Wisconsin high school students can access their Advanced Placement scores beginning today, July 7.

If students score high enough, AP exams allow them to earn college credit for general education courses.

Students generally take AP exams in May following rigorous coursework in high school for a range of topics, if schools offer them: biology, history, psychology, calculus, chemistry and more.

How did Wisconsin students score last time?

AP exams are scored on a scale of 1 through 5. Colleges and universities generally require at least a score of 3 — and sometimes higher — to award credit for incoming students.

In the 2023-24 school year, data show Wisconsin students took 76,196 AP exams.

On all those exams, just over 7 in 10 (71.2%) came back with scores of 3 or higher.

Students can retake AP exams. In total, 17.6% of Wisconsin students in grades nine through 12 took the exams in the 2023-24 school year.

How to access AP scores

Students will get an email notification when their scores are available.

Scores will be posted online through the My AP account on the College Board website.

Cleo Krejci covers K-12 education and workforce development as a Report For America corps member based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @_CleoKrejci. For more information about Report for America, visit jsonline.com/rfa.