The new AP Statistics exam
AP Statistics changes more for May 2027 than any other exam on this calculator. Section I is 42 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes with four answer choices each, worth 50% of the score. Section II is 4 free-response questions in 90 minutes, each scored from 0 to 10 points and each worth 12.5%. Both sections are taken in Bluebook.
Enter the number of multiple-choice questions you answered correctly, then the points each free-response answer earned on its scoring guidelines. Every free-response point is worth 1.25 percentage points, and every multiple-choice answer about 1.19, so the two kinds count almost the same.
An old chart for a new exam
The 2012 practice exam behind these cutoffs had 39 scored multiple-choice questions (one was dropped), five short free-response questions and the investigative task, which counted for an eighth of the exam on its own. Its 100-point composite happens to make the lines easy to read as percentages, and its half-and-half split matches today’s. What doesn’t match is the free-response section: four long 10-point questions now replace six short ones, and no one outside College Board knows yet where the new lines will fall.
Results on Statistics are spread out: 17% earned a 5 and 21% a 1 in May 2026, on the old format. Aim for a cushion above the line you need, and check the estimate again when College Board posts the first released free-response questions in the new format.
AP Statistics exam format, May 2027
| Part | Scored out of | Share of score |
|---|---|---|
| Section I: Multiple choice · 1 h 30 min · 50% | ||
| Multiple-choice questions correct | 42 | 50% |
| Section II: Free response · 1 h 30 min · 50% | ||
| Question 1 · 0–10 points | 10 | 12.5% |
| Question 2 · 0–10 points | 10 | 12.5% |
| Question 3 · 0–10 points | 10 | 12.5% |
| Question 4 · 0–10 points | 10 | 12.5% |
Estimated cutoffs
From the 2012 AP Statistics Practice Exam, scoring worksheet, College Board's newest published conversion chart for this subject (2012 exam: 39 scored multiple-choice questions (50%), five free-response questions scored 0–4 (37.5%) and an investigative task scored 0–4 but weighted more (12.5%)). The calculator puts your weighted score on that chart's 0–100 scale.
| AP score | 2012 composite | Weighted score from |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 70–100 | 69.5% |
| 4 | 57–69 | 56.5% |
| 3 | 44–56 | 43.5% |
| 2 | 33–43 | 32.5% |
| 1 | 0–32 | 0% |
AP Statistics score distributions
| Year | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 17% | 23% | 22% | 17% | 21% |
| May 2025 | 17.0% | 21.4% | 21.9% | 15.9% | 23.7% |
Share of students earning each score, from College Board's AP Statistics score distributions. 266,791 students took the exam in May 2025. The May 2026 figures are College Board's rounded whole percentages.