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2025 AP Score Distributions

See how all AP students performed on the most recent exams. The score distribution tables on this page show the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s for each AP subject.

Access last year’s scores on the 2024 AP Score Distributions page. We will publish final 2025 score distributions in October. Percentages may change slightly as late exams are scored.

2025 Score Distributions: AP Capstone
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AP Research15%28%46%10%2%89%
AP Seminar10%19%57%12%2%86%
2025 Score Distributions: AP Arts
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AP 2D Art & Design12% 29%42%14%3%83%
AP 3D Art & Design7% 25%40%24% 4%72%
AP Art History16%24%26%24%10%66%
AP Drawing17% 32%36%12%3%85%
AP Music Theory18% 18%24%25%15%60%
2025 Score Distributions: AP English
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AP English Language & Composition13%28%33%16%10%74%
AP English Literature & Composition16%27%31%16%10%74%
2025 Score Distributions‌: History & Social Sciences 
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AP African American Studies16%33%30%16%5%79%
AP Comparative Government & Politics16%23%34%16%11%73%
AP European History13%35%24%19%9%72%
AP Human Geography17%25%23%25%10%65%
AP Macroeconomics18%23%25%22%12%66%
AP Microeconomics19%24%24%21%12%67%
AP Psychology15%32%25%19%9%72%
AP United States Government & Politics24%25%23%18%10%72%
AP United States History14%36%23%19%8%73%
AP World History14% 33%17%27%9%64%
2025 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Sciences
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AP Calculus AB20% 29%15%23%13%64%
AP Calculus BC44%22%13%15%6%79%
AP Computer Science A25%22%20%10%23%67%
AP Computer Science Principles11%20%32%22%15%63%
AP Precalculus28%26%27%11%8%81%
AP Statistics17%21%22%16%24%60%
2025 Score Distributions‌: Sciences
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AP Biology19%24%28%21%8%71%
AP Chemistry17%29%32%16%6%78%
AP Environmental Science12%28%29%15%16%69%
AP Physics 118%25%23%14%20%66%
AP Physics 220%29%23%21%7%72%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism23%24%25%19%9%72%
AP Physics C: Mechanics20%24%28%17%11%72%
2025 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures
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AP Chinese Language and Culture51%19%18%5%7%88%
AP French Language and Culture13%25%35%21%6%73%
AP German Language and Culture19%23%27%19%12%69%
AP Italian Language and Culture21%24%28%19%8%73%
AP Japanese Language and Culture40%  12%21%8%19%73%
AP Latin13%17%29%25%16%59%
AP Spanish Language and Culture22% 32%31%12%3%85%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture8%23%39%21%9%70%