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AP subjects

117 of 154 AP exams in SY2025 were English or history; science and math were 31.

AP exams by subject family
SY2015SY2025
SY2015SY2025
History65 exams59 exams
English69 exams58 exams
Math and CS21 exams21 exams
Science30 exams10 exams
Arts4 exams5 exams
Languages22 exams1 exams

Exams sat, from DESE’s participation file; where it suppresses a family, the performance file’s count.

1 · The facts

  • 117

    English and history exams, SY2025

  • 76%

    of all exams, SY2025

  • 31

    science and math exams, SY2025

  • 51

    science and math exams, SY2015

  • 1

    language exams, SY2025

  • 22

    language exams, SY2015

  • —

    which AP courses the high school offered each year

    not published

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    117 of 154 exams in SY2025 were English or history, 76% of the total.

  2. 2

    Science and math exams went from 51 in SY2015 to 31; language exams from 22 to 1.

  3. 3

    An exam count cannot tell a closed door from an empty room.

AP exams by subject family
SY2015SY20253 or better, SY2025
History and Social Science655994.9%
English Language Arts695887.9%
Math and Computer Science212181.0%
Science and Technology (performance file)301060.0%
Arts (performance file)45—
Foreign Languages (performance file)221—

DESE’s AP participation file; where it suppresses a family, the performance file’s test count. A blank share is one DESE suppresses.

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Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026