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Past AP Chemistry Score Distributions

See how all students performed on past AP Chemistry exams. The official score distribution table on this page shows the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s, 3+, total test takers and mean score for each year that data is available.

Past AP Chemistry Score Distributions
Year543213+Test
Takers
Mean
Score
202417.9%27.4%30.3%16.9%7.5%75.6%151,1213.31
202316.0%27.1%32.0%16.9%8.0%75.1%139,4483.26
202212.5%17.0%24.5%23.6%22.5%54.0%124,7802.73
202111.2%16.4%23.7%24.7%23.9%51.3%134,3162.66
202010.6%18.6%26.9%24.0%19.9%56.1%145,5402.76
201911.5%16.6%27.5%23.0%21.4%55.6%158,8472.74
201813.4%17.6%24.9%23.5%20.6%55.9%161,8522.80
201710.1%16.2%26.1%26.2%21.4%52.4%158,9312.67
201610.5%15.6%27.5%24.8%21.6%53.6%153,4652.69
20159.2%16.1%28.1%24.9%21.7%53.4%152,7452.66
201410.1%16.9%25.9%25.8%21.4%52.8%148,5542.68
201318.9%21.5%18.8%14.9%26.0%59.1%140,0062.92
201216.4%19.3%20.1%15.0%29.2%55.8%132,4252.79
201117.0%18.4%19.5%14.6%30.4%55.0%122,6512.77
201017.1%18.5%19.3%12.7%32.3%55.0%115,0772.76
200918.0%17.9%20.2%14.2%29.8%56.1%104,7892.80
200818.4%17.5%20.0%14.3%29.9%55.9%100,5862.80
200715.3%18.0%23.0%18.5%25.3%56.2%97,1362.79
200617.0%18.4%22.4%17.7%24.5%57.8%87,4652.86
200515.0%18.3%22.7%19.7%24.3%56.0%78,4532.80
200416.4%17.6%22.9%18.9%24.3%56.8%71,0702.83
200314.9%17.8%24.0%19.1%24.2%56.7%65,6982.80
200215.0%18.1%24.3%18.2%24.4%574.0%61,5842.81