Where Tutix is today
A ready-made AP Environmental Science program is planned and not available yet. You can start a AP Environmental Science class now: the tutor teaches live from your syllabus or notes. Ready-made programs exist for other courses.
How the 2027 exam is built
AP Environmental Science is sat on Thursday, May 13, 2027 (afternoon session). The exam is 2 hours 40 minutes long: a multiple-choice section of 80 questions in 90 minutes, then the written section. Calculators are permitted. Delivery: fully digital.
What changed for 2027
The 2026 to 2027 course description has minor wording clarifications to one learning objective, some essential knowledge statements and some free-response questions. The College Board says the course content does not change.
What the written questions ask
- Three questions: design an investigation from a scenario and a model or visual; analyze and interpret quantitative data in a table, chart or graph; and use calculations to analyze an environmental problem.
What it covers
| Unit | Share of the multiple-choice section |
|---|---|
| 1 The Living World: Ecosystems | 6 to 8% |
| 2 The Living World: Biodiversity | 6 to 8% |
| 3 Populations | 10 to 15% |
| 4 Earth Systems and Resources | 10 to 15% |
| 5 Land and Water Use | 10 to 15% |
| 6 Energy Resources and Consumption | 10 to 15% |
| 7 Atmospheric Pollution | 7 to 10% |
| 8 Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution | 7 to 10% |
| 9 Global Change | 15 to 20% |
How students have scored, 2021 to 2026
The share of students scoring 3 or higher on AP Environmental Science was 50.4% in 2021 and 69% in 2026. The College Board reviews each exam's score standards every five to ten years, so a change from one year to the next can reflect a new standard as well as how students did. AP pass rates for every exam shows the whole table.
| Year | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 or higher | Students | Mean score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13% | 29% | 27% | 15% | 16% | 69% | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 12.6% | 27.8% | 28.8% | 15.0% | 15.8% | 69.2% | 245,371 | 3.06 |
| 2024 | 9.2% | 27.5% | 17.4% | 25.8% | 20.1% | 54.1% | 236,579 | 2.80 |
| 2023 | 8.3% | 28.4% | 17.0% | 26.4% | 19.9% | 53.7% | 209,757 | 2.79 |
| 2022 | 8.9% | 27.4% | 17.5% | 25.9% | 20.3% | 53.8% | 179,957 | 2.79 |
| 2021 | 7.0% | 24.9% | 18.5% | 27.6% | 22.1% | 50.4% | 149,106 | 2.67 |
The College Board describes a 5 as extremely well qualified and a 3 as qualified, and says many US colleges grant credit or placement for a 3 or above, but each college makes its own decisions: check the policies of the colleges you care about.
How to prepare with Tutix today
Type AP Environmental Science in the class wizard, attach your own notes or syllabus if you have them, choose a tutor and join: the tutor teaches on a shared whiteboard and reads what you write while you are still in class.
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Example
AP Environmental Science · Unit 6 · Energy consumption
A household uses 900 kWh of electricity a month. The power plant releases 0.5 kg of CO2 for each kWh. How many kg of CO2 is that a month?
Write the units: 0.5 is kg per kWh, and you want kg. Which operation cancels the kWh?
A sample written to show how a class sounds. The scores show how the exam would credit each answer. Not a real learner.
What a ready-made program adds, and what it costs
Ready-made programs, such as AP Calculus AB, come with lessons and questions reviewed in advance, at five levels. The Free plan includes 45 live class minutes a month with no card; see the plans.
The twelve ready-made programs are drawn to scale, with a real lesson to read, on the Programs page.
Questions people ask
Does Tutix have an AP Environmental Science program?
Not ready-made yet; it is planned. Today you can start an AP Environmental Science class: type the course, attach your own notes, and the tutor builds the classes around them.
When is the AP Environmental Science exam in 2027?
Thursday, May 13, 2027 (afternoon session). The 2027 AP window runs from May 3 to 7 and from May 10 to 14.
What is the format of the AP Environmental Science exam?
80 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, then free response (70 minutes). Delivery: fully digital.
How many students score 3 or higher on AP Environmental Science?
In 2026, 69% of students who sat the exam scored 3 or higher, according to the College Board. 245,371 students sat it in 2025.
Sources
- AP Environmental Science: the exam, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP Environmental Science: the course, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP exam dates, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- AP score distributions, 2026, College Board (2026 results)
- AP score distributions, by year (2021 to 2026), College Board (2021 to 2026 results)
- AP Environmental Science: score distribution, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
- The AP score scale, College Board (accessed October 21, 2026)
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