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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


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
______________________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|___________|___________
    United States ....|   505|    501|   505|    508|   506|    514|   504|    516|   507|    519|   508|    518|         48|         48
                      |______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|___________|___________
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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
                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |           |
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.)