Academic Achievements

Bellarmine offers a broad array of courses designed to give students a solid foundation for lifelong learning. The academic program is for the college-bound student, fortified by both Honors Courses and the Advanced Placement Program (AP), which offers college credit. The Advanced Placement Program, administered by the College Entrance Examination Board, boasts an impressive record of success at Bellarmine. In 2008, 513 students took 991 AP examinations, with 81% of those qualifying for college credit.

Advanced Placement Test Results
Year	Exams Given	% Scoring 3 or higher	% of 5's	% of 4's	% of 3's
2008	991	90%	38%	31%	21%
2007	956	87%	35%	29.5%	22%
2006	925	81%	29%	26%	26%
2005	874	89%	35%	29%	24%
2004	940	83%	29%	30%	24%
2003	731	85%	33%	31%	21%
2002	601	78%	26%	28%	23%
2001	665	75%	25%	23%	27%

SAT Mean Scores*
		Composite	Crit. Reading	Math	Writing
Class of 2008		1869	611	641	617
Class of 2007		1861	611	634	616
Class 2006		1866	611	640	615
Class 2005		1276	629	647
Class 2004		1261	619	642
Class 2003		1260	622	639

* Note - the format of the SAT changed in March, 2005.
As a result, the reporting format is different beginning with the Class of 2006.

SAT II Average Scores
Class of	U.S. History	Biology-M	Math IIC	Physics	World History
2008	595	637	666	673	629
2007	598	653	658	662	683
2006	606	648	667	672	642
2005	614	625	701	680	640
2004	613	650	673	704	671
2003	613	659	689	673	583

A.P. Scholars
Class of	National Scholar	Scholars with Disctinction	Scholars with Honor	Scholars	Total
2008	16	79	32	63	173
2007	14	79	35	69	183
2006	11	76	36	60	172
2005	9	70	26	79	175
2004	11	59	33	65	157
2003	4	28	18	34	80
2002	1	20	13	32	65
2001	3	28	22	31	81

ACT Averages
Year	English	Mathematics	Reading	Science	Composite
2008	26.3	28.0	26.4	25.6	26.7
2007	26.4	27.3	26.5	25.3	26.5
2006	25.1	26.4	25.5	24.6	25.5
2005	25.8	26.9	26.0	24.9	26.0
2004	26.5	27.8	27.6	26.3	27.2

National Merit Scholarship Program
Year	Finalists	Semifinalists	Letters of Commendation
2007	12	1	50
2006	13		37
2005	21	2	40
2004	18		33
2003	16		32
2002	14		28
2001	26		42

National Hispanic Scholars
Year	Scholars	Honorable Mention
2008	6	1
2007	5	4
2006	12	3
2005	5

National Achievement Scholars
Year	Finalists	Semifinalists	Honorable Mention
2008		1
2007			3
2006	1
2005	2