NUMBER OF AP EXAMINATIONS PER STUDENT

The number of AP Examinations taken per student is presented below for 1996 and 2006.  Note that in 2006 approximately 82% of the students took either one or two AP Examinations during the May administration.  The remaining 18% took from three to fifteen exams.

 		                 SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION YEAR                 
 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                     1996	          	                      2006         
   Students  	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	  341,016	  63.5	 756,075	  56.5
	   2	  123,474	  23.0	 335,437	  25.0
	   3	    47,565	    8.9	 151,867	  11.3
	   4	    17,394	    3.2	   63,237	    4.7
	   5	      5,615	    1.0	   22,615	    1.7
	   6	      1,693	      .3	     7,297	      .5
	   7	         485	      .1	     2,056	      .2
	   8	         138	      .0	        506    		    .0
	   9	           32	      .0	        139	      .0
	  10	           10	      .0	          35     	      .0
More than 10	             6	      .0	          18	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                    537,428/843,423*		 1,339,282/2,312,611
	                          
Approximately 35% 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 1993 to 1996 and from 2003 to 2006.  Note, for example, that 126,322 students took three or more AP Exams in the years 1993 to 1996 and were therefore potentially eligible for sophomore standing; in 2006, 406,506 students had three or more AP Exams on their records.  By 2006, 7,475 students had amassed 9 AP Exams, 4,055 had 10 exams, 1,953 had 11 exams, 991 had 12 exams, 518 students had 13 exams, 238 had 14 exams, 141 had 15 exams, 80 had 16 exams, 36 had 17 exams, 28 had 18 exams, 10 had 19 exams, 4 had 20 exams, 3 had 21 exams, 5 had 22 exams, and 1 student had amassed 30 AP Exams.

		                 FOUR-YEAR ADMINISTRATION RANGES             	

 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                  1993-1996	        	                 2003-2006           
   Students   	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	 290,724	  54.1	 634,610	  47.4
	   2	 120,382	  22.4	 298,166	  22.3
	   3	   59,340	  11.0	 166,330	  12.4
	   4	   31,309	    5.8	   96,679	    7.2
	   5	   16,819	    3.1	   57,500	    4.3
	   6	     9,366	    1.7	   35,856	    2.7
	   7	     4,852	      .9	   21,482	    1.6
	   8	     2,459	      .5	   13,121	    1.0
	   9	     1,239	      .2	     7,475	      .6
	  10	        501	      .1	     4,055	      .3
	  11	        249	      .0	     1,953	      .1
	  12	        105	      .0	        991	      .1
	  13	          40	      .0	        518	      .0
	  14 	          30	      .0	        238	      .0
More than 14	          13	      .0	        308	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                        537,428/1,049,984*		 1,339,282/3,030,876**

  *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 24% greater than the total number of exams taken in 2005 alone (i.e., 718,265 exams were taken by the 2005 
   students in 2004, 2003, and previous years).