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Table 129. SAT score averages of college-bound seniors, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2004-05
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                      |    1987-88   |    1995-96   |   2000-01    |   2001-02    |   2002-03    |    2003-04   |    2004-05    | Percent of|  Percent of
                      |______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|_______________|  graduates|   graduates
                      |      | Mathe-|      | Mathe-|      | Mathe-|      | Mathe-|      | Mathe-|      | Mathe-|       | Mathe-|taking SAT,| taking SAT,
State or jurisdiction |Verbal| matics|Verbal| matics|Verbal| matics|Verbal| matics|Verbal| matics|Verbal| matics| Verbal| matics|    2003-04|     2004-05
______________________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|___________|____________
1                     |     2|      3|     4|      5|     6|      7|     8|      9|    10|     11|    12|     13|     14|     15|         17|          18
______________________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|___________|____________
    United States ....|   505|    501|   505|    508|   506|    514|   504|    516|   507|    519|   508|    518|    508|    520|         48|          49
                      |______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|___________|____________
Alabama ..............|   554|    540|   565|    558|   559|    554|   560|    559|   559|    552|   560|    553|    567|    559|         10|          10
Alaska ...............|   518|    501|   521|    513|   514|    510|   516|    519|   518|    518|   518|    514|    523|    519|         53|          52
Arizona ..............|   531|    523|   525|    521|   523|    525|   520|    523|   524|    525|   523|    524|    526|    530|         32|          33
Arkansas .............|   554|    536|   566|    550|   562|    550|   560|    556|   564|    554|   569|    555|    563|    552|          6|           6
California ...........|   500|    508|   495|    511|   498|    517|   496|    517|   499|    519|   501|    519|    504|    522|         49|          50
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Colorado .............|   537|    532|   536|    538|   539|    542|   543|    548|   551|    553|   554|    553|    560|    560|         27|          26
Connecticut ..........|   513|    498|   507|    504|   509|    510|   509|    509|   512|    514|   515|    515|    517|    517|         85|          86
Delaware .............|   510|    493|   508|    495|   501|    499|   502|    500|   501|    501|   500|    499|    503|    502|         73|          74
District of Columbia .|   479|    461|   489|    473|   482|    474|   480|    473|   484|    474|   489|    476|    490|    478|         77|          79
Florida ..............|   499|    495|   498|    496|   498|    499|   496|    499|   498|    498|   499|    499|    498|    498|         67|          65
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Georgia ..............|   480|    473|   484|    477|   491|    489|   489|    491|   493|    491|   494|    493|    497|    496|         73|          75
Hawaii ...............|   484|    505|   485|    510|   486|    515|   488|    520|   486|    516|   487|    514|    490|    516|         60|          61
Idaho ................|   543|    523|   543|    536|   543|    542|   539|    541|   540|    540|   540|    539|    544|    542|         20|          21
Illinois .............|   540|    540|   564|    575|   576|    589|   578|    596|   583|    596|   585|    597|    594|    606|         10|          10
Indiana ..............|   490|    486|   494|    494|   499|    501|   498|    503|   500|    504|   501|    506|    504|    508|         64|          66
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Iowa .................|   587|    588|   590|    600|   593|    603|   591|    602|   586|    597|   593|    602|    596|    608|          5|           5
Kansas ...............|   568|    557|   579|    571|   577|    580|   578|    580|   578|    582|   584|    585|    585|    588|          9|           9
Kentucky .............|   551|    535|   549|    544|   550|    550|   550|    552|   554|    552|   559|    557|    561|    559|         12|          12
Louisiana ............|   551|    533|   559|    550|   564|    562|   561|    559|   563|    559|   564|    561|    565|    562|          8|           8
Maine ................|   508|    493|   504|    498|   506|    500|   503|    502|   503|    501|   505|    501|    509|    505|         76|          75
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Maryland .............|   509|    501|   507|    504|   508|    510|   507|    513|   509|    515|   511|    515|    511|    515|         68|          71
Massachusetts ........|   508|    499|   507|    504|   511|    515|   512|    516|   516|    522|   518|    523|    520|    527|         85|          86
Michigan .............|   532|    533|   557|    565|   561|    572|   558|    572|   564|    576|   563|    573|    568|    579|         11|          10
Minnesota ............|   546|    549|   582|    593|   580|    589|   581|    591|   582|    591|   587|    593|    592|    597|         10|          11
Mississippi ..........|   557|    539|   569|    557|   566|    551|   559|    547|   565|    551|   562|    547|    564|    554|          5|           4
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Missouri .............|   547|    539|   570|    569|   577|    577|   574|    580|   582|    583|   587|    585|    588|    588|          8|           7
Montana ..............|   547|    547|   546|    547|   539|    539|   541|    547|   538|    543|   537|    539|    540|    540|         29|          31
Nebraska .............|   562|    561|   567|    568|   562|    568|   561|    570|   573|    578|   569|    576|    574|    579|          8|           8
Nevada ...............|   517|    510|   508|    507|   509|    515|   509|    518|   510|    517|   507|    514|    508|    513|         40|          39
New Hampshire ........|   523|    511|   520|    514|   520|    516|   519|    519|   522|    521|   522|    521|    525|    525|         80|          81
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
New Jersey ...........|   500|    495|   498|    505|   499|    513|   498|    513|   501|    515|   501|    514|    503|    517|         83|          86
New Mexico ...........|   553|    543|   554|    548|   551|    542|   551|    543|   548|    540|   554     543|    558|    547|         14|          13
New York .............|   497|    495|   497|    499|   495|    505|   494|    506|   496|    510|   497|    510|    497|    511|         87|          92
North Carolina .......|   478|    470|   490|    486|   493|    499|   493|    505|   495|    506|   499|    507|    499|    511|         70|          74
North Dakota .........|   572|    569|   596|    599|   592|    599|   597|    610|   602|    613|   582|    601|    590|    605|          5|           4
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Ohio .................|   529|    521|   536|    535|   534|    539|   533|    540|   536|    541|   538|    542|    539|    543|         28|          29
Oklahoma .............|   558|    542|   566|    557|   567|    561|   565|    562|   569|    562|   569|    566|    570|    563|          7|           7
Oregon ...............|   517|    507|   523|    521|   526|    526|   524|    528|   526|    527|   527|    528|    526|    528|         56|          59
Pennsylvania .........|   502|    489|   498|    492|   500|    499|   498|    500|   500|    502|   501|    502|    501|    503|         74|          75
Rhode Island .........|   508|    496|   501|    491|   501|    499|   504|    503|   502|    504|   503|    502|    503|    505|         72|          72
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
South Carolina .......|   477|    468|   480|    474|   486|    488|   488|    493|   493|    496|   491|    495|    494|    499|         62|          64
South Dakota .........|   585|    573|   574|    566|   577|    582|   576|    586|   588|    588|   594|    597|    589|    589|          5|           5
Tennessee ............|   560|    543|   563|    552|   562|    553|   562|    555|   568|    560|   567|    557|    572|    563|         16|          16
Texas ................|   494|    490|   495|    500|   493|    499|   491|    500|   493|    500|   493|    499|    493|    502|         52|          54
Utah .................|   572|    553|   583|    575|   575|    570|   563|    559|   566|    559|   565|    556|    566|    557|          7|           7
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |           |
Vermont ..............|   514|    499|   506|    500|   511|    506|   512|    510|   515|    512|   516|    512|    521|    517|         66|          67
Virginia .............|   507|    498|   507|    496|   510|    501|   510|    506|   514|    510|   515|    509|    516|    514|         71|          73
Washington ...........|   525|    517|   519|    519|   527|    527|   525|    529|   530|    532|   528|    531|    532|    534|         52|          55
West Virginia ........|   528|    519|   526|    506|   527|    512|   525|    515|   522|    510|   524|    514|    523|    511|         19|          20
Wisconsin ............|   549|    551|   577|    586|   584|    596|   583|    599|   585|    594|   587|    596|    592|    599|          7|           6
Wyoming ..............|   550|    545|   544|    544|   547|    545|   531|    537|   548|    549|   551|    546|    544|    543|         12|          12
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NOTE: Data are for seniors who took the SAT Test any time during their high school years through March of their senior year. If a student took a test more than once, the most recent score is used. The SAT was formerly know as the Scholastic Assessment Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800.
SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors: 2005 Profile of SAT Program Test Takers. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest