AP Cohort Data Report - GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024 - ILLINOIS - SUPPLEMENT

Sep 20, 2026

AP Cohort Data Report analyzing participation and performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam for the graduating class of 2024 in Illinois. The report frames outcomes within equity and access considerations and provides notes on supplement scope, graduate projection sources, and cautions for interpreting declines tied to disrupted in-person learning and methodology updates. Supplements A–F cover public/private participation, potential college credit and tuition savings estimates, race/ethnicity participation comparisons, and AP score distributions with the ten most popular AP exams.

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Reading Time30 min

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About the Data

Data Notes

List of Supplements

Supplement A

Supplement B

Supplement C

Supplement D

Supplement E

Supplement F

AP® Cohort Data Report GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024 § ILLINOIS § SUPPLEMENT About the Data This report offers a measure of participation and performance that shows success on the Advanced Placement® (AP®) Exam in the overall context of equity and access. Data Notes: 1. Supplements A, C, D, and E represent only public school students because no central source of enrollment and demographic data is available for nonpublic schools. Supplements B and F represent both public and nonpublic school students. 2. References to the total number of high school graduates represent projections supplied in Knocking at the College Door (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020) . 3. Students in the graduating class of 2024 experienced 2 years of interrupted learning. Take caution interpreting the data. Observed declines in participation and performance are commonly attributed to the need for schools to close or to shift to remote learning. They occur, overall, in relation to the amount of in-person learning that was disrupted. 4. Due to the update of high school graduate projections by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) in 2020, figures in this report shouldn’t be compared to figures in previous reports. 5. Figures displaying student race/ethnicity in this report should be compared with caution to figures in previous reports, as it is optional for students to provide this information. List of Supplements Supplement A Number of Illinois Public School Graduates Taking and Scoring a 3 or Higher on anAP Exam During High School Supplement B Potential Cost Savings for Illinois Students (Public and Nonpublic Schools) and Families Supplement C Percentage of Illinois Public School Graduates Taking an APExam During High School, by Race/Ethnicity Supplement D Score Distributions of AP Exams Taken by the Illinois Public School Class of 2024 During High School Supplement E Expanding Access: AP Courses by Grade for Illinois Class of 2024 Supplement F Illinois Highlights (Public and Nonpublic Schools) SUPPLEMENT A Illinois Number of Illinois Public School Graduates Taking and Scoring a 3 or Higher on an AP Exam During High School Number of Graduates Leaving HighSchool Having Taken anAP Exam Number of Graduates Scoring 3+ on anAP Exam During HighSchool 45,271 57,089 2014 2024 SUPPLEMENT B Illinois Potential Cost Savings for Illinois Students (Public and Nonpublic Schools) and Families In Illinois, public and private high school students earned 172,936 qualifying AP scores of 3, 4, or 5 in 2024. These scores translate into an estimated 518,808 potential college credits. At a cost of $510.67 per college credit, the potential tuition and fee savings to Illinois students and families is $264,939,681 . Please note: This report assumes a student earns three college credits for a qualifying score of 3, 4, or 5. Average 2024-25 in-state tuition and fees at public four-year institutions in Illinois are based on Figure CP-6 of Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2024 . SUPPLEMENT C Illinois Percentage of Illinois Public School Graduates Taking an AP Exam During High School, by Race/Ethnicity Class of 2014 Class of 2024 80% 76 Percentage of Graduates 60% 40% 20% 0% 71 63 | | 47 | | | 42
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* * | | | American Indian / Alaska Native Asian Black / African American Hispanic / Latino White Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander Two or More Races The number of graduates in the classes of 2014 and 2024 are sourced from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) . * Data for Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and Two or More Races aren’t available prior to 2016. WICHE began making projections for these racial/ethnic categories starting in their 2020 release. Year-to-year comparisons describing American Indian or

FAQs

What does the report measure about the AP Exam for Illinois students in 2024?

The report measures participation and performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam, placing results in the overall context of equity and access for the graduating class of 2024 in Illinois.

Why are comparisons to earlier reports discouraged?

The report explains that high school graduate projections were updated by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) in 2020, so figures shouldn’t be compared directly with figures from previous reports.

What key information do the supplements provide?

Supplements A–F cover Illinois public graduate participation and scoring (A), potential cost savings (B), participation by race/ethnicity (C), AP score distributions and the ten most popular AP exams (D), expansion of AP course access by grade (E), and highlights across public and nonpublic schools (F).

Sep 20, 2026

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