AP Participation and Achievement Among Mississippi Students Reaches a Record High in 2021-22

The number of Mississippi students taking and passing Advanced Placement (AP) exams reached a record high during the 2021-22 school year, with 10,534 public school students taking 14,788 AP exams and 5,573 exams earning a qualifying score The exam pass rate reached an all-time high of 37�7%�

In 2020-21, 8,775 students took 12,515 AP exams The pass rate was

37 4%, with 4,678 exams earning a qualifying score

AP courses are college-level courses offered by trained high school teachers Research shows AP students are better prepared for college and more likely to graduate college in four years than non-AP peers

Overall AP achievement in Mississippi increased 19 1% between 2020-21 and 2021-22 Hispanic and African-American students achieved the greatest AP gains, with the number of Hispanic students earning a qualifying AP score of 3 or higher increasing by 45 4% and the number of African-American students achieving a qualifying score increasing by 44 4%

All eight Mississippi public universities grant 3 college credits to students with AP scores of 3 or high-

AP: Number of Exams and Number of Exams with Scores of 3, 4 or 5