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19 AP and 18 Honors Courses

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AP Honor Roll Platinum

AP Honor Roll Platinum Designation

NDB has been named to the 2024 AP School Honor Roll. The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for students while broadening access. The AP School Honor Roll offers four levels of distinction: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. NDB has been designated as Platinum this year, rising from Gold last year. In May of 2024, 209 students took 408 examinations in 21 subject areas. From this total, 70% earned a score of 3 or higher.
2024 Female Diversity Award in Computer Science

NDB has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). This award acknowledges 1,153 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2023-24 school year. NDB is one of only 847 schools to be recognized for achieving this important result in AP CSP. Learn more.

College Structured Science Courses and Labs

NDB is one of the only college preparatory high schools in the country to offer biology and chemistry courses that include a full-length class block in addition to a full-length laboratory block, as practiced at universities.

AP Courses

  • AP Biology with lab*
  • AP Chemistry with lab*
  • AP Physics 1
  • AP Calculus
  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • AP Statistics
  • AP English Literature and Composition
  • AP US History
  • AP US Government and Politics
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Art History
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Spanish Language and Culture
  • AP Studio Art (2D, 3D Drawing)
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AP Math Students
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NDB students achieved 100% pass rate on the following AP Exams, exceeding CA and global scores!

3D Art Design
Chinese
Language and Composition
Macro Economics
Spanish
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Honors Physics Class
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Honors Courses

  • Algebra II Honors
  • Geometry Honors
  • Precalculus Honors
  • Photography III Honors
  • Journalism IV Honors
  • English I and II Honors
  • Sculpture III Honors
  • American Sign Language III and IV Honors
  • French III Honors
  • Spanish III Honors
  • Modern World History Honors

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