Lemont students set nine AP exam school records for third straight year

For the third straight year, Lemont High School students’ performance on the college-level Advanced Placement exams has shattered school records. Lemont students established nine new single-year bests with their performance on the exams in Spring 2026, with all nine of those records being set just one year earlier.

The College Board’s AP Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still enrolled in high school, allowing them to receive college credit, advanced placement at the college level, or both based on their performance on the AP exams. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on the AP exams throughout their high school careers.

The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. It offers more than 30 AP Exams, consisting of multiple-choice and free-response questions, in a wide variety of subject areas.

Lemont established new school records in the following categories in 2025:

• 1,187 AP exams taken (previous record: 1044, 2025)
• 1,026 AP exams passed (previous record: 844, 2025)
• 86.4% of exams resulting in a passing score (previous record: 84.7%, 2025)
• 651 students taking at least one AP exam (previous record: 561, 2025)
• 573 AP students passing at least one exam (previous record: 489, 2025)
• 88.0% percent of AP students passing at least one exam (previous record: 87.2%, 2025)
• 236 students earning recognition from the College Board (previous record: 212, 2025)
• 100 AP Scholars with Distinction (previous record: 84, 2025)
• 53 AP Scholars with Honor (previous record: 43, 2025)

Lemont narrowly missed another record with 83 students earning AP Scholar accolades; it had 87 such honorees in 2024.

The school’s highest AP exam success rates, which is defined as the percentage of students scoring 3 or better, were in AP U.S. Government & Politics (95.8%), AP Statistics (94.4%), AP Macroeconomics (93.4%), AP Computer Science A (92.3%) and AP U.S. History (91.4%). 

Lemont posted passing rates 85% or better in 13 of the 20 exams it offered in 2026, and rates of 90% or higher in six exams.

Lemont High School currently offers 21 AP courses ­– AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Music Theory, AP Physics I, AP Physics II, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Language & Culture, AP Statistics, AP Studio Art, AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP U.S. History and AP World History.

The 100 students - including 61 Class of 2026 graduates, 37 current seniors and two current juniors - who qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award did so by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams they took. The graduates include Joshua Alcantara, Sami Alul, Andrew Ascolani, Victoria Averill, Emilija Bendziunaite, Chase Bergeson, Hannah Borner, Olivia Bzowski, Ethan Cheney, Gabriela Cicci, Eve Cosenza, McKenna Crane, Ryan Crane, Margaret Davey, Ava DeMaio, Jacob DePirro, Annabelle Dierking, Lorelei Dimitropoulos, Diana Elhrisse, Jenevieve Foy, Alexandra Fritsch, Alicia Garcia, Seana Gilligan, Alexander Goranski, Kelsey Gottardo, Gianna Herrera, Parker Hsu, Dylan Jaczak, Madeline Kaminski, Gregory Kasper, Payton Knutte, Samantha Knutte, Vanessa Kociubinski, Hunter Magolan, Anna McCann, Aidan McIntyre, Reagan McManus, Mirella Miazga, Magdalene Mikroulis, Matthew O’Boyle, Taliana O’Connor, Nicholas Persak, Jacob Perski, Benjamin Rea, Salvatore Ricobene, Luke Rupert, Deimante Ruzevicius, Eamon Salmon, Samuel Scoville, Margaret Sinnett, Kinga Strzalka, Sonia Strzalka, Kristopher Szaflarski, Maja Szlembarska, Samuel Tavolino, Michael Tilly, Eleni Tsahiridis, Jakub Wesoly, Addyson Wolfe, Cory Zator and Anna Zalinski. Current seniors Gavin Abad, Shifa Amar Haider, Jokubas Antanavicius, Jokubas Augaitis, Alefiyah Badruddin, Scott Biedess, Szymon Bilek, Hailey Borner, Isabella Bradac, Matthew Butler, Kevin Collins, Avery Devoy, Adam Dunkin, Jacob Emini, Emmett Farrell, Danielle Fischer, Robert Herout, Christopher Hunt, Ian Koestner, Klaudia Krzysztofiak, Jennifer LeDesma, Marco Mancini, Aleigha Mescher, Anthony Mielczarek, Edvin Morochin, Elizabeth Mroz, Huai-Xuan Peng, Benjamin Petri, Victor Rafacz, Rihanna Rexhepi, Ishan Samani, William Schaum, Daniela Sutas, Jakub Szaflarski, Mark Walus, Joshua Winston and Gabriel Zarycki also were cited, as were current juniors Jan Klepacki and Alexander Tchernev.

A total of 53 students - 24 graduates, 24 current seniors, four current juniors, and one former student - qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of the exams they took. Those honorees included graduates Ava Amato, Hannon Bardachowski, Rosemary Bullwinkel, Hubert Bydlon, Yuvraj Chahal, Sean Crane, Olivia Galica, Jasmine Greene, Darlene Ho, Julia Macari, Peter Madden, Nora Miller, Sean Murray, Jack Noetzel, Aesha Patel, Paulina Ryliskyte, Morgan Sadelski, Nirmel Samuel, Olivia Sarno, Ashley Scruggs, Nicholas Silvestri, Ethan Spadafora, Fiona Tkach and Aidan Trejo; current seniors Luke Auskalnis, Emily Bawiec, Meghan Bratkiv, Alexander Brown, Charlotte Cahill, SairaMae Callo, Mantas Cerneckis, Aydin Dzaferoski, Anthony Fracaro, Aras Gedgaudas, Denell Johnson, Ella Kincaid, Alexis Kopinski, Karolina Kroplewski, Christian Merkouris, Bennett Obler, Sydney Peterson-Yates, Sam Sulzberger, Sofie Sutton, Maja Tyrala, Jack Tyskiewicz, Braden Vasvery, Kaitlyn Wilson and Sophia Zubek; current juniors Ethan DiNello, Delaney Moleski, John Perry and Medha Vicharapu; and former student Adrian Stanecki.

A total of 83 students - including 35 graduates, 36 current seniors and 12 current juniors - qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. Included among those honorees are graduates Isabella Alagna, Nedas Aleksandravicius, Samantha Arabe, Colleen Arundel, Madison Bostjancic, Amelia Brzezniak, Katherine Cowperthwaite, Cassandra Cunningham, Jack Drozda, Maya Fedko, Carson Fischer, Paulina Galik, Milena Graciova, Sarah Hanna, Daniel Jaquez, Amelia Kaczmarczyk, Samantha Konow, Natalia Krol, Isabella Kula, Mykala Kunickis, Zuzanna Labuda, Emma Lappay, Teagan Lee, Isabella Locascio, Elaine Mandel, Gillian Michalak, Emma Miley, Molly O’Connor, Olivia Rojo, Karla Ruvalcaba, Ryan Sochowski, Amanda Vileikis, Matteo Vitro, Meghan Wehn and Nadia Wodziak. Current seniors Ziad Azhari, Ava Bergeson, Amelia Bobak, Kathryn Carnaghi, Alexandra Chrisman, Madisyn Ciujak, Nell Fedko, Joseph Gaberek, Nathan Gawenda, Anna Gecan, Andrew Guzy, Ella Jaszczuk, Alex Kazmarczyk, Nikita Kuprescenko, Gabriela Kuruc, Corey Laga, Erin Leden, Valerie Leibfritz, Delaney McManus, Grace Murray, Ella Noetzel, Justin Kate Oberes, Peter Palarz, Karm Patel, Adriana Paulavicius, Brandon Potaczek, Karli Ragsdale, John Robbins, Victoria Ryan, Kaelyn Shaughnessy, Meda Staniulis, Owen Tosch, Brianna Trybula, Haley Young, Nayeli Zamora and Elizabeth Zielinski also were cited, as were current juniors Henry Cunningham, Liam Davidson, Owen Hsu, Nauman Kamal, Daniel Khan, Mason Kubicz, Milana Nekrasius, Igor Pekala, William Sagotz, Dylan Scavnicar, Ahmed Suleiman and Tomas Taujanskas.

The College Board discontinued the National AP Scholar award after the 2019-20 school year. In order to be named a National AP Scholar, students were required to earn an average score of 4.00 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of the exams they took. Lemont set a school record with eight National AP Scholars in 2020.

Lemont’s complete list of National AP Scholars includes Kim Gannon ‘13 in 2013; Taylor Campos ‘16 and Misbah Chagpar ‘16 in 2016; Mira Antonopoulos ‘17, Michael Cottrell ‘17, Martynas Juskelis ‘18, Marius Mereckis ‘17 and James Sliwa ‘17 in 2017; Juskelis, Lily Goodman ‘18, Reece Graham ‘18, Alexander Paulius ‘18, Arjun Reddigari ‘18, Joshua Reitz ‘18 and Angelina Wilton ‘18 in 2018; Brett Abbott ‘19, Kirsten Kash ‘19, Rasa Siniakovas ‘19, Hannah Sliwa ‘19 and Lucas Zaczek ‘19 in 2019; and Sophia Antonopoulos ‘20, Benjamin Clarage ‘20, Hanna Dworkin ‘20, Eryk Janowski ‘21, Manisha Joseph ‘20, Aubrey Molitor ‘20, Kelsi Padalia ‘21 and Taylor Shimkus ‘20 in 2020. Juskelis is the only two-time National AP Scholar in school history.