STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS*
AP Exams - May 2020
Art and Design:
Drawing**
N
% At
Exam Score
15.5
40.3
33.2
9.8
1.2
Art and Design:
2-D**
N
% At
12.1
36.1
41.3
9.8
0.6
22,063
52,990
86,176
56,220
15,995
9.5
22.7
36.9
24.1
6.9
3 or Higher / %
18,251
Mean Score
3.59
3.49
3.18
3.15
3.04
3.07
Standard Deviation
0.90
0.85
0.96
1.21
1.06
1.34
Calculus BC
N
% At
44.6
17.6
19.4
14.1
4.3
33,042
89.5
Calculus BC
Calculus AB Subscore
N
% At
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
23,567
75.6
Chemistry
N
% At
Chinese Language
(Total Group)
N
% At
Chinese Language
(Standard Group)***
N
% At
Mean Score
3.84
N/A
2.76
4.09
3.16
3.26
Standard Deviation
1.25
N/A
1.26
1.22
1.37
1.40
Computer Science
Principles
N
% At
10.9
23.6
37.1
19.8
8.6
N/A
81,611
56.1
Economics - Macro
N
% At
Economics - Micro
N
% At
24,176
30,667
22,715
19,894
25,187
19,215
23,875
13,658
11,729
13,938
19.7
25.0
18.5
16.2
20.5
3,781
88.7
English Language
N
% At
70.9
English Literature
N
% At
3 or Higher / %
83,605
Mean Score
3.09
3.07
3.28
2.96
2.84
2.85
Standard Deviation
1.10
1.42
1.40
1.20
1.13
1.35
77,558
63.2
56,748
68.9
332,272
9.3
17.3
33.5
27.8
12.2
333,980
62.1
200,575
19,391
46,233
21,196
41,489
34,160
60.1
86,820
French Language
(Total Group)
N
% At
5
4
3
2
1
12,928
18,991
24,049
27,504
10,840
5,046
6,869
6,152
2,670
964
Number of Students
94,312
3 or Higher / %
55,968
Mean Score
2.95
3.57
3.40
3.49
3.19
3.34
Standard Deviation
1.22
1.11
1.07
1.23
1.17
1.34
13.7
20.1
25.5
29.2
11.5
23.3
31.7
28.3
12.3
4.4
21,701
59.3
18,067
French Language
(Standard Group)***
N
% At
2,604
5,480
5,319
2,337
830
15.7
33.1
32.1
14.1
5.0
16,570
83.3
13,403
German Language
(Total Group)
N
% At
1,178
1,672
788
962
328
23.9
33.9
16.0
19.5
6.7
4,928
80.9
3,638
German Language
(Standard Group)***
N
% At
400
1,233
667
803
286
11.8
36.4
19.7
23.7
8.4
3,389
73.8
2,300
11.9
28.5
13.0
25.5
21.0
162,469
European History
N
% At
Exam Score
70.4
Environmental Science
N
% At
116,751
535,478
31,030
57,642
111,903
92,700
40,705
49,708
Number of Students
71.6
12.6
20.4
29.1
26.2
11.8
25.6
21.7
23.2
12.8
16.8
70,580
12,775
27,551
43,279
23,131
10,015
82,415
67,235
109,436
155,601
140,130
63,076
2,681
18,048
15,299
16,361
9,036
11,836
5
4
3
2
1
122,639
23.3
29.0
16.6
14.2
16.9
13,011
23.8
14.5
32.6
12.1
17.0
61.4
Computer Science A
N
% At
104,325
14,663
900
548
1,233
458
642
163,682
3 or Higher / %
N/A
55.4
15.5
17.9
5.1
6.1
69.1
127,864
145,540
8,119
2,271
2,621
754
898
161,229
Number of Students
81.6
10.6
18.6
26.9
24.0
19.9
68.7
19.5
20.9
21.0
24.1
14.5
266,430
57,003
22,495
24,827
18,041
5,498
N/A
15,464
27,012
39,135
34,913
29,016
16,190
233,444
52,005
55,754
55,923
64,111
38,637
5
4
3
2
1
Exam Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,990
15.8
24.9
28.0
21.3
10.0
Calculus AB
N
% At
20,486
5,281
3,721
5,867
6,602
5,025
2,352
% At
Number of Students
89.1
7.2
31.9
36.5
20.9
3.5
Biology
N
3,182
8,259
6,810
1,999
236
36,901
378
1,685
1,927
1,104
187
Art History
N
% At
5
4
3
2
1
Exam Score
4,481
13,338
15,223
3,624
235
Art and Design:
3-D**
N
% At
53.4
Government & Politics
Comparative
N
% At
5,370
6,048
4,067
3,807
2,759
24.4
27.4
18.4
17.3
12.5
22,051
67.9
15,485
* This table reflects 4,751,957 AP Exams taken by 2,642,630 students from 22,152 secondary schools.
** In 2020, the AP Studio Art Program was renamed AP Art and Design. The course names are Drawing, 2-D Art and Design, and 3-D Art and Design.
*** Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak
or hear the foreign language of the exam, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.
© 2020 College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board.
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STUDENT SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS*
AP Exams - May 2020 (continued)
Government & Politics
United States
N
% At
Exam Score
15.5
16.5
25.5
22.0
20.5
Human Geography
N
% At
11.8
22.4
24.8
10.9
30.1
293,196
3 or Higher / %
168,581
Mean Score
2.85
2.75
3.24
3.06
3.92
3.17
Standard Deviation
1.34
1.39
1.12
1.02
1.35
1.35
Latin
128,741
2,518
59.0
Music Theory
N
% At
1,899
214
319
854
429
104
11.1
16.6
44.5
22.3
5.4
1,920
75.4
Music Theory
Aural Subscore
Music Theory
Nonaural Subscore
N
% At
2,157
Physics 1
% At
845
Number of Students
5,850
3 or Higher / %
4,046
Mean Score
3.10
3.28
N/A
N/A
2.65
3.20
Standard Deviation
1.25
1.29
N/A
N/A
1.25
1.09
Physics C E&M
N
% At
Exam Score
40.4
22.4
11.6
16.2
9.5
11,453
N/A
69.2
Physics C Mechanics
N
% At
41.6
26.4
16.3
9.2
6.5
N/A
N/A
Psychology
N
% At
149,488
N/A
Research
N
% At
51.6
15,999
N
% At
3,370
7,634
31,427
8,959
1,172
6.4
14.5
59.8
17.0
2.2
51,613
61,479
38,964
14,868
2,074
17,594
Mean Score
3.68
3.87
3.22
3.20
3.06
3.86
Standard Deviation
1.38
1.23
1.40
0.99
0.81
0.99
Spanish Language
(Standard Group)***
N
% At
17.0
37.1
30.1
13.6
2.2
84.3
Spanish Literature
N
% At
4,245
4,493
9,377
4,995
1,027
17.6
18.6
38.8
20.7
4.3
210,639
N
20,055
71.3
Statistics
% At
72.5
United States History
N
% At
55,905
3 or Higher / %
47,087
Mean Score
3.53
3.25
2.95
2.83
2.88
Standard Deviation
1.00
1.10
1.34
1.31
1.18
18,115
75.1
112,622
13.0
19.2
26.6
20.4
21.0
472,697
60.0
277,444
27,899
69,065
85,338
79,086
41,554
80.7
152,056
9.2
22.8
28.2
26.1
13.7
302,942
58.7
182,302
30.5
36.4
23.1
8.8
1.2
168,998
World History
N
% At
Number of Students
187,741
61,243
90,646
125,555
96,214
99,039
42,431
9,504
20,736
16,847
7,586
1,232
84.2
16.2
20.7
23.1
21.7
18.3
52,562
5
4
3
2
1
24,137
30,380
38,916
43,326
40,670
34,449
14,533
73.3
Spanish Language
(Total Group)
N
% At
Seminar
3 or Higher / %
43,592
8.8
32.1
31.5
25.0
2.5
14.0
24.3
35.0
21.3
5.4
21,835
23,655
295,621
1,770
6,439
6,324
5,012
510
77,169
3,056
5,307
7,636
4,649
1,187
Number of Students
74.4
22.4
25.4
23.5
9.6
19.1
8.8
17.9
24.8
26.5
21.9
9,549
5,294
2,751
3,823
2,238
51,718
66,099
75,057
69,483
28,467
56,515
N/A
13,217
26,823
37,129
39,581
32,738
5
4
3
2
1
Exam Score
21,510
13,671
8,411
4,752
3,374
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
71.4
Physics 2
N
% At
16.5
20.4
32.3
17.9
12.9
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N
83.6
964
1,192
1,890
1,047
757
69.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
72.2
23.6
14.0
33.8
12.9
15.6
1,183
5
4
3
2
1
16,550
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,581
279
166
400
153
185
% At
24.2
19.3
25.7
22.0
8.8
% At
53.7
9.6
20.3
7.7
8.8
N
4,007
3,191
4,255
3,638
1,459
N
1,387
1,386
248
523
198
226
Japanese Language
(Standard Group)***
N
% At
Number of Students
57.5
18.5
16.8
40.1
19.5
5.1
Japanese Language
(Total Group)
N
% At
45,461
48,323
74,797
64,530
60,085
218,333
465
424
1,010
491
128
Italian Language
(Standard Group)***
N
% At
5
4
3
2
1
Exam Score
25,712
48,809
54,220
23,901
65,691
Italian Language
(Total Group)
N
% At
60.2
* This table reflects 4,751,957 AP Exams taken by 2,642,630 students from 22,152 secondary schools.
** In 2020, the AP Studio Art Program was renamed AP Art and Design. The course names are Drawing, 2-D Art and Design, and 3-D Art and Design.
*** Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak
or hear the foreign language of the exam, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.
© 2020 College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board.
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