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Table 136. Scholastic Assessment Test score averages, by state: 1987-88 to 2001-02

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                        |    1987-88   |    1995-96   |    1998-99   |  1999-2000   |   2000-01    |   2001-02    | Percentage | Percentage
                        |______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|     of     |     of
         State          |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- | graduates  | graduates
                        |      |matical|      |matical|      |matical|      |matical|      |matical|      |matical|taking SAT, |taking SAT,
                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |    2000-01 |    2001-02
________________________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|____________|____________
           1            |  2   |   3   |  4   |   5   |  6   |   7   |  8   |   9   |  10  |  11   |  12  |  13   |     14     |     15
________________________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|____________|____________
    United States ..... |  505 |   501 |  505 |   508 |  505 |   511 |  505 |   514 |  506 |   514 |  504 |   516 |         45 |         46
                        |______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|____________|____________
Alabama ................|  554 |   540 |  565 |   558 |  561 |   555 |  559 |   555 |  559 |   554 |  560 |   559 |          9 |          9
Alaska .................|  518 |   501 |  521 |   513 |  516 |   514 |  519 |   515 |  514 |   510 |  516 |   519 |         51 |         52
Arizona ................|  531 |   523 |  525 |   521 |  524 |   525 |  521 |   523 |  523 |   525 |  520 |   523 |         34 |         36
Arkansas ...............|  554 |   536 |  566 |   550 |  563 |   556 |  563 |   554 |  562 |   550 |  560 |   556 |          6 |          5
California .............|  500 |   508 |  495 |   511 |  497 |   514 |  497 |   518 |  498 |   517 |  496 |   517 |         51 |         52
                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |            |
Colorado ...............|  537 |   532 |  536 |   538 |  536 |   540 |  534 |   537 |  539 |   542 |  543 |   548 |         31 |         28
Connecticut ............|  513 |   498 |  507 |   504 |  510 |   509 |  508 |   509 |  509 |   510 |  509 |   509 |         82 |         83
Delaware ...............|  510 |   493 |  508 |   495 |  503 |   497 |  502 |   496 |  501 |   499 |  502 |   500 |         67 |         69
District of Columbia ...|  479 |   461 |  489 |   473 |  494 |   478 |  494 |   486 |  482 |   474 |  480 |   473 |         56 |         76
Florida ................|  499 |   495 |  498 |   496 |  499 |   498 |  498 |   500 |  498 |   499 |  496 |   499 |         54 |         57
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Georgia ................|  480 |   473 |  484 |   477 |  487 |   482 |  488 |   486 |  491 |   489 |  489 |   491 |         63 |         65
Hawaii .................|  484 |   505 |  485 |   510 |  482 |   513 |  488 |   519 |  486 |   515 |  488 |   520 |         52 |         53
Idaho ..................|  543 |   523 |  543 |   536 |  542 |   540 |  540 |   541 |  543 |   542 |  539 |   541 |         17 |         18
Illinois ...............|  540 |   540 |  564 |   575 |  569 |   585 |  568 |   586 |  576 |   589 |  578 |   596 |         12 |         11
Indiana.................|  490 |   486 |  494 |   494 |  496 |   498 |  498 |   501 |  499 |   501 |  498 |   503 |         60 |         62
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Iowa ...................|  587 |   588 |  590 |   600 |  594 |   598 |  589 |   600 |  593 |   603 |  591 |   602 |          5 |          5
Kansas .................|  568 |   557 |  579 |   571 |  578 |   576 |  574 |   580 |  577 |   580 |  578 |   580 |          9 |          9
Kentucky ...............|  551 |   535 |  549 |   544 |  547 |   547 |  548 |   550 |  550 |   550 |  550 |   552 |         12 |         12
Louisiana ..............|  551 |   533 |  559 |   550 |  561 |   558 |  562 |   558 |  564 |   562 |  561 |   559 |          7 |          8
Maine ..................|  508 |   493 |  504 |   498 |  507 |   503 |  504 |   500 |  506 |   500 |  503 |   502 |         69 |         69
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Maryland ...............|  509 |   501 |  507 |   504 |  507 |   507 |  507 |   509 |  508 |   510 |  507 |   513 |         65 |         67
Massachusetts ..........|  508 |   499 |  507 |   504 |  511 |   511 |  511 |   513 |  511 |   515 |  512 |   516 |         79 |         81
Michigan ...............|  532 |   533 |  557 |   565 |  557 |   565 |  557 |   569 |  561 |   572 |  558 |   572 |         11 |         11
Minnesota ..............|  546 |   549 |  582 |   593 |  586 |   598 |  581 |   594 |  580 |   589 |  581 |   591 |          9 |         10
Mississippi ............|  557 |   539 |  569 |   557 |  563 |   548 |  562 |   549 |  566 |   551 |  559 |   547 |          4 |          4
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Missouri................|  547 |   539 |  570 |   569 |  572 |   572 |  572 |   577 |  577 |   577 |  574 |   580 |          8 |          8
Montana ................|  547 |   547 |  546 |   547 |  546 |   546 |  543 |   546 |  539 |   539 |  541 |   547 |         23 |         23
Nebraska ...............|  562 |   561 |  567 |   568 |  568 |   571 |  560 |   571 |  562 |   568 |  561 |   570 |          8 |          8
Nevada .................|  517 |   510 |  508 |   507 |  512 |   517 |  510 |   517 |  509 |   515 |  509 |   518 |         33 |         34
New Hampshire ..........|  523 |   511 |  520 |   514 |  520 |   518 |  520 |   519 |  520 |   516 |  519 |   519 |         72 |         73
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New Jersey .............|  500 |   495 |  498 |   505 |  498 |   510 |  498 |   513 |  499 |   513 |  498 |   513 |         81 |         82
New Mexico .............|  553 |   543 |  554 |   548 |  549 |   542 |  549 |   543 |  551 |   542 |  551 |   543 |         13 |         14
New York ...............|  497 |   495 |  497 |   499 |  495 |   502 |  494 |   506 |  495 |   505 |  494 |   506 |         77 |         79
North Carolina .........|  478 |   470 |  490 |   486 |  493 |   493 |  492 |   496 |  493 |   499 |  493 |   505 |         65 |         67
North Dakota ...........|  572 |   569 |  596 |   599 |  594 |   605 |  588 |   609 |  592 |   599 |  597 |   610 |          4 |          4
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Ohio ...................|  529 |   521 |  536 |   535 |  534 |   538 |  533 |   539 |  534 |   539 |  533 |   540 |         26 |         27
Oklahoma ...............|  558 |   542 |  566 |   557 |  567 |   560 |  563 |   560 |  567 |   561 |  565 |   562 |          8 |          8
Oregon .................|  517 |   507 |  523 |   521 |  525 |   525 |  527 |   527 |  526 |   526 |  524 |   528 |         55 |         56
Pennsylvania ...........|  502 |   489 |  498 |   492 |  498 |   495 |  498 |   497 |  500 |   499 |  498 |   500 |         71 |         72
Rhode Island ...........|  508 |   496 |  501 |   491 |  504 |   499 |  505 |   500 |  501 |   499 |  504 |   503 |         71 |         73
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South Carolina .........|  477 |   468 |  480 |   474 |  479 |   475 |  484 |   482 |  486 |   488 |  488 |   493 |         57 |         59
South Dakota ...........|  585 |   573 |  574 |   566 |  585 |   588 |  587 |   588 |  577 |   582 |  576 |   586 |          4 |          5
Tennessee ..............|  560 |   543 |  563 |   552 |  559 |   553 |  563 |   553 |  562 |   553 |  562 |   555 |         13 |         14
Texas ..................|  494 |   490 |  495 |   500 |  494 |   499 |  493 |   500 |  493 |   499 |  491 |   500 |         53 |         55
Utah ...................|  572 |   553 |  583 |   575 |  570 |   568 |  570 |   569 |  575 |   570 |  563 |   559 |          5 |          6
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Vermont ................|  514 |   499 |  506 |   500 |  514 |   506 |  513 |   508 |  511 |   506 |  512 |   510 |         69 |         69
Virginia ...............|  507 |   498 |  507 |   496 |  508 |   499 |  509 |   500 |  510 |   501 |  510 |   506 |         68 |         68
Washington .............|  525 |   517 |  519 |   519 |  525 |   526 |  526 |   528 |  527 |   527 |  525 |   529 |         53 |         54
West Virginia...........|  528 |   519 |  526 |   506 |  527 |   512 |  526 |   511 |  527 |   512 |  525 |   515 |         18 |         18
Wisconsin ..............|  549 |   551 |  577 |   586 |  584 |   595 |  584 |   597 |  584 |   596 |  583 |   599 |          6 |          7
Wyoming ................|  550 |   545 |  544 |   544 |  546 |   551 |  545 |   545 |  547 |   545 |  531 |   537 |         11 |         11
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NOTE: Scholastic Assessment Test was formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Percentage of graduates taking the SAT is based on the projection of high school graduates by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and number of students in the graduating class who took the SAT I: Reasoning Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. Rankings of states based on SAT scores alone are invalid because of the varying proportions of students in each state taking the tests.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, "College-Bound Seniors: 2002 Profile of SAT Program Test Takers," (Copyright @ 2002 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared October 2002.)


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