AP Test Score Distribution
AP Test Score Distribution 2025
Score distributions for AP Exam scores reported in 2025.
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| 2025 AP Score Distributions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ | |
| AP Capstone | AP Research | 14.8% | 28.1% | 45.6% | 9.3% | 2.2% | 88.5% |
| AP Seminar | 9.4% | 18.9% | 55.0% | 12.5% | 4.2% | 83.4% | |
| AP Arts | AP 2D Art & Design | 11.9% | 29.3% | 41.8% | 13.7% | 3.3% | 83.0% |
| AP 3D Art & Design | 6.7% | 24.9% | 39.9% | 24.5% | 3.9% | 71.6% | |
| AP Art History | 16.0% | 23.3% | 26.2% | 24.1% | 10.3% | 65.6% | |
| AP Drawing | 17.1% | 31.5% | 35.6% | 12.6% | 3.2% | 84.2% | |
| AP Music Theory | 18.8% | 18.0% | 23.7% | 24.7% | 14.7% | 60.5% | |
| AP English | AP English Language & Composition | 13.4% | 28.0% | 32.8% | 16.1% | 9.7% | 74.3% |
| AP English Literature & Composition | 16.2% | 26.9% | 31.0% | 15.9% | 10.0% | 74.2% | |
| History & Social Sciences | AP African American Studies | 17.3% | 32.5% | 29.3% | 15.9% | 4.9% | 79.2% |
| AP Comparative Government & Politics | 16.3% | 23.3% | 32.2% | 16.5% | 11.7% | 71.8% | |
| AP European History | 14.0% | 34.8% | 23.9% | 19.0% | 8.4% | 72.6% | |
| AP Human Geography | 17.0% | 25.2% | 22.5% | 25.4% | 9.9% | 64.7% | |
| AP Macroeconomics | 20.4% | 22.9% | 24.0% | 21.4% | 11.3% | 67.3% | |
| AP Microeconomics | 21.6% | 24.0% | 22.6% | 20.3% | 11.5% | 68.2% | |
| AP Psychology | 14.4% | 30.9% | 25.2% | 19.7% | 9.8% | 70.5% | |
| AP United States Government & Politics | 23.7% | 24.8% | 23.2% | 18.4% | 9.9% | 71.7% | |
| AP United States History | 14.2% | 36.2% | 23.3% | 18.4% | 8.0% | 73.7% | |
| AP World History | 13.9% | 33.4% | 17.0% | 26.5% | 9.2% | 64.3% | |
| Math & Computer Sciences | AP Calculus AB | 20.3% | 28.9% | 15.0% | 22.8% | 13.0% | 64.2% |
| AP Calculus BC | 44.0% | 21.9% | 12.8% | 15.2% | 6.2% | 78.6% | |
| AP Computer Science A | 25.6% | 21.8% | 19.8% | 10.9% | 22.0% | 67.2% | |
| AP Computer Science Principles | 10.7% | 19.9% | 31.2% | 21.4% | 16.8% | 61.9% | |
| AP Precalculus | 28.1% | 25.8% | 26.8% | 11.2% | 8.0% | 80.8% | |
| AP Statistics | 17.0% | 21.4% | 21.9% | 15.9% | 23.7% | 60.3% | |
| Sciences | AP Biology | 18.9% | 24.1% | 27.4% | 21.0% | 8.6% | 70.4% |
| AP Chemistry | 17.9% | 28.6% | 31.4% | 15.9% | 6.2% | 77.9% | |
| AP Environmental Science | 12.6% | 27.8% | 28.8% | 15.0% | 15.8% | 69.2% | |
| AP Physics 1 | 19.8% | 24.7% | 22.9% | 13.4% | 19.2% | 67.3% | |
| AP Physics 2 | 21.8% | 28.8% | 22.0% | 20.2% | 7.2% | 72.6% | |
| AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 25.2% | 23.7% | 24.1% | 17.8% | 9.2% | 72.9% | |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics | 21.7% | 24.0% | 27.5% | 16.0% | 10.8% | 73.2% | |
| World Languages & Cultures | AP Chinese Language and Culture | 54.9% | 18.2% | 16.1% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 89.2% |
| AP French Language and Culture | 14.0% | 25.0% | 34.5% | 20.2% | 6.3% | 73.5% | |
| AP German Language and Culture | 21.3% | 24.5% | 25.7% | 17.6% | 10.8% | 71.5% | |
| AP Italian Language and Culture | 24.6% | 24.8% | 25.9% | 17.0% | 7.8% | 75.2% | |
| AP Japanese Language and Culture | 43.3% | 11.3% | 20.2% | 7.5% | 17.8% | 74.7% | |
| AP Latin | 12.5% | 16.7% | 29.4% | 25.2% | 16.2% | 58.6% | |
| AP Spanish Language and Culture | 21.9% | 31.9% | 31.1% | 12.5% | 2.6% | 85.0% | |
| AP Spanish Literature and Culture | 9.1% | 23.6% | 37.7% | 20.8% | 8.8% | 70.3% | |
