access while maintaining academic excellence. We are thrilled to share some results from a truly banner year in our AP program. 
  • Overall performance: In 2025, our students achieved a 94.93% passing rate, representing a 16% increase from 2023. The national passing average across all AP courses was 61%.
  • Participation and access: We administered 461 AP exams last year, up from 384 two years earlier. Unlike schools that restrict enrollment to protect scores, we expanded access to AP courses while still improving outcomes.
  • Course-specific excellence examples: In AP U.S. History, 100% of 63 students passed (vs. a global average of 73%). In AP Calculus BC, 95% of 21 students passed (vs. a global average of 78%). In AP Chemistry, 92% of 26 students passed (vs. a global average of 78%).
  • Higher achievement levels: The number of exams earning a 4 or 5 increased by 30.6% over the last two years. In 2023, 42% of AP exams at Newman earned a 4 or 5. In 2025, that figure rose to 73%.

  • Fewer low scores: In 2025, only 6% of all AP students did not pass their exam. This is a dramatic drop from two years earlier.
By nurturing a strong culture of good pedagogy, dynamic instruction, and professional development, these impressive results celebrate great teaching and learning across the entirety of Newman’s Upper School, not just in AP courses.

“Our mission calls for ‘academic excellence within an inclusive community,’ and this year’s AP success reflects that ideal perfectly,” said Head of Upper School Erik Cooper.

Congratulations to Newman’s 121 AP Scholars!

63 AP Scholars with Distinction - Students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more AP exams.

Ava N Azzano
Audrey Bagot
Jai Bansal
Louis B Barnett
Johnston S Baumgarten
Copeland Bowen
Nola A Borges
Morgan K Breaux
Andrew M Brandt
Archie A Casbarian
Lillian C Charpentier
Rylan P Claverie
Nicholas A Coffin
Christopher L Connolly
Anjali S Dasa
Sachin Dasa
Martin de Laureal
Logan J DeGruy
Jackson D Dirks
D'Andre A Davis
Lillie C Dodd
Alexander L Dulitz
Celeste C Eustis
James V Finkelstein
Jackson W Fitzpatrick
Catherine W Fitzpatrick
Thomas B Gershanik
Eli R Friend
Gwendolyn G Gray
Charles W Guy
Joyce H He
Russell O Huber
Aria Jolly
Stella M Joyce
Dylan J Kolenovsky
Francis R Lelong
Maslen E L'Esperance
Patrick R Landry
Catherine D Lapeyre
William M Long
Jake S Lonseth
Robert E Milling
Griffin S Maxwell
Hudson H Nguyen
Corbett E Parrino
Eliza E Pilant
Lillyan G Pollack
William J Pitts
Martin D Rezza III
Paul R Richard
Edwin H Salisbury
Aditi Shridhar
Alexander J Toshav
Jacob A Valentino
George B Villere
Amar S Walia
Harrison J Westerfield
Nicholas L White
Lucyna J Wojcik
Adrianne P Zura
Eleonore R Zurik
Tyler B Zweifler

24 AP Scholars with Honor - Students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more AP exams.

Sydney M Able
Lili B Arjmand
Brett A Beasley
Georgia J Biever
Sofia V Clark
Benjamin P DeMeyers
Alyse M Dulitz
Mignon C Evans
Garrison J Franks
Sydney M Gallagher
Chuhan Gong
Molly E Gorman
Lyla D Gordon
Chase M Hoffman
Matthew E Marcus
Deacon J Maxwell
George M Pipes
James J Reiss
John F Sanpietro
Sarah Gibbs Smallpage
Avery E Summerour
Isabelle G Wanek
William B Wilder

34 AP Scholars - Students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.
 
Eleanor G Aucoin
Margaret K Batten
Evie M Bigelow
Miles R Bordelon
Emma K Conner
Cole W Cousin
Cordell J Crawford
John G Del Castillo
Molly C Day
Henderson H Haber
James J Hance
Maya B Harris
Eliana C Hermann
Jake H Isenberg
Henry R Jackson
Saniya Jarrow
Amari J Jones
Jessica E Lambert
Kingsland E LeBourgeois
George C Loop
Maxwell O Kukuy
James A Kuuskraa
Psalm E McClellan
Colin M Moffett
Brooke N Montano
Genevieve M Plaisance
Julia K Rai
Dorothy G Scriber
Life R Sacco
Jessica S Taranto
Veer S Walia
Collier P Villere
Sylvie M Zoller
Vivian Zhou
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