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2011 AP Score Distributions

See how all students performed on AP exams in 2011. 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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2011 Score Distributions: Arts
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AP 2-D Art and Design12.1%25.6%34.6%23.6%4.1%
AP 3-D Art and Design10.1%18.1%33.4%31.6%6.9%
AP Art History12.1%21.6%26.5%19.0%20.8%
AP Drawing12.7%17.5%41.5%23.2%5.1%
AP Music Theory17.5%17.5%24.2%26.7%14.0%
2011 Score Distributions: English
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AP English Language and Composition11.1%20.0%30.1%27.5%11.3%
AP English Literature and Composition8.4%17.8%31.0%32.1%10.7%
2011 Score Distributions: History & Social Sciences
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AP Comparative Government and Politics17.4%21.9%20.4%21.4%18.9%
AP European History10.6%18.7%35.5%11.6%23.6%
AP Human Geography11.7%18.2%21.2%17.5%31.5%
AP Macroeconomics13.1%24.0%16.7%18.2%28.0%
AP Microeconomics16.1%26.2%21.3%15.6%20.8%
AP Psychology20.1%26.3%19.8%12.9%20.9%
AP United States Government and Politics12.6%13.9%25.1%24.3%24.1%
AP United States History11.1%20.8%21.0%26.7%20.5%
AP World History9.5%16.0%23.0%25.5%26.0%
2011 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Science
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AP Calculus AB21.4%16.4%18.5%10.7%33.1%
AP Calculus BC47.6%15.9%16.7%5.9%13.9%
AP Computer Science A24.9%24.8%14.2%7.9%28.2%
AP Statistics12.4%21.4%25.0%17.6%23.5%
2011 Score Distributions: Sciences
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AP Biology18.8%16.5%15.2%14.6%34.8%
AP Chemistry17.0%18.4%19.5%14.6%30.4%
AP Environmental Science8.9%24.8%15.6%24.9%25.8%
AP Physics B16.4%19.2%25.9%17.3%21.3%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism32.0%24.5%14.1%17.7%11.7%
AP Physics C: Mechanics26.5%24.3%22.2%14.2%12.8%
2011 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures
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AP Chinese Language and Culture72.3%13.9%9.2%2.1%2.5%
AP French Language and Culture13.3%16.1%29.0%20.4%21.2%
AP German Language and Culture23.4%19.6%23.6%19.8%13.6%
AP Japanese Language and Culture43.9%11.3%21.2%7.5%16.1%
AP Latin Vergil20.2%18.1%25.6%18.3%17.9%
AP Spanish Language and Culture22.2%25.7%21.1%16.1%14.9%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture11.6%20.7%28.9%15.9%22.8%