AP® Statistics Score Calculator 2027

Enter your practice-test points. Your 1 to 5 updates as you type.

Weights College Board course description, read Nov 13, 2026Exam Tue May 11, 2027Score lines our estimate from 2026 results

Your practice test

JavaScript is off, so your score will not update as you type. The formula to add it up by hand is under the last part.

Part 1: Multiple choice

42 questions · 4 choices · 50% of your score

counts as – of 50

No penalty for wrong answers.

To move up:

Changed for 2027 A redesigned exam: 42 multiple-choice questions with four answer choices, and four free-response questions of 10 points each, where there used to be six. Each free-response question counts 12.5%.

Part 2: Free response

four 10-point questions · 0–10 each · 50%

counts as – of 50

To move up:

Your score updates as you type when JavaScript is on. Without it, add it up yourself: composite = Multiple choice questions right × 1.190 + Free response points × 1.250, then compare it with our estimated score lines from 2026 results: 5 from 72.8, 4 from 58.1, 3 from 46.4, 2 from 35.9.

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Method and sources

How this estimate is made, and how sure it is.

  • Section weights and question countsAP® Statistics exam page and Course and Exam Description, College Boardread Nov 12, 2026
  • Free-response points: Q1 10, Q2 10, Q3 10, Q4 10AP® Statistics Course and Exam Description (Effective Fall 2026), sample scoring guidelines, College Boardread Nov 13, 2026
  • Score linesOur estimate: a curve placed by College Board’s 2026 score distribution. Its center comes from the 2024-25 free-response scoring statistics and the multiple-choice share measured on College Board’s released 2012-13 scoring charts. College Board does not publish cut scores.our model, fitted Nov 13, 2026
  • Method updated Nov 13, 2026New here on Nov 13, 2026, with our updated method. Our model used to assume students score the same share of the multiple-choice points as of the free-response points. On all 7 released College Board charts we can check against that year’s free-response statistics, the multiple-choice share was higher (51% to 72% of points), so the model now uses the share measured there. Under the old method these lines would sit 5.2 points lower.our method notes, Nov 13, 2026
  • Exam date: Tue May 11, 2027AP® Exam dates, College Boardread Nov 12, 2026
  • Changed for 2027A redesigned exam: 42 multiple-choice questions with four answer choices, and four free-response questions of 10 points each, where there used to be six. Each free-response question counts 12.5%.read Nov 12, 2026
  • Past resultsScore distributions 2022-2026, College Boardread Nov 12, 2026
  • How sure this isWe check our method against College Board’s released 2012-13 scoring charts, which exist for 9 subjects. For 7 of them College Board’s free-response statistics from the same year also exist, so the whole method can be tested: predicting each chart from the others, our 28 score lines missed by a median of 2.5, a mean of 3.7 and at most 9.9 composite points. Checked against College Board’s released 2012 AP® Statistics chart, our lines missed by 3.4 to 5.3 points. The 2027 free-response format is new, so this range is wider. By line: 4.1, 3.4, 3.6 and 5.3 points at the 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines, so we show 5 points around the 2 line, 5 around the 3, 5.5 around the 4 and 11.5 around the 5.from our method notes, Nov 13, 2026

Assumptions: No free-response statistics exist yet for the new four-question format, so the center of our curve uses the 2024-25 statistics of the old six-question exam as a stand-in.

Your composite is each part’s raw points times its weight, added up to 100. Score lines move every year because each exam version is equated, so near a line we show a range instead of one score.

AP® Statistics score questions

facts checked on Nov 12, 2026

How is the AP® Statistics exam scored?

Your composite out of 100 adds up these parts: 42 multiple-choice questions (4 choices) (50%) and free response: four 10-point questions (50%). Each part counts its raw points times its weight; the composite is then compared with the score lines.

What composite do I need for a 5 in AP® Statistics?

There is no fixed number: College Board doesn’t publish cut scores, and they move from year to year. Our estimate from the 2026 results puts the 5 line at 72.8 of 100 and the 4 line at 58.1, give or take 11.5 and 5.5 points.

How many students scored a 5 in AP® Statistics in 2026?

17% scored a 5 and 62% scored 3 or higher in 2026, by College Board’s published shares (whole numbers so far). In 2025 it was 17.0% and 60.3%.

Can I save my practice test result?

Yes. Copy link gives you a link that holds your points, for later or for your teacher. Nothing is stored on our side.