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SJ23 Earns College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
St. John XXIII College Preparatory has earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access to AP computer science courses.
More than 1,100 institutions achieved 50% or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science exam takers meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population during the 2022-23 school year. In 2023, SJ23 was one of 834 recognized in the AP Computer Science Principles.
“Computer science is the source code of our economy and much of the career landscape,” said Trevor Packer, Head of the College Board AP Program. “In the six years since we began the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award, it’s been heartening to see schools like SJ23 welcome so many more young women into this vital field.
The first year of AP Computer Science Principles in 2016-17 attracted more students than any other AP course debut, and participation is rising. In 2023,164,505 students took the AP CSP Exam—more than triple the number of exam takers in the course’s first year. In 2023, 55,572 women took the AP CSP Exam, more than four times the number who tested in 2017.
St. John XXIII College Preparatory forms the hearts and minds of young men and women in a Christ-centered community dedicated to academic excellence, the pursuit of virtue, and service to others in the Tradition of the Catholic Church.
