View data for a particular archive year
The AP Program compiles a vast amount of data each year on AP Exam participation, performance and volume that can be used to compare and contrast exam-takers worldwide. Available in both PDF and Excel formats, the reports include detailed data separated into a number of categories that can be used to evaluate relative performance during a single school year or over a span of years.
These data also show how participation in the AP Program has grown, which exams are taken by the greatest number of students, which states have increased the number of students taking AP Exams, which colleges receive the greatest number of AP Exam scores and much more.
Go to the archived data section for past reports.
Summary reports
The following reports provide a broad overview of AP Program participation. PDFs require Adobe Reader (latest version recommended).
- Program Summary Report 2017 (.pdf/20K)
- Program Summary Report 2017 (.xls/30K)
- Annual AP Program Participation 1956-2017 (.pdf/16K)
- Annual AP Program Participation 1956-2017 (.xls/29K)
- AP Program Size and Increments 1998-2017 (.pdf/18K)
- AP Program Size and Increments 1998-2017 (.xls/32K)
Score Distributions
These reports include detailed information about which AP scores were earned.
- Student Score Distributions 2017 (.pdf/50K)
- Student Score Distributions 2017 (.xls/36K)
- AP Score Distributions — All Subjects 1997-2017 (.pdf/18K)
- AP Score Distributions — All Subjects 1997-2017 (.xls/28K)
- AP Score Distributions for Specific Student Grade-Level Groups 2017 (.pdf/17K)
- AP Score Distributions for Specific Student Grade-Level Groups 2017 (.xls/29K)
Exam volume
The reports below show how the AP Program has grown.
- AP Exam Volume Changes (2007-2017) (.pdf/27K)
- AP Exam Volume Changes (2007-2017) (.xls/102K)
- AP Exam Volume by Region 2017 (.pdf/27K)
- AP Exam Volume by Region 2017 (.xls/63K)
- AP Student and Exam Volume Per School (2013-2017) (.pdf/24K)
- AP Student and Exam Volume Per School (2013-2017) (.xls/39K)
- Number of AP Exams Per Student 2017 (.pdf/24K)
- Number of AP Exams Per Student 2017 (.doc/41K)
- School Report of AP Exams: Grades 11 and 12 (2017) (.pdf/23K)
- School Report of AP Exams: Grades 11 and 12 (2017) (.xls/36K)
- School Report of AP Exams 2016-2017 (By State) (.pdf/23K)
- School Report of AP Exams 2016-2017 (By State) (.xls/34K)
- Number of Schools Offering AP Exams 2008-2017 (.pdf/24K)
- Number of Schools Offering AP Exams 2008-2017 (.xls/39K)
- College Report of AP Exams by State 2016-2017 (.pdf/23K)
- College Report of AP Exams by State 2016-2017 (.xls/191K)
Other information and data
These reports provide supplemental information.
- Top Colleges & AP scores 2017 (.pdf/22K)
- Top Colleges & AP scores 2017 (.xls/23K)
- AP Reading Reader Participation 2008-2017 (.pdf/16K)
- AP Reading Reader Participation 2008-2017 (.xls/29K)
- AP Scholar Data 2017 (.pdf/446K)
- AP Scholar Data 2017 (.xlsx/41.8K)
National and state summary reports
The following reports detail exam performance in the United States and Canada, as well as for each state in total and by ethnic group. All files are approximately 170KB.
STATE REPORTS | ||
|---|---|---|