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Table 128. SAT score averages of college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986-87 to 2003-04

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                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |                  Score change
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |_________________________________________________
Race/ethnicity      |1986-|1990-|1995-|1996-|1999-|2000-|2001-|2002-|2003-|1986-87|1990-91|1999-200|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03
                    |  87 |  91 |  96 |  97 |2000 |  01 |  02 |  03 |  04 |    to |    to |     to |    to |    to |    to
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |1996-97|2000-01|2000-01 |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04
____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________
1                   |   2 |   3 |   4 |   5 |    6|    7|    8|   9 |   10|     11|     12|      13|     14|     15|     16
____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________
SAT-Verbal          |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |       |        |       |       |
  All students .....|  507|  499|  505|  505|  505|  506|  504|  507|  508|     -2|      7|       1|     -2|      3|      1
                    |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________
White ..............|  524|  518|  526|  526|  528|  529|  527|  529|  528|      2|     11|       1|     -2|      2|     -1
Black ..............|  428|  427|  434|  434|  434|  433|  430|  431|  430|      6|      6|      -1|     -3|      1|     -1
Hispanic or Latino .|  464|  458|  465|  466|  461|  460|  458|  457|  461|      2|      2|      -1|     -2|     -1|      4
Mexican American ...|  457|  454|  455|  451|  453|  451|  446|  448|  451|     -6|     -3|      -2|     -5|      2|      3
Puerto Rican .......|  436|  436|  452|  454|  456|  457|  455|  456|  457|     18|     21|       1|     -2|      1|      1
Asian American .....|  479|  485|  496|  496|  499|  501|  501|  508|  507|     17|     16|       2|      0|      7|     -1
American Indian ....|  471|  470|  483|  475|  482|  481|  479|  480|  483|      4|     11|      -1|     -2|      1|      3
Other ..............|  480|  486|  511|  512|  508|  503|  502|  501|  494|     32|     17|      -5|     -1|     -1|     -7
                    |=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=======|=======|========|=======|=======|=======
SAT-Mathematics     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |       |        |       |       |
  All students .....|  501|  500|  508|  511|  514|  514|  516|  519|  518|     10|     14|       0|      2|      3|     -1
                    |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______
White ..............|  514|  513|  523|  526|  530|  531|  533|  534|  531|     12|     18|       1|      2|      1|     -3
Black ..............|  411|  419|  422|  423|  426|  426|  427|  426|  427|     12|      7|       0|      1|     -1|      1
Hispanic or Latino .|  462|  462|  466|  468|  467|  465|  464|  464|  465|      6|      3|      -2|     -1|      0|      1
Mexican American ...|  455|  459|  459|  458|  460|  458|  457|  457|  458|      3|     -1|      -2|     -1|      0|      1
Puerto Rican .......|  432|  439|  445|  447|  451|  451|  451|  453|  452|     15|     12|       0|      0|      2|     -1
Asian American .....|  541|  548|  558|  560|  565|  566|  569|  575|  577|     19|     18|       1|      3|      6|      2
American Indian ....|  463|  468|  477|  475|  481|  479|  483|  482|  488|     12|     11|      -2|      4|     -1|      6
Other ..............|  482|  492|  512|  514|  515|  512|  514|  513|  508|     32|     20|      -3|      2|     -1|     -5
____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________

NOTE: The SAT was formerly know 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, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, selected years 1986-87 through 2003-04. (This table was prepared January 2005.)