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| Table 131. | SAT score averages of college-bound seniors, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1987-88 to 2003-04 |
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| 1987-88 | 1995-96 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |Percent of |Percent of
|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________| graduates | graduates
State |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |Verbal|Mathe- |taking SAT,|taking SAT,
or jurisdiction | |matics | |matics | |matics | |matics | |matics | |matics | 2002-03 | 2003-04
______________________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|___________|___________
1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15
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United States ....| 505| 501| 505| 508| 506| 514| 504| 516| 507| 519| 508| 518| 48| 48
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Alabama ..............| 554| 540| 565| 558| 559| 554| 560| 559| 559| 552| 560| 553| 10| 10
Alaska ...............| 518| 501| 521| 513| 514| 510| 516| 519| 518| 518| 518| 514| 55| 53
Arizona ..............| 531| 523| 525| 521| 523| 525| 520| 523| 524| 525| 523| 524| 38| 32
Arkansas .............| 554| 536| 566| 550| 562| 550| 560| 556| 564| 554| 569| 555| 6| 6
California ...........| 500| 508| 495| 511| 498| 517| 496| 517| 499| 519| 501| 519| 54| 49
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Colorado .............| 537| 532| 536| 538| 539| 542| 543| 548| 551| 553| 554| 553| 27| 27
Connecticut ..........| 513| 498| 507| 504| 509| 510| 509| 509| 512| 514| 515| 515| 84| 85
Delaware .............| 510| 493| 508| 495| 501| 499| 502| 500| 501| 501| 500| 499| 73| 73
District of Columbia .| 479| 461| 489| 473| 482| 474| 480| 473| 484| 474| 489| 476| 77| 77
Florida ..............| 499| 495| 498| 496| 498| 499| 496| 499| 498| 498| 499| 499| 61| 67
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Georgia ..............| 480| 473| 484| 477| 491| 489| 489| 491| 493| 491| 494| 493| 66| 73
Hawaii ...............| 484| 505| 485| 510| 486| 515| 488| 520| 486| 516| 487| 514| 54| 60
Idaho ................| 543| 523| 543| 536| 543| 542| 539| 541| 540| 540| 540| 539| 18| 20
Illinois .............| 540| 540| 564| 575| 576| 589| 578| 596| 583| 596| 585| 597| 11| 10
Indiana ..............| 490| 486| 494| 494| 499| 501| 498| 503| 500| 504| 501| 506| 63| 64
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Iowa .................| 587| 588| 590| 600| 593| 603| 591| 602| 586| 597| 593| 602| 5| 5
Kansas ...............| 568| 557| 579| 571| 577| 580| 578| 580| 578| 582| 584| 585| 9| 9
Kentucky .............| 551| 535| 549| 544| 550| 550| 550| 552| 554| 552| 559| 557| 13| 12
Louisiana ............| 551| 533| 559| 550| 564| 562| 561| 559| 563| 559| 564| 561| 8| 8
Maine ................| 508| 493| 504| 498| 506| 500| 503| 502| 503| 501| 505| 501| 70| 76
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Maryland .............| 509| 501| 507| 504| 508| 510| 507| 513| 509| 515| 511| 515| 68| 68
Massachusetts ........| 508| 499| 507| 504| 511| 515| 512| 516| 516| 522| 518| 523| 82| 85
Michigan .............| 532| 533| 557| 565| 561| 572| 558| 572| 564| 576| 563| 573| 11| 11
Minnesota ............| 546| 549| 582| 593| 580| 589| 581| 591| 582| 591| 587| 593| 10| 10
Mississippi ..........| 557| 539| 569| 557| 566| 551| 559| 547| 565| 551| 562| 547| 4| 5
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Missouri .............| 547| 539| 570| 569| 577| 577| 574| 580| 582| 583| 587| 585| 8| 8
Montana ..............| 547| 547| 546| 547| 539| 539| 541| 547| 538| 543| 537| 539| 26| 29
Nebraska .............| 562| 561| 567| 568| 562| 568| 561| 570| 573| 578| 569| 576| 8| 8
Nevada ...............| 517| 510| 508| 507| 509| 515| 509| 518| 510| 517| 507| 514| 36| 40
New Hampshire ........| 523| 511| 520| 514| 520| 516| 519| 519| 522| 521| 522| 521| 75| 80
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New Jersey ...........| 500| 495| 498| 505| 499| 513| 498| 513| 501| 515| 501| 514| 85| 83
New Mexico ...........| 553| 543| 554| 548| 551| 542| 551| 543| 548| 540| 554 543| 14| 14
New York .............| 497| 495| 497| 499| 495| 505| 494| 506| 496| 510| 497| 510| 82| 87
North Carolina .......| 478| 470| 490| 486| 493| 499| 493| 505| 495| 506| 499| 507| 68| 70
North Dakota .........| 572| 569| 596| 599| 592| 599| 597| 610| 602| 613| 582| 601| 4| 5
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Ohio .................| 529| 521| 536| 535| 534| 539| 533| 540| 536| 541| 538| 542| 28| 28
Oklahoma .............| 558| 542| 566| 557| 567| 561| 565| 562| 569| 562| 569| 566| 8| 7
Oregon ...............| 517| 507| 523| 521| 526| 526| 524| 528| 526| 527| 527| 528| 57| 56
Pennsylvania .........| 502| 489| 498| 492| 500| 499| 498| 500| 500| 502| 501| 502| 73| 74
Rhode Island .........| 508| 496| 501| 491| 501| 499| 504| 503| 502| 504| 503| 502| 74| 72
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South Carolina .......| 477| 468| 480| 474| 486| 488| 488| 493| 493| 496| 491| 495| 59| 62
South Dakota .........| 585| 573| 574| 566| 577| 582| 576| 586| 588| 588| 594| 597| 4| 5
Tennessee ............| 560| 543| 563| 552| 562| 553| 562| 555| 568| 560| 567| 557| 14| 16
Texas ................| 494| 490| 495| 500| 493| 499| 491| 500| 493| 500| 493| 499| 57| 52
Utah .................| 572| 553| 583| 575| 575| 570| 563| 559| 566| 559| 565| 556| 7| 7
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Vermont ..............| 514| 499| 506| 500| 511| 506| 512| 510| 515| 512| 516| 512| 70| 66
Virginia .............| 507| 498| 507| 496| 510| 501| 510| 506| 514| 510| 515| 509| 71| 71
Washington ...........| 525| 517| 519| 519| 527| 527| 525| 529| 530| 532| 528| 531| 56| 52
West Virginia ........| 528| 519| 526| 506| 527| 512| 525| 515| 522| 510| 524| 514| 20| 19
Wisconsin ............| 549| 551| 577| 586| 584| 596| 583| 599| 585| 594| 587| 596| 7| 7
Wyoming ..............| 550| 545| 544| 544| 547| 545| 531| 537| 548| 549| 551| 546| 11| 12
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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, College-Bound Seniors: 2004 Profile of SAT Program Test Takers, (This table was prepared February 2005.)
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