Back
2006 AP Score Distributions
See how all students performed on AP exams in 2006. The score distribution tables on this page show the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s for each AP subject.
Download a PDF version of the 2006 score distributions.
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP 2-D Art and Design | 7.7% | 17.9% | 39.6% | 28.9% | 5.9% |
| AP 3-D Art and Design | 10.3% | 16.6% | 39.9% | 27.7% | 5.4% |
| AP Art History | 8.4% | 22.5% | 25.9% | 19.5% | 23.8% |
| AP Drawing | 10.7% | 18.7% | 37.6% | 27.7% | 5.3% |
| AP Music Theory | 19.2% | 18.7% | 28.6% | 23.7% | 9.8% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP English Language and Composition | 5.4% | 15.9% | 29.6% | 36.7% | 12.4% |
| AP English Literature and Composition | 7.1% | 20.8% | 34.3% | 29.8% | 8.1% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Comparative Government and Politics | 13.0% | 18.5% | 21.8% | 24.5% | 22.2% |
| AP European History | 12.0% | 20.3% | 36.9% | 17.4% | 13.6% |
| AP Human Geography | 16.9% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 16.0% | 25.6% |
| AP Macroeconomics | 12.7% | 23.4% | 17.4% | 21.0% | 25.4% |
| AP Microeconomics | 16.4% | 27.8% | 19.0% | 15.9% | 20.9% |
| AP Psychology | 19.5% | 27.9% | 20.3% | 12.6% | 19.7% |
| AP United States Government and Politics | 8.0% | 17.7% | 29.2% | 30.6% | 14.5% |
| AP United States History | 11.0% | 19.9% | 22.2% | 26.1% | 20.8% |
| AP World History | 10.4% | 15.2% | 25.4% | 24.4% | 24.6% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Calculus AB | 22.3% | 20.5% | 18.6% | 15.5% | 23.2% |
| AP Calculus BC | 41.9% | 19.7% | 19.7% | 6.4% | 12.3% |
| AP Computer Science A | 21.9% | 22.2% | 14.4% | 7.7% | 33.7% |
| AP Computer Science AB | 33.7% | 19.7% | 17.2% | 9.3% | 20.1% |
| AP Statistics | 12.6% | 22.2% | 25.3% | 18.3% | 21.6% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Biology | 19.6% | 20.3% | 21.2% | 23.3% | 15.6% |
| AP Chemistry | 17.0% | 18.4% | 22.4% | 17.7% | 24.5% |
| AP Environmental Science | 9.3% | 21.9% | 19.2% | 17.5% | 32.0% |
| AP Physics B | 12.8% | 18.4% | 29.2% | 14.3% | 25.3% |
| AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 34.6% | 23.8% | 12.4% | 16.7% | 12.5% |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics | 24.2% | 24.5% | 21.2% | 15.5% | 14.6% |
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP French Language and Culture | 11.3% | 16.4% | 27.6% | 21.4% | 23.4% |
| AP French Literature | 16.3% | 21.7% | 26.7% | 15.7% | 19.6% |
| AP German Language and Culture | 24.9% | 19.9% | 23.8% | 18.3% | 13.1% |
| AP Italian Language and Culture | 16.5% | 13.3% | 21.9% | 20.7% | 27.6% |
| AP Latin Literature | 22.2% | 19.8% | 24.1% | 14.1% | 19.8% |
| AP Latin Vergil | 17.9% | 17.5% | 27.6% | 16.6% | 20.4% |
| AP Spanish Language and Culture | 23.4% | 24.5% | 27.9% | 15.3% | 8.9% |
| AP Spanish Literature and Culture | 11.8% | 20.9% | 29.2% | 15.1% | 23.1% |