The Seven Hills School 2025-26 SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• All students take an advanced college preparatory curriculum
The Experiential Learning program supports students with opportunities and structure for personal self-exploration. Students will choose how they would like to grow, make discoveries about themselves, and further develop their unique strengths. Real-world experiences may include job shadows, internships, college coursework, concentrations within specific disciplines, and other significant activities. All students complete a Challenge Experience, engage in community service, and participate in May Term Intensives.
• Financial Aid awarded to 25% of students • Students come from 61 ZIP codes • Student body includes 42% students of color • Study Abroad — Exchange/home-stay experiences in China, France, Spain, Greece, and Italy • Athletics — 75% of students play a team sport
ACADEMIC RIGOR • Admission to Honors, AP, and Advanced Topics courses is selective and depends on past performance and departmental approval. Students must also be approved to take more than four honors/AP/ Advanced Topics courses in one year. • No APs are available in ninth grade. Only one AP course is available in 10th grade. • All AP students are expected to take the AP exam. • Advanced Topics courses meet or exceed the rigor of AP courses.
• Challenge Experience: Self-designed experience defended before a faculty committee and presented to the school community in one of four pathways: Service Learning/Philanthropy, Concentration, Independent Project, or Civic Engagement. • Community Service: Volunteer service to community paired with reflection. • May Term Intensives: One-week experiential education courses for ninth, 10th, and 11th grades on topics such as architecture, medicine, animal behavior, design, and law.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS Of the 201 Seven Hills students who took 402 Advanced Placement exams in 16 subjects in May 2025, 94% qualified for advanced college standing by receiving a score of 3 or better on the 1-5 national scale on at least one exam.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS - MAY 2025 TEST
# Students
%3 or higher Seven Hills
%3 or higher Ohio
%3 or higher Global
100%
79%
70%
Biology
40
Calculus AB
21
95%
71%
64%
Calculus BC
17
100%
83%
78%
Chemistry
28
100%
85%
78%
Chinese
5
20%
77%
89%
Comp Sci A
6
83%
73%
67%
Comp Sci Principles
8
100%
70%
61%
English Language
66
99%
82%
74%
English Literature
65
100%
84%
74%
French
5
100%
68%
74%
Latin
7
100%
63%
59%
Physics C: Mechanics
13
92%
70%
73%
Physics: E&M
13
61%
73%
73%
Spanish Language
6
100%
78%
85%
US History
54
98%
81%
74%
World History
43
100%
76%
64%
ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS
FACULTY 57 members 50 with advanced degrees 3 college counselors 6.9:1 student/faculty ratio CLASS SIZES FALL 2025 Grade 9 – 79 Grade 10 – 73 Grade 11 – 90 Grade 12 – 91 CALENDAR Two 18-week semesters Block schedule: 80-minute classes in two-day rotation GRADING INFORMATION WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE Introductory College Prep: no weight College Prep with pre-req: additional +.25 weight Honors Courses:
additional +.5 weight
AP and Advanced Topics: additional +1.0 weight “Pass” is given no weight nor is it computed in GPAs. It is computed in credits earned. Full course list by weight is available at: 7hills.org/weighting
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS • English – 4 credits • Math – 4 credits • History – 3 credits • Science – 3 credits • World Language – 3 credits • F ine and Performing Arts – 1.5 credits • Health and PE – 1 credit • Challenge Experience • Community Service • May Term Intensives (3)
27 AP Scholars Average score: 4.12 29 AP Scholars with Honors Average score: 4.46 52 AP Scholars with Distinction Average score: 4.40
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