See how all AP students performed on the most recent exams. The score distribution tables on this page show the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s for each AP subject.
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| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Research | 13.3% | 26.4% | 44.7% | 12.5% | 3.1% | 84.4% |
| APSeminar | 11.4% | 19.7% | 53.9% | 11.2% | 3.8% | 85% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP 2D Art & Design | 11.5% | 31.5% | 40.7% | 14.4% | 2% | 83.6% |
| AP 3D Art & Design | 7.1% | 25.2% | 39.9% | 23.5% | 4.4% | 72.1% |
| AP Art History | 13.8% | 23.8% | 27% | 23.8% | 11.6% | 64.6% |
| AP Drawing | 15.7% | 32.9% | 36.1% | 13.1% | 2.1% | 84.8% |
| AP Music Theory | 19.8% | 16.9% | 24% | 24.1% | 15.2% | 60.7% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP English Language & Composition | 10.3% | 19.7% | 26.1% | 29.5% | 14.4% | 56.1% |
| AP English Literature & Composition | 14.9% | 27.8% | 34.5% | 14.4% | 8.4% | 77.2% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Comparative Government & Politics | 16.4% | 23.2% | 31.2% | 16.2% | 13% | 70.8% |
| AP European History | 12.9% | 21.3% | 25.2% | 29% | 11.6% | 59.4% |
| AP Human Geography | 16% | 20% | 18.4% | 14% | 31.6% | 54.4% |
| AP Macroeconomics | 17.1% | 22.9% | 24.7% | 21.6% | 13.7% | 64.7% |
| AP Microeconomics | 21.3% | 26% | 20.6% | 19.9% | 12.1% | 68% |
| AP Psychology | 16.9% | 23.2% | 19.5% | 12.4% | 28% | 59.6% |
| AP United States Government & Politics | 12.8% | 11.3% | 25.1% | 24% | 26.8% | 49.2% |
| AP United States History | 10.6% | 14.8% | 22.1% | 22.7% | 29.8% | 47.5% |
| AP World History | 15.3% | 21.9% | 27.4% | 22.3% | 13% | 64.7% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Calculus AB | 22.4% | 16.2% | 19.4% | 21.7% | 20.3% | 58% |
| AP Calculus BC | 43.5% | 15.9% | 19% | 15.2% | 6.3% | 78.5% |
| AP Computer Science A | 26.8% | 22.4% | 18.8% | 9.5% | 22.5% | 68% |
| AP Computer Science Principles | 11.5% | 20.6% | 31.1% | 20.5% | 16.4% | 63.1% |
| AP Statistics | 15.1% | 22.2% | 22.7% | 16.2% | 23.8% | 60% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Biology | 14.3% | 23% | 27.2% | 23.6% | 12% | 64.4% |
| AP Chemistry | 16% | 27.1% | 32% | 16.9% | 8% | 75.1% |
| AP Environmental Science | 8.3% | 28.4% | 17% | 26.4% | 19.9% | 53.7% |
| AP Physics 1 | 8.8% | 18.3% | 18.5% | 28% | 26.4% | 45.6% |
| AP Physics 2 | 16.5% | 18.5% | 34.9% | 23.8% | 6.4% | 69.8% |
| AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 33.6% | 23.5% | 13.1% | 17.9% | 11.9% | 70.2% |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics | 26.4% | 26.3% | 20.7% | 14% | 12.5% | 73.5% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Chinese Language and Culture | 54.2% | 18.8% | 15.4% | 5% | 6.6% | 88.4% |
| AP French Language and Culture | 13.2% | 25.1% | 36.4% | 19.8% | 5.5% | 74.7% |
| AP German Language and Culture | 21.8% | 21.3% | 24.9% | 19.2% | 12.8% | 68% |
| AP Italian Language and Culture | 23.2% | 22.8% | 26.9% | 17.1% | 10.1% | 72.9% |
| AP Japanese Language and Culture | 50.8% | 8.6% | 17.5% | 8.2% | 14.9% | 76.9% |
| AP Latin | 12.3% | 16.5% | 28% | 24.9% | 18.4% | 56.7% |
| AP Spanish Language and Culture | 24.3% | 30% | 29.6% | 13.5% | 2.7% | 83.8% |
| AP Spanish Literature and Culture | 8.5% | 23.3% | 35.6% | 22.5% | 10.1% | 67.4% |
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2022 AP Score Distributions
See how students performed on each AP Exam for the exams administered in 2022.
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