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2017 AP Score Distributions

See how all students performed on AP exams in 2017. 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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2017 Score Distributions: AP Capstone
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AP Research16.8%18.1%35.4%27.3%2.5%
AP Seminar6.6%15.1%65.0%11.6%1.6%
2017 Score Distributions: Arts
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AP 2-D Art and Design19.3%31.2%34.6%13.1%1.8%
AP 3-D Art and Design12.0%22.0%37.6%25.2%3.2%
AP Art History11.1%22.9%27.2%26.3%12.4%
AP Drawing21.9%27.7%35.8%12.9%1.6%
AP Music Theory19.2%17.2%24.6%24.6%14.5%
2017 Score Distributions: English
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AP English Language and Composition9.1%18.3%27.7%30.7%14.2%
AP English Literature and Composition6.8%16.1%29.7%33.9%13.5%
2017 Score Distributions: History & Social Science
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AP Comparative Government and Politics23.2%24.5%20.4%17.8%14.1%
AP European History9.3%18.6%28.0%31.9%12.1%
AP Human Geography10.7%17.3%21.0%17.1%33.9%
AP Macroeconomics17.4%23.3%16.9%15.8%26.6%
AP Microeconomics23.5%28.1%18.0%12.0%18.5%
AP Psychology19.1%25.1%20.0%14.6%21.2%
AP United States Government and Politics11.1%12.4%25.7%24.6%26.1%
AP United States History10.8%17.7%22.3%23.5%25.6%
AP World History23.2%24.5%20.4%17.8%14.1%
2017 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Science
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AP Calculus AB18.7%18.0%20.8%22.0%20.4%
AP Calculus BC42.6%18.1%19.9%14.1%5.3%
AP Computer Science A24.2%20.9%21.9%11.5%21.5%
AP Computer Science Principles13.8%21.7%39.1%18.3%7.2%
AP Statistics13.6%15.9%24.8%20.2%25.5%
2017 Score Distributions: Sciences
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AP Biology6.4%21.0%36.7%27.5%8.4%
AP Chemistry10.1%16.2%26.1%26.2%21.4%
AP Environmental Science9.5%24.5%15.4%24.5%26.2%
AP Physics 15.4%16.2%20.3%29.1%29.0%
AP Physics 212.9%16.7%34.0%27.6%8.9%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism31.9%25.2%14.3%16.9%11.7%
AP Physics C: Mechanics36.4%27.1%15.8%12.5%8.1%
2017 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures
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AP Chinese Language and Culture68.8%11.7%12.1%3.1%4.3%
AP French Language and Culture17.0%24.9%33.4%19.6%5.0%
AP German Language and Culture23.0%24.1%28.5%17.5%6.9%
AP Italian Language and Culture18.4%19.1%34.0%22.4%6.1%
AP Japanese Language and Culture45.1%11.0%20.8%8.2%14.8%
AP Latin12.5%19.4%31.5%23.0%13.6%
AP Spanish Language and Culture19.5%34.8%34.2%10.0%1.5%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture9.6%26.1%37.6%20.4%6.4%