Table 137.

SAT score averages of college-bound seniors and percentage of graduates taking SAT, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2006-07

State or jurisdiction	1987-88		1995-96		2000-01		2004-05		2005-06			2006-07			Percent of graduates taking SAT, 2005-061		Percent of graduates taking SAT, 2006-071
	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Writing2	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Writing2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		17
United States	505	501	505	508	506	514	508	520	503	518	497	502	515	494	48		48
Alabama	554	540	565	558	559	554	567	559	565	561	565	563	556	554	9		9
Alaska	518	501	521	513	514	510	523	519	517	517	493	519	517	491	51		48
Arizona	531	523	525	521	523	525	526	530	521	528	507	519	525	502	32		32
Arkansas	554	536	566	550	562	550	563	552	574	568	567	578	566	565	5		5
California	500	508	495	511	498	517	504	522	501	518	501	499	516	498	49		49
Colorado	537	532	536	538	539	542	560	560	558	564	548	560	565	549	26		24
Connecticut	513	498	507	504	509	510	517	517	512	516	511	510	512	511	84		84
Delaware	510	493	508	495	501	499	503	502	495	500	484	497	496	486	73		72
District of Columbia	479	461	489	473	482	474	490	478	487	472	482	478	462	471	78	3	78	3
Florida	499	495	498	496	498	499	498	498	496	497	480	497	496	479	65		65
Georgia	480	473	484	477	491	489	497	496	494	496	487	494	495	483	70		69
Hawaii	484	505	485	510	486	515	490	516	482	509	472	484	506	473	60		61
Idaho	543	523	543	536	543	542	544	542	543	545	525	541	539	519	19		19
Illinois	540	540	564	575	576	589	594	606	591	609	586	594	611	588	9		8
Indiana	490	486	494	494	499	501	504	508	498	509	486	497	507	483	62		62
Iowa	587	588	590	600	593	603	596	608	602	613	591	608	613	586	4		4
Kansas	568	557	579	571	577	580	585	588	582	590	566	583	590	569	8		8
Kentucky	551	535	549	544	550	550	561	559	562	562	555	567	565	553	11		10
Louisiana	551	533	559	550	564	562	565	562	570	571	571	569	567	563	6		7
Maine4	508	493	504	498	506	500	509	505	501	501	491	466	465	457	73		100
Maryland	509	501	507	504	508	510	511	515	503	509	499	500	502	496	70		70
Massachusetts	508	499	507	504	511	515	520	527	513	524	510	513	522	511	85		85
Michigan	532	533	557	565	561	572	568	579	568	583	555	568	579	553	10		9
Minnesota	546	549	582	593	580	589	592	597	591	600	574	596	603	577	10		9
Mississippi	557	539	569	557	566	551	564	554	556	541	562	568	549	560	4		4
Missouri	547	539	570	569	577	577	588	588	587	591	582	594	594	587	7		6
Montana	547	547	546	547	539	539	540	540	538	545	524	538	543	522	28		28
Nebraska	562	561	567	568	562	568	574	579	576	583	566	579	585	562	7		6
Nevada	517	510	508	507	509	515	508	513	498	508	481	500	506	480	40		41
New Hampshire	523	511	520	514	520	516	525	525	520	524	509	521	521	512	82		83
New Jersey	500	495	498	505	499	513	503	517	496	515	496	495	510	494	82		82
New Mexico	553	543	554	548	551	542	558	547	557	549	543	555	546	540	13		12
New York	497	495	497	499	495	505	497	511	493	510	483	491	505	482	88		89
North Carolina	478	470	490	486	493	499	499	511	495	513	485	495	509	482	71		71
North Dakota	572	569	596	599	592	599	590	605	610	617	588	584	596	562	4		4
Ohio	529	521	536	535	534	539	539	543	535	544	521	536	542	522	28		27
Oklahoma	558	542	566	557	567	561	570	563	576	574	563	578	571	559	7		6
Oregon	517	507	523	521	526	526	526	528	523	529	503	522	526	502	55		54
Pennsylvania	502	489	498	492	500	499	501	503	493	500	483	493	499	482	74		75
Rhode Island	508	496	501	491	501	499	503	505	495	502	490	496	498	492	69		68
South Carolina	477	468	480	474	486	488	494	499	487	498	480	488	496	475	62		62
South Dakota	585	573	574	566	577	582	589	589	590	604	578	589	602	567	4		3
Tennessee	560	543	563	552	562	553	572	563	573	569	572	574	569	568	15		13
Texas	494	490	495	500	493	499	493	502	491	506	487	492	507	482	52		52
Utah	572	553	583	575	575	570	566	557	560	557	550	558	556	544	7		6
Vermont	514	499	506	500	511	506	521	517	513	519	502	516	518	508	67		67
Virginia	507	498	507	496	510	501	516	514	512	513	500	511	511	498	73		73
Washington	525	517	519	519	527	527	532	534	527	532	511	526	531	510	54		53
West Virginia	528	519	526	506	527	512	523	511	519	510	515	516	507	505	20		20
Wisconsin	549	551	577	586	584	596	592	599	588	600	577	587	598	575	6		6
Wyoming	550	545	544	544	547	545	544	543	548	555	537	565	571	544	10		8

1 Participation rate is based on the projection of high school graduates by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), and the number of seniors who took the SAT in each state. 2 Writing data are based on students who took the SAT writing section, which was introduced in March 2005. 3 Participation rate is based on self-reported 2002 twelfth-grade enrollment from D.C.'s public and nonpublic schools because WICHE estimated fewer graduating seniors than actual SAT test takers. 4 Beginning with the spring SAT administration in 2006, all Maine high school juniors, including all students in their third year of high school, are required to take SAT tests in critical reading, writing, and mathematics. NOTE: Data are for seniors who took the SAT 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 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. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors Tables and Related Items, selected years, 1987-88 through 2006-07, retrieved August 28, 2007, from http://www.collegeboard.com/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2007/links.html. (This table was pre­pared August 2007.)