NUMBER OF AP EXAMINATIONS PER STUDENT

The number of AP Examinations taken per student is presented below for 1994 and 2004.  Note that in 2004 approximately 82% of the students took either one or two AP Examinations during the May administration.  The remaining 18% took from three to thirteen exams.

 		                 SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION YEAR                 
 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                     1994	          	                      2004         
   Students  	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	 300,553	  65.5	 630,198	  57.2
	   2	  101,413	  22.1	 273,282	  24.8
	   3	   38,034	    8.3	 121,411	  11.0
	   4	   13,151	    2.9	   49,852	    4.5
	   5	     4,250	      .9	   18,475	    1.7
	   6	     1,170	      .3	     6,061	      .6
	   7	        284	      .1	     1,849	      .2
	   8	          60	      .0	        478    		    .0
	   9	          23	      .0	        133	      .0
	  10	            3	      .0	          44     	      .0
More than 10	            4	      .0	          19	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                    458,945/701,108*		 1,101,802/1,887,770
	                          
Approximately 34% 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 1991 to 1994 and from 2001 to 2004.  Note, for example, that 98,894 students took three or more AP Exams in the years 1991 to 1994 and were therefore potentially eligible for sophomore standing; in 2004, 326,062 students had three or more AP Exams on their records.  By 2004, 5,590 students had amassed 9 AP Exams, 3,015 had 10 exams, 1,471 had 11 exams, 742 had 12 exams, 412 students had 13 exams, 165 had 14 exams, 88 had 15 exams, 39 had 16 exams, 24 had 17 exams, 4 had 18 exams, 4 had 19 exams, and 3 had amassed 20 AP Exams.

		                 FOUR-YEAR ADMINISTRATION RANGES             	

 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                  1991-1994	        	                 2001-2004           
   Students   	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	 259,011	  56.4	 530,411	  48.1
	   2	 101,040	  22.0	 245,248	  22.3
	   3	   48,233	  10.5	 134,252	  12.2
	   4	   24,670	    5.4	   77,946	    7.1
	   5	   13,008	    2.8	   47,039	    4.3
	   6	     6,821	    1.5	   28,106	    2.6
	   7	     3,294	      .7	   17,340	    1.6
	   8	     1,578	      .3	     9,903	      .9
	   9	        755	      .2	     5,509	      .5
	  10	        323	      .1	     3,015	      .3
	  11	        118	      .0	     1,471	      .1
	  12	          53	      .0	        742	      .1
	  13	          27	      .0	        412	      .0
	  14 	            7	      .0	        165	      .0
More than 14	            7	      .0	        162	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                        458,945/858,639*		 1,101,802/2,455,653**

  *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 30.1% greater than the total number of exams taken in 2004 alone (i.e., 567,883 exams were taken by the 2004 
   students in 2003, 2002, and previous years).