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Past AP Physics 1 Score Distributions

See how all students performed on past AP Physics 1 exams. The official score distribution tables on this page show 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 Physics 1 Score Distributions
Year543213+Test
Takers		Mean
Score
202410.2%17.9%19.2%26.1%26.6%47.3%164,4812.59
20238.8%18.3%18.5%28.0%26.4%45.6%159,5822.55
20227.9%17.0%18.3%27.1%29.6%43.2%144,5262.47
20216.9%16.3%18.9%26.4%31.4%42.1%137,2292.41
20208.8%17.9%24.8%26.5%21.9%51.6%149,4882.65
20196.7%18.2%20.5%28.7%25.9%45.5%161,0712.51
20185.7%15.3%19.6%26.6%30.8%40.6%170,6532.36
20175.4%16.2%20.3%29.1%29.0%41.9%170,4472.40
20164.6%14.0%21.2%30.2%30.0%39.8%169,3042.33
20155.0%13.6%20.7%29.8%31.0%39.2%171,0742.32

Past AP Physics B Score Distributions

Prior to 2015 the AP Physics B exam was administered.

Past AP Physics B Score Distributions
Year543213+Test
Takers		Mean
Score
201415.8%18.5%26.5%17.0%22.3%60.7%93,5742.89
201316.6%19.9%26.1%16.3%21.1%62.6%89,2632.95
201216.3%19.3%26.4%16.8%21.3%62.0%80,5842.93
201116.4%19.2%25.9%17.3%21.3%61.5%75,6482.92
201014.8%18.5%26.1%18.6%21.9%59.4%67,3122.86
200914.9%18.6%27.2%18.3%20.9%60.8%62,7022.88
200815.5%17.5%27.5%18.3%21.2%60.5%57,7582.88
200716.2%16.9%27.2%18.6%21.1%60.3%54,8902.88
200612.8%18.4%29.2%14.3%25.3%60.4%50,9872.79
200514.0%18.3%27.7%15.2%24.9%59.9%46,9712.81
200411.4%16.9%29.3%15.0%27.3%57.6%43,2952.70
200314.0%18.1%28.1%16.5%23.2%60.2%40,9262.83
200212.2%17.4%30.6%14.4%25.5%60.1%37,4472.76

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