Feb '26 Bar Exam Results

Bar Exam results from the February exam have started to roll in. 

Once scores are publicly released, I'll post here in this post the pass percentages for each state. Listed, for comparison, will be the percentages for both February '26 and February '25. Also listed when available will be the number of examinees in each state who took the most recent exam. 

The results are color coded as follows:

Green  = a beat in 2026 compared to 2025 🙂

Red  = a beat in 2025 compared to 2026 ☹️

Blue = a tie in 2025 compared to 2026 😶

Arizona: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 53%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 51%

# of test takers: 228

Florida:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 44%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 46%

# of test takers: 1,107

Illinois: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 41%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 40%

# of test takers: 718

Iowa:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 46%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 34%

# of test takers: 54

Kansas:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 48%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 54%

# of test takers: 62

Kentucky:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 56%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 50%

# of test takers: 90

Maryland: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 39%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 38%

# of test takers: n/a

Missouri:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 51%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 51%

# of test takers: 179

Nebraska:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 41%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 51%

# of test takers: 41

North Carolina:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 56%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 50%

# of test takers: 364

North Dakota:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 57%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 41%

# of test takers: 37

Oklahoma: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 52%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 47%

# of test takers: 106

Pennsylvania: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 46%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 38%

# of test takers: 412

South Dakota:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 41%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 55%

# of test takers: 32

Tennessee:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 44%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 44%

# of test takers: 240

Vermont: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 61%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 31%

# of test takers: 31

Washington: 

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 50%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 43%

# of test takers: 280

Wisconsin:

February 2026 Pass Percentage: 48%

February 2025 Pass Percentage: 41%

# of test takers: 54