The AP Computer Science exam has historically suffered from a diversity problem, with no female, African-American, or Hispanic students taking the test in some states over the years.

In 2016, only 177 New York City girls passed an AP computer-science exam, officials said. In 2018, 1,266 earned the distinction.

The pool of test-takers for the Advanced Placement computer science exam is still overwhelmingly white and male, according to data from the College Board, which administers the AP tests.

Boys outnumber girls by more than 4 to 1 among computer science test takers.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology had FIVE students with perfect scores in Computer Science A (AP CSA) in 2017, the most for any school in a single STEM subject. Not only did ...

While the original AP computer science course focuses on teaching students how to write and test code in the Java programming language, the CS Principles course introduces students to programming ...

And more female students are passing AP computer science exams. DOE data shows that 177 female students passed the exam in 2016, compared to 1,266 female students in 2018.

A year ago, less than 25 Black students in all of Wisconsin took the AP computer science exam. Now, over 100 Black students at Milwaukee Excellence Charter School are taking the test on Monday.

ACED IT! Bonita High senior Nathan Kwan earned a perfect score on his AP Computer Science Principles exam - an accomplishment so rare that less than 1% of AP CSP exam takers achieve this feat.

In 2007, only 12 percent of those taking the AP Computer Science test were underrepresented minorities, but in 2017 that figure rose to 20 percent, or 22,199 out of 111,262.