District reports rising AP and concurrent-enrollment participation, highlights efforts for English learners

Britney Foster and Jeremy Yaron Holland presented four-year trend data showing growth in both concurrent enrollment and Advanced Placement participation across the district. Foster said more students are taking concurrent courses and that the district is seeing increases in both the percentage of students enrolling and the total number of courses taken per student, with SkyView and Mountain Crest showing the largest gains.

Jeremy Yaron Holland underscored that the district receives state funding tied to concurrent-enrollment and AP participation and said the district must identify a student subgroup to focus on for closing enrollment gaps; the district has targeted English learners for that goal. He said about 12.7% of English learners had enrolled in concurrent-enrollment courses in the prior year, a slight drop from roughly 13% the year before, and that the district will get more granular data from the state next year.

On AP testing, presenters noted that Green Canyon administers many AP tests (and therefore more passing scores in absolute numbers) while other schools show higher pass rates by percentage. Holland said AP benefits include increased rigor and depth of study beyond college credit alone. He cited a district AP metric of 6.2% for English-learner AP participation in 2025, an increase of about 2 percentage points from the previous year, and described SkyView’s summer 'jump-start' program as one local effort to raise EL participation and preparedness for AP coursework.

Board members asked how to get the results out to the public; presenters said the district can better 'toot its own horn' and explore communications strategies to highlight strong local outcomes.