State data for area high schools found a wide range in the percentage of seniors in the class of 2010 who took at least one Advanced Placement exam during their high school career:
| Hopkinton | 80 |
| Weston | 75 |
| Belmont | 71 |
| Dover-Sherborn | 71 |
| Bromfield School (Harvard) | 61 |
| Wellesley | 59 |
| Medfield | 59 |
| Newton South | 58 |
| Nashoba Regional | 58 |
| Needham | 56 |
| Acton-Boxborough Regional | 56 |
| Lexington | 54 |
| Arlington | 52 |
| Wayland | 51 |
| Algonquin Regional | 49 |
| Marlborough | 48 |
| Brookline | 48 |
| Framingham | 45 |
| Westborough | 45 |
| Medway | 45 |
| Hudson | 44 |
| Littleton | 44 |
| Shrewsbury | 44 |
| Ashland | 42 |
| Newton North | 41 |
| Concord-Carlisle Regional | 41 |
| Millis | 38 |
| Tahanto Regional | 38 |
| Groton-Dunstable Regional | 38 |
| King Philip Regional | 36 |
| Holliston | 35 |
| Nipmuc Regional | 34 |
| Milford | 32 |
| Lincoln-Sudbury Regional | 31 |
| Maynard | 30 |
| Bellingham | 28 |
| Watertown | 27 |
| Franklin | 26 |
| Natick | 26 |
| Waltham | 25 |
| Bedford | 24 |
| Ayer | 19 |
(Note: The numbers include students who transferred into a school, and had already taken an AP exam somewhere else.)
SOURCE: Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education