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Table 226.40. Mean SAT scores of college-bound seniors and percentage of graduates taking SAT, by state: Selected years, 1995-96 through 2012-13
State 1995-96 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Percent of
graduates
taking SAT,
2011-121
Percent of
graduates
taking SAT,
2012-131
Critical reading Mathe-
matics
Critical reading Mathe-
matics
Critical reading Mathe-
matics
Writing2 Critical reading Mathe-
matics
Writing2 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 18 19
United States 505 508 506 514 503 518 497 497 514 489 496 514 488 496 514 488 48 49
Alabama 565 558 559 554 565 561 565 546 541 536 538 531 527 544 534 530 8 7
Alaska 521 513 514 510 517 517 493 515 511 487 512 507 485 508 505 482 54 52
Arizona 525 521 523 525 521 528 507 517 523 499 517 525 499 521 528 502 27 35
Arkansas 566 550 562 550 574 568 567 568 570 554 565 566 549 572 570 555 4 4
California 495 511 498 517 501 518 501 499 515 499 495 512 496 498 512 495 55 57
                                     
Colorado 536 538 539 542 558 564 548 570 573 556 575 581 562 578 581 562 17 14
Connecticut 507 504 509 510 512 516 511 509 513 513 506 512 510 508 512 512 88 85
Delaware3 508 495 501 499 495 500 484 489 490 476 456 462 444 451 457 443 100 100
District of Columbia 489 473 482 474 487 472 482 469 457 459 466 460 456 473 466 461 83 91
Florida 498 496 498 499 496 497 480 487 489 471 492 492 476 492 490 475 66 67
                                     
Georgia 484 477 491 489 494 496 487 485 487 473 488 489 475 490 487 475 81 75
Hawaii 485 510 486 515 482 509 472 479 500 469 478 500 467 481 504 468 66 64
Idaho 543 536 543 542 543 545 525 542 539 517 547 541 525 454 459 451 20 99
Illinois 564 575 576 589 591 609 586 599 617 591 596 615 587 600 617 590 5 5
Indiana 494 494 499 501 498 509 486 493 501 475 493 501 476 493 500 477 69 70
                                     
Iowa 590 600 593 603 602 613 591 596 606 575 603 606 580 592 601 570 3 3
Kansas 579 571 577 580 582 590 566 580 591 563 584 594 561 589 595 568 6 6
Kentucky 549 544 550 550 562 562 555 576 572 563 579 575 566 585 584 572 6 5
Louisiana 559 550 564 562 570 571 571 555 550 546 542 536 529 556 553 546 9 5
Maine4 504 498 506 500 501 501 491 469 469 453 470 472 452 462 467 451 93 95
                                     
Maryland 507 504 508 510 503 509 499 499 502 491 497 502 488 497 500 486 74 73
Massachusetts 507 504 511 515 513 524 510 513 527 509 513 530 508 515 529 509 89 83
Michigan 557 565 561 572 568 583 555 583 604 573 586 603 574 590 610 582 4 4
Minnesota 582 593 580 589 591 600 574 593 608 577 592 606 573 595 608 577 7 6
Mississippi 569 557 566 551 556 541 562 564 543 553 561 544 551 568 547 558 4 3
                                     
Missouri 570 569 577 577 587 591 582 592 593 579 589 592 575 596 595 582 5 4
Montana 546 547 539 539 538 545 524 539 537 516 536 536 511 539 540 516 28 25
Nebraska 567 568 562 568 576 583 566 585 591 569 576 585 562 584 583 567 5 4
Nevada 508 507 509 515 498 508 481 494 496 470 491 493 466 492 494 468 49 48
New Hampshire 520 514 520 516 520 524 509 523 525 511 521 525 510 524 528 515 75 70
                                     
New Jersey 498 505 499 513 496 515 496 495 516 497 495 517 499 499 522 500 78 78
New Mexico 554 548 551 542 557 549 543 548 541 529 550 546 529 550 545 531 13 12
New York 497 499 495 505 493 510 483 485 499 476 483 500 475 485 501 477 90 76
North Carolina 490 486 493 499 495 513 485 493 508 474 491 506 472 495 506 478 68 62
North Dakota 596 599 592 599 610 617 588 586 612 561 588 610 568 609 609 581 3 2
                                     
Ohio 536 535 534 539 535 544 521 539 545 522 543 552 525 548 556 531 19 17
Oklahoma 566 557 567 561 576 574 563 571 565 547 568 566 546 571 569 549 5 5
Oregon 523 521 526 526 523 529 503 520 521 499 521 523 498 520 520 499 57 49
Pennsylvania 498 492 500 499 493 500 483 493 501 479 491 501 480 494 504 482 74 71
Rhode Island 501 491 501 499 495 502 490 495 493 489 490 491 485 491 490 487 69 72
                                     
South Carolina 480 474 486 488 487 498 480 482 490 464 481 488 462 484 487 465 73 64
South Dakota 574 566 577 582 590 604 578 584 591 562 589 610 570 592 601 567 3 3
Tennessee 563 552 562 553 573 569 572 575 568 567 576 570 566 574 569 566 10 8
Texas 495 500 493 499 491 506 487 479 502 465 474 499 461 477 499 461 62 59
Utah 583 575 575 570 560 557 550 563 559 545 568 566 548 569 566 549 6 6
                                     
Vermont 506 500 511 506 513 519 502 515 518 505 519 523 505 516 519 505 69 61
Virginia 507 496 510 501 512 513 500 512 509 495 510 512 495 516 514 498 72 71
Washington 519 519 527 527 527 532 511 523 529 508 519 530 503 515 523 499 58 60
West Virginia 526 506 527 512 519 510 515 514 501 497 516 502 497 514 501 498 17 15
Wisconsin 577 586 584 596 588 600 577 590 602 575 594 605 577 591 604 576 4 4
Wyoming 544 544 547 545 548 555 537 572 569 551 567 579 549 581 588 588 5 4
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 Beginning with the spring SAT administration in 2011, the SAT tests were administered to all high school juniors attending Delaware public high schools.
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 for 2005-06 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.
SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors Tables and Related Items, selected years, 1995-96 through 2012-13, retrieved January 08, 2013, from http://research.collegeboard.org/programs/sat/data/cb-seniors-2013 and http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/sat-scores-by-state-2013. (This table was prepared January 2013.)

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