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A Closer Look at AP Students

Black/African American

  • Download PDF of Figure 7b
  • Download Excel data for Figure 7b

Figure 7b, which shows the top five most popular AP Exams taken by black/African American graduates

88,198

black/African American graduates took an AP Exam during high school

What do the data show?

  • Figure 5: Demographics of the class of 2012, AP Exam takers, and graduates scoring 3 or higher 
  • Figure 6: Equity gaps among traditionally underserved students in the class of 2012

  • Black/African American students: Access the data about equity gaps in Figure 6a 
  • Hispanic/Latino students: Access the data about equity gaps in Figure 6b 
  • American Indian/Alaska Native students: Access the data about equity gaps in Figure 6c 
  • Figure 7: A closer look at AP students

  • Low income students: Learn how they have participated in AP in Figure 7a 
  • Hispanic/Latino students: Learn how they have participated in AP in Figure 7c 
  • American lndian/Alaska Native students: Learn how they have participated in AP in Figure 7d 
  • Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander students: Learn how they have participated in AP in Figure 7e 
  • White students: Learn how they have participated in AP in Figure 7f 
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