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2019 AP Score Distributions

See how all students performed on AP exams in 2019. 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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2019 Score Distributions: AP Capstone
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AP Research10.7%22.2%43.0%19.5%4.6%
AP Seminar7.1%15.1%58.9%16.6%2.3%
2019 Score Distributions: Arts
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AP 2-D Art and Design21.0%31.5%34.0%10.8%2.8%
AP 3-D Art and Design10.0%22.4%37.5%25.7%4.3%
AP Art History11.9%24.6%26.6%24.7%12.2%
AP Drawing20.8%33.3%37.0%7.8%1.1%
AP Music Theory21.1%17.9%24.5%23.5%12.8%
2019 Score Distributions: English
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AP English Language and Composition9.9%18.2%26.2%31.2%14.5%
AP English Literature and Composition6.2%15.7%27.8%34.3%16.0%
2019 Score Distributions: History & Social Science
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AP Comparative Government and Politics22.4%24.4%19.2%18.7%15.3%
AP European History11.7%20.5%25.9%29.4%12.5%
AP Human Geography10.8%18.2%20.1%16.7%34.1%
AP Macroeconomics19.1%23.0%16.9%14.9%26.2%
AP Microeconomics24.3%28.1%17.2%12.0%18.4%
AP Psychology20.5%25.3%18.7%13.5%22.0%
AP United States Government and Politics12.9%12.4%29.8%24.8%20.1%
AP United States History11.8%18.4%23.4%22.0%24.3%
AP World History8.6%18.8%28.0%28.8%15.8%
2019 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Science
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AP Calculus AB19.1%18.7%20.6%23.3%18.3%
AP Calculus BC43.0%18.5%19.5%13.9%5.2%
AP Computer Science A26.7%21.9%21.0%11.9%18.4%
AP Computer Science Principles13.8%21.0%37.1%18.8%9.3%
AP Statistics14.7%18.4%26.6%19.3%21.0%
2019 Score Distributions: Sciences
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AP Biology7.2%22.2%35.3%26.6%8.8%
AP Chemistry11.5%16.6%27.5%23.0%21.4%
AP Environmental Science9.4%25.7%14.1%25.4%25.4%
AP Physics 16.7%18.2%20.5%28.7%25.9%
AP Physics 214.2%21.0%30.2%26.2%8.4%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism37.6%22.6%12.7%16.6%10.4%
AP Physics C: Mechanics37.7%26.7%17.4%10.0%8.2%
2019 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures
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AP Chinese Language and Culture60.1%14.9%14.8%4.0%6.2%
AP French Language and Culture16.1%25.3%35.7%18.2%4.7%
AP German Language and Culture21.0%24.2%27.2%19.5%8.2%
AP Italian Language and Culture13.6%18.1%34.4%24.6%9.3%
AP Japanese Language and Culture45.3%12.4%21.6%7.7%13.0%
AP Latin13.0%19.3%30.5%24.1%13.0%
AP Spanish Language and Culture25.2%34.2%29.4%9.5%1.8%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture9.5%25.0%37.7%21.4%6.3%