Greenwich Junior-Senior High School Principal recently reviewed the outstanding AP scores earned by high school students during the 20-21 school year at a GCS School Board meeting. Principal Niesz announced that Greenwich administered 115 Advanced Placement (AP) exams in June 2021, which was the second most AP exams ever administered in a single year. Niesz emphasized that the number of exams administered was impressive considering that the total enrollment in the high school has been slowly declining over the last few years. He also mentioned that he thought it noteworthy that Greenwich students took so many AP exams during a school year significantly impacted by COVID.
According to Niesz, 25% of the AP exams taken by GCS students were scored a 5, 37% were scored a 4, and 20% were scored a 3. The average AP exam score earned by a GCS student was 3.7, which Niesz identified as the second best average in GCS history.
Greenwich High School offered nine AP courses during the 20-21 school year. Niesz presented the chart below to Board of Education to illustrate the excellent results earned by GCS students.
| AP Exam | Average Score |
| Calculus | 4.0 |
| US History | 3.94 |
| Physics | 4.40 |
| World History | 3.95 |
| US Government and Politics | 3.20 |
| English Language | 3.44 |
| English Literature | 3.33 |
| Biology | 3.31 |
| Environmental Science | 2.92 |
Niesz also presented another chart to illustrate how well Greenwich students performed compared to students from around New York State and internationally.
| AP Exam | % of GCS students with a score of 3 or better | %of New York State students with a score of 3 or better | % of students worldwide with a score of 3 or better |
| AP Biology | 77% | 60% | 59% |
| AP Calculus | 79% | 53% | 53% |
| AP English Language | 89% | 59% | 58% |
| AP English Literature | 83% | 42% | 45% |
| AP Environmental Science | 58% | 47% | 50% |
| AP US Government/Politics | 60% | 51% | 51% |
| AP Physics | 100% | 72% | 73% |
| AP US History | 88% | 50% | 48% |
| AP World History | 95% | 58% | 52% |
During his presentation, Niesz thanked Superintendent Fish and the Greenwich Board of Education for their continued support of AP courses in the high school. He pointed out that students that earn a score of 3 or better often earn college credit, can skip introductory courses in college, and can stand out to colleges and/or universities during the college application process. In his conclusion, Principal Niesz commended the GCS teachers that led students to success noting that it is “challenging to be an AP teacher in New York because our state’s school year is shorter than most other state’s school year”.