Scholastic Aptitude Test score averages for college-bound high school seniors, by sex: 1966-67 to 1993-94

Table 124.

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             |        Verbal score         |      Mathematical score
 School year |_____________________________|_____________________________
             |  Total  |  Male   | Female  |  Total  |  Male   | Female
_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
      1      |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7
_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1966-67 .....|     466 |     463 |     468 |     492 |     514 |     467
1967-68 .....|     466 |     464 |     466 |     492 |     512 |     470
1968-69 .....|     463 |     459 |     466 |     493 |     513 |     470
1969-70 .....|     460 |     459 |     461 |     488 |     509 |     465
1970-71 .....|     455 |     454 |     457 |     488 |     507 |     466
             |         |         |         |         |         |
1971-72 .....|     453 |     454 |     452 |     484 |     505 |     461
1972-73 .....|     445 |     446 |     443 |     481 |     502 |     460
1973-74 .....|     444 |     447 |     442 |     480 |     501 |     459
1974-75 .....|     434 |     437 |     431 |     472 |     495 |     449
1975-76 .....|     431 |     433 |     430 |     472 |     497 |     446
             |         |         |         |         |         |
1976-77 .....|     429 |     431 |     427 |     470 |     497 |     445
1977-78 .....|     429 |     433 |     425 |     468 |     494 |     444
1978-79 .....|     427 |     431 |     423 |     467 |     493 |     443
1979-80 .....|     424 |     428 |     420 |     466 |     491 |     443
1980-81 .....|     424 |     430 |     418 |     466 |     492 |     443
             |         |         |         |         |         |
1981-82 .....|     426 |     431 |     421 |     467 |     493 |     443
1982-83 .....|     425 |     430 |     420 |     468 |     493 |     445
1983-84 .....|     426 |     433 |     420 |     471 |     495 |     449
1984-85 .....|     431 |     437 |     425 |     475 |     499 |     452
1985-86 .....|     431 |     437 |     426 |     475 |     501 |     451
             |         |         |         |         |         |
1986-87 .....|     430 |     435 |     425 |     476 |     500 |     453
1987-88 .....|     428 |     435 |     422 |     476 |     498 |     455
1988-89 .....|     427 |     434 |     421 |     476 |     500 |     454
1989-90 .....|     424 |     429 |     419 |     476 |     499 |     455
1990-91 .....|     422 |     426 |     418 |     474 |     497 |     453
             |         |         |         |         |         |
1991-92 .....|     423 |     428 |     419 |     476 |     499 |     456
1992-93 .....|     424 |     428 |     420 |     478 |     502 |     457
1993-94..... |     423 |     425 |     421 |     479 |     501 |     460
_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

NOTE.--Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. Data for the years 1966-67 through 1970-71 are estimates derived from the test scores of all participants.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, various years. (Copyright @1994 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared March 1995.)

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