Students who continue after leaving James Martin High School:
| Further Schooling of Graduates | |
| Attend a 4 year college | 67% |
| Attend a 2 year school and then a 4 year college | 17% |
| Attend a 2 year school | 10% |
| Military or Full Time Employment | 6% |
Current figures indicate 90% of our senior class take the College Board Examination and/or the American College Testing program. These scores for 2006-2007 are higher than the national average.
| Test Scores | |
SAT |
|
| Math | 555 |
| Verbal | 536 |
| Total | 1091 |
ACT |
|
| English | 21.3 |
| Reading | 22.5 |
| Math | 22.5 |
| Science | 21.9 |
| Composite | 22.2 |
Registration
Students new to our district must provide a copy of their official transcript and current shot records, social security card, and proof of residence before enrollment can be completed.
| Grading System | ||
Grade Points |
||
Grade |
Regular |
Honors |
97-100 |
12 |
15 |
93-96 |
11 |
14 |
90-92 |
10 |
13 |
87-89 |
9 |
12 |
83-86 |
8 |
11 |
80-82 |
7 |
10 |
77-79 |
6 |
9 |
73-76 |
5 |
8 |
70-72 |
4 |
7 |
Below 70 |
0 |
0 |
GPA Conversion |
||
AISD Scale |
4 Point System |
|
10- |
4 |
|
7-9.9 |
3 |
|
4-6.9 |
2 |
|
1-3.9 |
1 |
|
Class Rank and Grade Point Average
Class rank and the grade point average are based on grades 9-12 work. The official ranking comes at the end of the seventh semester. All students except foreign students and VAC special education students are ranked. All credit earning courses are included in computing grade point averages.
Martin High School's curriculum is varied and extensive. In addition to regular courses, there are special provisions for the gifted, the slow learner, the academically talented, and the English as a Second Language student.
Advanced Placement courses are offered in English III and IV, Calculus, Statistics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, American History, European History, U.S. Government, Human Geography, Computer Science I, II, and III, World History, Spanish, French, German, and Latin, Music Theory, Psychology and Macroeconomics. Of 829 Advanced Placement Examinations taken by 453 candidates, 57% were graded 3 or above and received college credit.
Pre AP/Honors courses are offered in English I & II, Geometry, Algebra I & II, World Geography, PreCalculus, Biology I, Chemistry I, Physics, and third year Foreign Language.
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