Students at 15 Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, (WCPSS) high schools took approximately 4,878 Advanced Placement (AP) examinations offered by the College Board in 2001-2002. With 20% of all juniors and seniors in the district taking at least one AP examination, the percent attaining a score of 3 or higher on a 5-point scale (the score typically needed to qualify for college course credit) reached a 10-year high of 80.5%, up 3.3 percentage points from the previous year. The overall success rate for WCPSS was higher than that of comparable large school districts, and 17 percentage points higher than the rate for the nation as a whole. On the five most frequently taken AP examinations, the percent of scores of 3 or higher rose an average of 8.6 points. (Contains 23 figures.) (SLD)