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| AP Score Distributions | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
This table is sortable by clicking on the header - Clicking on an Exam Name will show a comparison of the score distributions for all years compiled
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ | Date Tweeted | Trevor's Comments |
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| 2-D Art and Design | 12.1% | 36.2% | 41.2% | 9.8% | 0.6% | 89.5% | Jul 06 |
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| 3-D Art and Design | 7.2% | 32.0% | 36.5% | 20.9% | 3.6% | 75.7% | Jul 06 |
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| AP Research | 8.8% | 32.1% | 31.5% | 25.0% | 2.6% | 72.4% | Jul 06 |
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| AP Seminar | 6.4% | 14.5% | 59.7% | 17.2% | 2.3% | 80.6% | Jul 06 |
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| Art History | 15.6% | 24.6% | 27.7% | 21.4% | 10.7% | 67.9% | Jul 07 |
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| Biology | 9.4% | 22.5% | 36.6% | 24.2% | 7.3% | 68.5% | Jul 07 |
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| Calculus AB | 19.0% | 20.4% | 20.5% | 24.1% | 16.0% | 59.9% | Jul 10 |
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| Calculus BC | 44.2% | 17.4% | 19.2% | 14.4% | 4.8% | 80.8% | Jul 10 |
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| Chemistry | 10.4% | 18.2% | 26.4% | 23.8% | 21.1% | 55% | Jul 10 |
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| Chinese Lang. and Culture | 55.3% | 15.5% | 17.8% | 5.2% | 6.2% | 88.6% | Jul 09 |
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| Computer Science A | 25.2% | 21.3% | 22.8% | 12.9% | 17.8% | 69.3% | Jul 08 |
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| Computer Science Principles | 10.8% | 23.3% | 36.6% | 17.5% | 11.8% | 70.7% | Jul 06 |
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| Drawing | 15.5% | 40.3% | 33.3% | 9.8% | 1.2% | 89.1% | Jul 06 |
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| English Language | 12.5% | 20.4% | 29.1% | 26.2% | 11.8% | 62% | Jul 09 |
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| English Literature | 9.3% | 17.3% | 33.5% | 27.7% | 12.2% | 60.1% | Jul 07 |
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| Environmental Science | 11.8% | 28.3% | 13.0% | 25.4% | 21.5% | 53.1% | Jul 09 |
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| European History | 13.7% | 20.1% | 25.5% | 29.2% | 11.5% | 59.3% | Jul 10 |
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| French Language | 23.2% | 31.6% | 28.3% | 12.4% | 4.5% | 83.1% | Jul 10 |
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| German Language | 23.9% | 33.8% | 16.0% | 19.5% | 6.7% | 73.7% | Jul 07 |
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| Government and Politics, Comp. | 24.3% | 27.3% | 18.4% | 17.3% | 12.7% | 70% | Jul 07 |
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| Government and Politics, US | 15.3% | 16.2% | 25.1% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 56.6% | Jul 07 |
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| Human Geography | 11.6% | 22.1% | 24.5% | 10.9% | 30.9% | 58.2% | Jul 10 |
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| Italian Language and Culture | 18.5% | 16.9% | 39.9% | 19.6% | 5.1% | 75.3% | Jul 09 |
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| Japanese Lang. and Culture | 53.9% | 9.6% | 20.1% | 7.6% | 8.8% | 83.6% | Jul 07 |
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| Latin | 16.3% | 20.1% | 32.0% | 17.8% | 13.8% | 68.4% | Jul 09 |
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| Macroeconomics | 19.5% | 24.8% | 18.3% | 16.2% | 21.2% | 62.6% | Jul 08 |
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| Microeconomics | 23.1% | 28.7% | 16.5% | 14.2% | 17.5% | 68.3% | Jul 08 |
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| Music Theory | 23.8% | 18.9% | 25.2% | 22.0% | 10.1% | 67.9% | Jul 07 |
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| Physics 1 - Algebra Based | 8.7% | 17.7% | 24.5% | 26.3% | 22.8% | 50.9% | Jul 08 |
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| Physics 2 - Algebra Based | 13.9% | 24.0% | 34.6% | 21.5% | 6.0% | 72.5% | Jul 08 |
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| Physics C E&M | 40.0% | 22.1% | 11.5% | 16.3% | 10.1% | 73.6% | Jul 08 |
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| Physics C Mech. | 40.9% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 9.5% | 7.6% | 82.9% | Jul 08 |
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| Psychology | 22.3% | 25.3% | 23.4% | 9.6% | 19.4% | 71% | Jul 10 |
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| Spanish Language | 30.5% | 36.4% | 23.1% | 8.8% | 1.2% | 90% | Jul 09 |
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| Spanish Literature | 17.0% | 18.0% | 37.7% | 20.7% | 6.6% | 72.7% | Jul 09 |
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| Statistics | 16.0% | 20.6% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 18.9% | 59.5% | Jul 09 |
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| United States History | 13.0% | 19.2% | 26.6% | 20.4% | 21.0% | 58.8% | Jul 06 |
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| World History | 9.2% | 22.8% | 28.2% | 26.1% | 13.7% | 60.2% | Jul 08 |
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