Newsletter #64-December 2024
AP Score Distributions for 2024 Released
College Board Releases AP Exam Scores for 2024
The College Board Advanced Placement (AP) score distributions for 2024 have been released. Once again, AP English Language and Composition (AP Lang) was the most popular taken exam by 597,097 students. However, only 9.8% of students earned a perfect AP 5 score.
The upcoming May 2025 AP United States Government and Politics (AP US Govt) exam is predicted to be a much harder exam because of the inconsistencies with the easier May 2024 AP US Govt exam.
To see the score distributions of other 2024 AP exams, please check out our AP Test page. Great job students!
In 2024, AP English Language and Composition (AP Lang) was the most widely taken AP exam around the world. However, only 9.8% of global students successfully earned a perfect AP 5 score. AP Lang is considered the hardest AP exam offered by College Board. Source: College Board 2020-2024.
In 2024, a relatively low number of students around the world took AP Comparative Government and Politics (AP Comp Govt). This AP exam is geared towards 11th and 12th graders. Source: College Board 2020-2024.
In 2024, the number of students that scored a perfect AP 5 for AP United States Government and Politics (AP US Govt) nearly doubled from previous years. The number of students that failed with an AP 1 dropped to about a third in comparison to previous years. This implies that College Board may have inadvertently administered an easier AP US Govt exam for 2024. Sometimes this happens. To correct this inconsistency, the May 2025 AP US Govt exam will most likely be much harder to replicate consistency like the 2023 AP exam. Source: College Board 2020-2024.
In 2024, AP Human Geography (AP HG) was again a very popular test, especially among 9th and 10th graders. Source: College Board 2020-2024.
