Our advanced academic programs continue to be a major strength of the High School and the numbers of students involved in taking programs involving external exams continues to grow. This year began with 85 Grade 11 students beginning work on the IB Diploma program which is approximately the same number we began with last year. In the May 2011 exam session, 76 seniors, or 51 % of the Senior class, completed course work for their IB Diplomas and sat their exams. Interest in the American Advanced Placement (AP) program and IB certifi cates continued to be steady. Both programs attracted students putting together a rigorous academic program that focuses on their areas of strength. Ninety percent (136 of 150) of our Seniors were enrolled in one or more IB HL or AP classes and 66% of them took three or more university level IB Higher level courses.
IB Exam Results 2011
The IB results are once again very good. In the class of 2011, 76 students completed the IB Diploma with a pass rate of 99%. The average score for students who passed the diploma was 33.4, which is well above the international average that ranges between 29 -30 points.
Number of candidates registered in the session: 205
Full Diploma Candidates: 76
IB Diplomas Awarded: 75
Average Points obtained (24 pass): 33.4
Highest Total Individual Score (45 max): 43
Total number of IB Exams: 703
Average Diploma Student Subject Score: 5.29
Number of subject entries in the session (including the Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge): 855
An additional 129 ISKL students sat for individual IB exams. In total 205 students sat for 703 IB exams with an average result of 5.1. This is a good achievement considering IB subject grades range from 1 to 7 (with 7 being the highest and 4 the passing grade). To place this is context, the international IB exam average is 4.7.
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