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2018 AP Score Distributions

See how all students performed on AP exams in 2018. 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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2018 Score Distributions: AP Capstone
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AP Research11.4%23.7%40.1%19.8%4.9%
AP Seminar8.4%17.2%57.2%14.9%2.3%
2018 Score Distributions: Arts
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AP 2-D Art and Design17.9%30.9%35.8%12.2%3.2%
AP 3-D Art and Design11.4%23.5%24.0%26.6%4.4%
AP Art History12.7%24.5%27.5%25.0%10.4%
AP Drawing22.4%31.7%35.5%9.0%1.4%
AP Music Theory22.6%18.7%24.5%22.4%11.8%
2018 Score Distributions: English
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AP English Language and Composition10.6%17.7%28.8%29.3%13.5%
AP English Literature and Composition5.6%14.5%27.2%36.0%16.7%
2018 Score Distributions: History & Social Science
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AP Comparative Government and Politics21.1%22.6%19.6%20.6%16.1%
AP European History11.9%19.9%25.9%30.0%12.2%
AP Human Geography13.0%19.8%21.5%17.0%28.6%
AP Macroeconomics19.7%22.6%16.2%16.8%24.7%
AP Microeconomics20.9%27.8%19.1%15.4%16.7%
AP Psychology21.2%26.3%18.1%14.5%19.9%
AP United States Government and Politics13.3%13.3%26.4%24.4%22.6%
AP United States History10.7%18.4%22.7%22.7%25.5%
AP World History8.9%19.9%27.4%28.5%15.4%
2018 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Science
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AP Calculus AB19.4%17.3%21.0%22.4%20.0%
AP Calculus BC40.4%18.6%20.7%14.6%5.6%
AP Computer Science A24.7%21.2%21.8%11.9%20.4%
AP Computer Science Principles14.0%21.1%36.1%19.7%9.2%
AP Statistics14.6%21.2%24.9%15.9%23.4%
2018 Score Distributions: Sciences
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AP Biology7.2%21.6%32.8%28.3%10.2%
AP Chemistry13.4%17.6%24.9%23.5%20.6%
AP Environmental Science8.8%23.9%15.0%25.8%26.5%
AP Physics 15.7%15.3%19.6%26.6%30.8%
AP Physics 213.1%15.6%34.4%29.2%7.7%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism37.4%22.5%13.5%16.3%10.3%
AP Physics C: Mechanics30.2%27.3%19.7%12.7%10.0%
2018 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures
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AP Chinese Language and Culture66.1%12.2%13.0%3.7%5.0%
AP French Language and Culture16.7%25.8%34.6%18.3%4.5%
AP German Language and Culture22.4%22.7%25.9%21.6%7.4%
AP Italian Language and Culture18.5%18.1%32.0%21.4%10.0%
AP Japanese Language and Culture48.0%9.8%19.9%8.3%13.9%
AP Latin14.4%20.1%31.9%22.8%10.7%
AP Spanish Language and Culture23.7%34.7%29.9%10.3%1.4%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture9.7%24.5%36.1%21.7%8.0%