JACKSON, Miss. – The 2025 Advanced Placement (AP) Cohort Report has been released showing that 7,063 Mississippi public school 2024 graduates took AP exams at some point during high school resulting in 37.3% qualifying scores of three or higher.

The 2024 figures show an increase of students in Mississippi participating in the AP program. The 7,063 students represent 25.8% of all 2024 Mississippi high school graduates who took 14,900 AP exams during their high school experience. Among the class of 2023, 6,804 or 24.8% of graduates took a total of 14,423 AP exams during high school and had a 36.5% qualifying score. The number of Mississippi students taking AP courses and passing AP exams have both doubled since 2013.

hunter.givens@djournal.com

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