Table 226.10.

SAT mean scores of college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986-87 through 2012-13

Race/ethnicity	1986- 87	1990- 91	1996- 97	2000- 01	2001- 02	2002- 03	2003- 04	2004- 05	2005- 06	2006- 07	2007- 08	2008- 09	2009- 10	2010- 11	2011- 12	2012- 13	Score change
																	1990-91 to 2002-03	2002-03 to 2012-13	2007-08 to 2012-13	2011-12 to 2012-13
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
SAT—Critical reading
All students	507	499	505	506	504	507	508	508	503	502	502	501	501	497	496	496	8	-11	-6	0
White	524	518	526	529	527	529	528	532	527	527	528	528	528	528	527	527	11	-2	-1	0
Black	428	427	434	433	430	431	430	433	434	433	430	429	429	428	428	431	4	0	1	3
Mexican American	457	454	451	451	446	448	451	453	454	455	454	453	454	451	448	449	-6	1	-5	1
Puerto Rican	436	436	454	457	455	456	457	460	459	459	456	452	454	452	452	456	20	0	0	4
Other Hispanic	464	458	466	460	458	457	461	463	458	459	455	455	454	451	447	450	-1	-7	-5	3
Asian/Pacific
Islander	479	485	496	501	501	508	507	511	510	514	513	516	519	517	518	521	23	13	8	3
American Indian/
Alaska Native	471	470	475	481	479	480	483	489	487	487	485	486	485	484	482	480	10	0	-5	-2
Other	480	486	512	503	502	501	494	495	494	497	496	494	494	493	491	492	15	-9	-4	1
SAT—Mathematics
All students	501	500	511	514	516	519	518	520	518	515	515	515	516	514	514	514	19	-5	-1	0
White	514	513	526	531	533	534	531	536	536	534	537	536	536	535	536	534	21	0	-3	-2
Black	411	419	423	426	427	426	427	431	429	429	426	426	428	427	428	429	7	3	3	1
Mexican American	455	459	458	458	457	457	458	463	465	466	463	463	467	466	465	464	-2	7	1	-1
Puerto Rican	432	439	447	451	451	453	452	457	456	454	453	450	452	452	452	453	14	0	0	1
Other Hispanic	462	462	468	465	464	464	465	469	463	463	461	461	462	462	461	461	2	-3	0	0
Asian/Pacific
Islander	541	548	560	566	569	575	577	580	578	578	581	587	591	595	595	597	27	22	16	2
American Indian/
Alaska Native	463	468	475	479	483	482	488	493	494	494	491	493	492	488	489	486	14	4	-5	-3
Other	482	492	514	512	514	513	508	513	513	512	512	514	514	517	516	519	21	6	7	3
SAT—Writing
All students	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	497	494	494	493	492	489	488	488	†	†	-6	0
White	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	519	518	518	517	516	516	515	515	†	†	-3	0
Black	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	428	425	424	421	420	417	417	418	†	†	-6	1
Mexican American	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	452	450	447	446	448	445	443	442	†	†	-5	-1
Puerto Rican	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	448	447	445	443	443	442	442	445	†	†	0	3
Other Hispanic	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	450	450	448	448	447	444	442	443	†	†	-5	1
Asian/Pacific
Islander	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	512	513	516	520	526	528	528	527	†	†	11	-1
American Indian/
Alaska Native	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	474	473	470	469	467	465	462	461	†	†	-9	-1
Other	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	493	493	494	493	492	492	491	490	†	†	-4	-1

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Data for 2009-10 and earlier years are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through March of their senior year. Data for 2010-11 onwards are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through June of their senior year. If a student took a test more than once, the most recent score was used. The SAT was formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. The critical reading section was formerly known as the verbal section. The writing section was introduced in March 2005.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors: Total Group Profile [National] Report, selected years, 1986-87 through 2012-13, retrieved September 26, 2013, from http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/TotalGroup-2013.pdf. (This table was prepared September 2013.)