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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 2013-14
State 1995-96 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2012-13 2013-14 Percent of
graduates
taking SAT,
2012-131
Percent of
graduates
taking SAT,
2013-141
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 505 508 506 514 503 518 497 497 514 489 496 514 488 497 513 487 49 50
Alabama 565 558 559 554 565 561 565 546 541 536 544 534 530 547 538 532 7 7
Alaska 521 513 514 510 517 517 493 515 511 487 508 505 482 507 503 475 52 54
Arizona 525 521 523 525 521 528 507 517 523 499 521 528 502 522 525 500 35 36
Arkansas 566 550 562 550 574 568 567 568 570 554 572 570 555 573 571 554 4 4
California 495 511 498 517 501 518 501 499 515 499 498 512 495 498 510 496 57 60
                                     
Colorado 536 538 539 542 558 564 548 570 573 556 578 581 562 582 586 567 14 14
Connecticut 507 504 509 510 512 516 511 509 513 513 508 512 512 507 510 508 85 88
Delaware3 508 495 501 499 495 500 484 489 490 476 451 457 443 456 459 444 100 100
District of                                    
Columbia3 489 473 482 474 487 472 482 469 457 459 473 466 461 440 438 431 91 100
Florida 498 496 498 499 496 497 480 487 489 471 492 490 475 491 485 472 67 72
                                     
Georgia 484 477 491 489 494 496 487 485 487 473 490 487 475 488 485 472 75 77
Hawaii 485 510 486 515 482 509 472 479 500 469 481 504 468 484 504 472 64 63
Idaho3 543 536 543 542 543 545 525 542 539 517 454 459 451 458 456 450 99 100
Illinois 564 575 576 589 591 609 586 599 617 591 600 617 590 599 616 587 5 5
Indiana 494 494 499 501 498 509 486 493 501 475 493 500 477 497 500 477 70 71
                                     
Iowa 590 600 593 603 602 613 591 596 606 575 592 601 570 605 611 578 3 3
Kansas 579 571 577 580 582 590 566 580 591 563 589 595 568 591 596 566 6 5
Kentucky 549 544 550 550 562 562 555 576 572 563 585 584 572 589 585 572 5 5
Louisiana 559 550 564 562 570 571 571 555 550 546 556 553 546 561 556 550 5 5
Maine4 504 498 506 500 501 501 491 469 469 453 462 467 451 467 471 449 95 96
                                     
Maryland 507 504 508 510 503 509 499 499 502 491 497 500 486 492 495 481 73 79
Massachusetts 507 504 511 515 513 524 510 513 527 509 515 529 509 516 531 509 83 84
Michigan 557 565 561 572 568 583 555 583 604 573 590 610 582 593 610 581 4 4
Minnesota 582 593 580 589 591 600 574 593 608 577 595 608 577 598 610 578 6 6
Mississippi 569 557 566 551 556 541 562 564 543 553 568 547 558 583 566 565 3 3
                                     
Missouri 570 569 577 577 587 591 582 592 593 579 596 595 582 595 597 579 4 4
Montana 546 547 539 539 538 545 524 539 537 516 539 540 516 555 552 530 25 18
Nebraska 567 568 562 568 576 583 566 585 591 569 584 583 567 589 587 569 4 4
Nevada 508 507 509 515 498 508 481 494 496 470 492 494 468 495 494 469 48 54
New Hampshire 520 514 520 516 520 524 509 523 525 511 524 528 515 524 530 512 70 70
                                     
New Jersey 498 505 499 513 496 515 496 495 516 497 499 522 500 501 523 502 78 79
New Mexico 554 548 551 542 557 549 543 548 541 529 550 545 531 548 543 526 12 12
New York 497 499 495 505 493 510 483 485 499 476 485 501 477 488 502 478 76 76
North Carolina 490 486 493 499 495 513 485 493 508 474 495 506 478 499 507 477 62 64
North Dakota 596 599 592 599 610 617 588 586 612 561 609 609 581 612 620 584 2 2
                                     
Ohio 536 535 534 539 535 544 521 539 545 522 548 556 531 555 562 535 17 15
Oklahoma 566 557 567 561 576 574 563 571 565 547 571 569 549 576 571 550 5 5
Oregon 523 521 526 526 523 529 503 520 521 499 520 520 499 523 522 499 49 48
Pennsylvania 498 492 500 499 493 500 483 493 501 479 494 504 482 497 504 480 71 71
Rhode Island 501 491 501 499 495 502 490 495 493 489 491 490 487 497 496 487 72 73
                                     
South Carolina 480 474 486 488 487 498 480 482 490 464 484 487 465 488 490 465 64 65
South Dakota 574 566 577 582 590 604 578 584 591 562 592 601 567 604 609 579 3 3
Tennessee 563 552 562 553 573 569 572 575 568 567 574 569 566 578 570 566 8 8
Texas 495 500 493 499 491 506 487 479 502 465 477 499 461 476 495 461 59 62
Utah 583 575 575 570 560 557 550 563 559 545 569 566 549 571 568 551 6 5
                                     
Vermont 506 500 511 506 513 519 502 515 518 505 516 519 505 522 525 507 61 63
Virginia 507 496 510 501 512 513 500 512 509 495 516 514 498 518 515 497 71 73
Washington 519 519 527 527 527 532 511 523 529 508 515 523 499 510 518 491 60 63
West Virginia 526 506 527 512 519 510 515 514 501 497 514 501 498 517 505 500 15 15
Wisconsin 577 586 584 596 588 600 577 590 602 575 591 604 576 596 608 578 4 4
Wyoming 544 544 547 545 548 555 537 572 569 551 581 588 588 590 599 573 4 3
1 Participation rate is based on the projection of high school graduates by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 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 The SAT tests are administered to all public high school juniors in Delaware (as of spring 2011), the District of Columbia (as of spring 2013), and Idaho (as of spring 2012).
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 2013-14, retrieved November 5, 2014, from http://research.collegeboard.org/programs/sat/data/cb-seniors-2014 and https://www.collegeboard.org/program-results/overview. (This table was prepared November 2014.)

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