2026 AP Score Distributions

Official College Board score distributions for the 2026 AP exams — the percentage of students who scored 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 in each subject. Pass rate is the share scoring 3 or higher.

AP subjectScored 5Scored 3+
AP African American Studies 20% 77%
AP 2D Art & Design 12% 85%
AP 3D Art & Design 7% 75%
AP Drawing 16% 83%
AP Art History 15% 67%
AP Biology 15% 71%
AP Calculus AB 20% 65%
AP Calculus BC 46% 82%
AP Chemistry 15% 76%
AP Chinese Language and Culture 48% 85%
AP Comparative Government and Politics 15% 70%
AP Computer Science A 25% 66%
AP Computer Science Principles 10% 63%
AP English Language and Composition 16% 73%
AP English Literature and Composition 15% 75%
AP Environmental Science 13% 69%
AP European History 16% 74%
AP French Language and Culture 15% 71%
AP German Language and Culture 24% 68%
AP Human Geography 19% 66%
AP Italian Language and Culture 19% 69%
AP Japanese Language and Culture 47% 72%
AP Latin 20% 73%
AP Macroeconomics 19% 66%
AP Microeconomics 19% 68%
AP Music Theory 18% 59%
AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based 19% 68%
AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based 20% 72%
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism 24% 75%
AP Physics C: Mechanics 20% 72%
AP Precalculus 29% 82%
AP Psychology 15% 74%
AP Research 17% 90%
AP Seminar 10% 88%
AP Spanish Language and Culture 21% 83%
AP Spanish Literature and Culture 20% 71%
AP Statistics 17% 62%
AP United States Government and Politics 23% 76%
AP United States History 14% 74%
AP World History: Modern 14% 66%

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