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2015 AP Score Distributions

See how all students performed on AP exams in 2015. 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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2015 Score Distributions: AP Capstone
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AP Seminar4.9%11.7%58.3%21.6%3.5%
2015 Score Distributions: Arts
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AP 2-D Art and Design17.2%28.7%32.3%17.4%4.3%
AP 3-D Art and Design12.3%23.6%36.0%24.7%3.3%
AP Art History10.0%20.3%27.2%20.4%22.0%
AP Drawing15.6%22.2%40.4%18.5%3.3%
AP Music Theory19.1%17.2%24.8%24.8%14.1%
2015 Score Distributions: English
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AP English Language and Composition9.9%18.3%27.3%29.7%14.8%
AP English Literature and Composition7.6%18.2%30.5%32.7%11.1%
2015 Score Distributions: History & Social Science
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AP Comparative Government and Politics15.1%19.9%21.7%22.8%20.5%
AP European History10.3%17.3%35.6%10.7%26.2%
AP Human Geography12.2%20.5%21.1%16.7%29.5%
AP Macroeconomics15.2%22.2%17.1%17.0%28.4%
AP Microeconomics19.1%28.6%19.4%13.8%19.1%
AP Psychology20.2%26.2%19.8%13.1%20.7%
AP United States Government and Politics9.7%13.5%24.7%25.0%27.0%
AP United States History9.4%18.0%23.7%24.8%24.0%
AP World History6.6%14.2%31.4%29.9%18.0%
2015 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Science
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AP Calculus AB21.8%17.0%18.6%10.3%32.3%
AP Calculus BC45.4%16.4%18.0%5.5%14.8%
AP Computer Science A24.4%24.6%15.2%7.2%28.5%
AP Statistics13.4%19.1%25.2%18.6%23.6%
2015 Score Distributions: Sciences
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AP Biology6.4%22.1%35.9%27.5%8.2%
AP Chemistry9.2%16.1%28.1%24.9%21.7%
AP Environmental Science7.7%24.2%15.1%25.4%27.6%
AP Physics 15.0%13.6%20.7%29.8%31.0%
AP Physics 28.5%13.7%33.5%34.8%9.6%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism31.4%24.5%12.5%19.7%11.9%
AP Physics C: Mechanics30.1%27.9%20.0%11.6%10.5%
2015 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures
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AP Chinese Language and Culture65.3%16.0%11.8%3.1%3.9%
AP French Language and Culture16.7%25.6%33.7%18.8%5.2%
AP German Language and Culture24.7%24.0%28.2%16.6%6.4%
AP Italian Language and Culture20.8%20.1%27.4%22.7%9.1%
AP Japanese Language and Culture48.5%9.2%19.7%8.1%14.5%
AP Latin12.6%21.6%29.4%24.4%12.0%
AP Spanish Language and Culture27.4%35.1%27.5%8.7%1.2%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture10.0%24.9%38.1%20.6%6.4%