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Past AP Physics 2 Score Distributions

See how all students performed on past AP Physics 2 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 2 Score Distributions
Year543213+Test
Takers
Mean
Score
202419.1%18.0%33.4%22.9%6.6%70.5%22,8043.20
202316.5%18.5%34.9%23.8%6.4%69.8%20,4533.15
202216.3%18.1%35.3%24.1%6.3%69.7%17,8423.14
202115.4%17.9%32.0%27.0%7.6%65.3%18,7363.06
202014.0%24.3%35.0%21.3%5.4%73.3%21,8353.20
201914.2%21.0%30.2%26.2%8.4%65.4%23,8023.06
201813.1%15.6%34.4%29.2%7.7%63.1%25,7412.97
201712.9%16.7%34.0%27.6%8.9%63.5%24,9852.97
20169.5%17.0%34.9%30.6%8.1%61.3%26,3852.89
20158.5%13.7%33.5%34.8%9.6%55.6%20,5332.77

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