NUMBER OF AP EXAMINATIONS PER STUDENT

The number of AP Examinations taken per student is presented below for 1997 and 2007.  Note that in 2007 approximately 81% of the students took either one or two AP Examinations during the May administration.  The remaining 19% took from three to fifteen exams.

 		                 SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION YEAR                 
 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                     1997	          	                      2007         
   Students  	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	  365,327	  62.8	 824,285	  56.3
	   2	  134,542	  23.1	367,179	  25.1
	   3	    52,651	    9.1	167,436	  11.4
	   4	    19,746	    3.4	  69,316	    4.7
	   5	      6,555	    1.1	  25,003	    1.7
	   6	      1,965	      .3	     8,147	      .6
	   7	         546	      .1	     2,133	      .1
	   8	         164	      .0	        536    		    .0
	   9	           42	      .0	        141	      .0
	  10	             7	      .0	          52     	      .0
More than 10	             9	      .0	          26	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                    581,554/921,601*		 1,464,254/2,533,431
	                          
Approximately 36% of the students took AP Examinations in more than one year.  The figures below show the cumulative number of exams individual students took from the years 1994 to 1997 and from 2004 to 2007.  Note, for example, that 140,913 students took three or more AP Exams in the years 1994 to 1997 and were therefore potentially eligible for sophomore standing; in 2007, 451,154 students had three or more AP Exams on their records.  By 2007, 8,427 students had amassed 9 AP Exams, 4,596 had 10 exams, 2,358 had 11 exams, 1,225 had 12 exams, 565 students had 13 exams, 314 had 14 exams, 182 had 15 exams, 62 had 16 exams, 37 had 17 exams, 20 had 18 exams, 13 had 19 exams, 7 had 20 exams, 5 had 21 exams, 1 had 23 exams, and 1 student had amassed 26 AP Exams.

		                 FOUR-YEAR ADMINISTRATION RANGES             	

 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                  1994-1997	        	                 2004-2007           
   Students   	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	 309,988	  53.3	 688,753	  47.0
	   2	 130,653	  22.5	 324,347	  22.2
	   3	   64,450	  11.1	 183,417	  12.5
	   4	   35,149	    6.0	  107,082	    7.3
	   5	   19,459	    3.3	   64,526	    4.4
	   6	    10,684	    1.8	   39,182	    2.7
	   7	     5,634	    1.0	   24,384	    1.7
	   8	     2,904	      .5	   14,750	    1.0
	   9	     1,360	      .2	     8,427	      .6
	  10	        648	      .1	     4,596	      .3
	  11	        342	      .1	     2,358	      .2
	  12	        146	      .0	     1,225	      .1
	  13	          67	      .0	        565	      .0
	  14 	          28	      .0	        314	      .0
More than 14	          42	      .0	        328	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                        581,554/1,155,481*		 1,464,254/3,341,870**

  *These figures are greater than the year total shown in other tables because they include exams that were taken but withheld, cancelled, or arrived late.
**The cumulative total of exams taken is 31.9% greater than the total number of exams taken in 2007 alone (i.e., 808,439 exams were taken by the 2006 
   students in 2005, 2004, and previous years).