NUMBER OF AP EXAMINATIONS PER STUDENT

The number of AP Examinations taken per student is presented below for 1995 and 2005.  Note that in 2005 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 	                     1995	          	                      2005         
   Students  	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	 323,390	  64.1	 692,285	  56.7
	   2	  114,746	  22.7	 304,679	  25.0
	   3	   43,665	    8.6	 136,712	  11.2
	   4	   15,869	    3.1	   56,637	    4.6
	   5	     5,202	    1.0	   20,902	    1.7
	   6	     1,467	      .3	     6,881	      .6
	   7	        369	      .1	     2,066	      .2
	   8	          81	      .0	        607    		    .0
	   9	          24	      .0	        166	      .0
	  10	          10	      .0	          52     	      .0
More than 10	            0	      .0	          29	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                    504,823/785,712*		 1,221,016/2,105,803
	                          
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 1992 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2005.  Note, for example, that 114,919 students took three or more AP Exams in the years 1992 to 1995 and were therefore potentially eligible for sophomore standing; in 2005, 365,816 students had three or more AP Exams on their records.  By 2005, 6,498 students had amassed 9 AP Exams, 3,502 had 10 exams, 1,811 had 11 exams, 946 had 12 exams, 441 students had 13 exams, 222 had 14 exams, 108 had 15 exams, 61 had 16 exams, 32 had 17 exams, 20 had 18 exams, 8 had 19 exams, 3 had 20 exams, 1 had 21 exams, 1 had 22 exams, 1 had 23 exams, and 2 had amassed 24 AP Exams.

		                 FOUR-YEAR ADMINISTRATION RANGES             	

 No. of Exams
   Taken by 	                  1992-1995	        	                 2002-2005           
   Students   	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
	   1	 277,005	  54.9	 583,653	  47.8
	   2	 112,899	  22.4	 271,547	  22.2
	   3	   54,673	  10.8	 148,743	  12.2
	   4	   28,843	    5.7	   87,650	    7.2
	   5	   15,280	    3.0	   52,248	    4.3
	   6	     8,247	    1.6	   32,152	    2.6
	   7	     4,251	      .8	   19,553	    1.6
	   8	     2,005	      .4	    11,813	    1.0
	   9	        890	      .2	     6,498	      .5
	  10	        407	      .1	     3,502	      .3
	  11	        174	      .0	     1,811	      .1
	  12	          86	      .0	        946	      .1
	  13	          32	      .0	        441	      .0
	  14 	            8	      .0	        222	      .0
More than 14	           23	      .0	        237	      .0
Total stu-
dents/exams                                        504,823/969,788*		 1,221,016/2,746,545**

  *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% greater than the total number of exams taken in 2004 alone (i.e., 640,742 exams were taken by the 2004 
   students in 2003, 2002, and previous years).