On New York's Regents exams, US History and Government is reported on a scale from 0 to 100 (2023 to 2025), and each score falls into one of 5 performance levels. Reaching Level 3, at 65 or above, is the state's passing score.
The score ranges changed during these years, so each period has its own table below, newest first.
From 2023, US History and Government has 5 levels instead of 4, so a score from before 2023 is not directly comparable to one from 2023 on. Percentiles are, because each year is compared with its own students.
| Level | Score range | What it means | Statewide 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 0–54 | The lowest level, well below the state standard | 11% |
| Level 2 | 55–64 | Approaching the state standard | 14% |
| Level 3 | 65–75 | Meeting the state standard (the passing score) | 29% |
| Level 4 | 76–84 | Above the state standard | 27% |
| Level 5 | 85–100 | The highest level, above the state standard | 19% |
| Level | Score range | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 0–54 | The lowest level, well below the state standard |
| Level 2 | 55–64 | Approaching the state standard |
| Level 3 | 65–84 | Meeting the state standard (the passing score) |
| Level 4 | 85–100 | The highest level, above the state standard |
Statewide in 2025, about 75% of the students counted for US History and Government reached Level 3 or higher. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).
Each student counts once per exam per school year, at their highest score from that year's August, January and June exams, in the public school (including charter schools) where they took it. Students in grades 7 and 8 who take a Regents exam early, most often Algebra I, Living Environment or Earth Science, are counted at their middle school.
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.
A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students who took the same test. Our free tool turns a US History and Government score into an estimated percentile versus the school, district, county and the whole state, so you can see where a score stands, not just its level.
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