Table 134.

SAT score averages of college-bound seniors and percent of graduates taking SAT, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1987–88 through 2005–06

State or jurisdiction	1987–88		1995–96		2000–01		2003–04		2004–05		2005–06			Percent of graduates taking SAT, 2004–051	Percent of graduates taking SAT, 2005–061
	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Critical reading	Mathe-matics	Writing2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
United States	505	501	505	508	506	514	508	518	508	520	503	518	497	49	48
Alabama	554	540	565	558	559	554	560	553	567	559	565	561	565	10	9
Alaska	518	501	521	513	514	510	518	514	523	519	517	517	493	52	51
Arizona	531	523	525	521	523	525	523	524	526	530	521	528	507	33	32
Arkansas	554	536	566	550	562	550	569	555	563	552	574	568	567	6	5
California	500	508	495	511	498	517	501	519	504	522	501	518	501	50	49
Colorado	537	532	536	538	539	542	554	553	560	560	558	564	548	26	26
Connecticut	513	498	507	504	509	510	515	515	517	517	512	516	511	86	84
Delaware	510	493	508	495	501	499	500	499	503	502	495	500	484	74	73
District of Columbia	479	461	489	473	482	474	489	476	490	478	487	472	482	79	78	3
Florida	499	495	498	496	498	499	499	499	498	498	496	497	480	65	65
Georgia	480	473	484	477	491	489	494	493	497	496	494	496	487	75	70
Hawaii	484	505	485	510	486	515	487	514	490	516	482	509	472	61	60
Idaho	543	523	543	536	543	542	540	539	544	542	543	545	525	21	19
Illinois	540	540	564	575	576	589	585	597	594	606	591	609	586	10	9
Indiana	490	486	494	494	499	501	501	506	504	508	498	509	486	66	62
Iowa	587	588	590	600	593	603	593	602	596	608	602	613	591	5	4
Kansas	568	557	579	571	577	580	584	585	585	588	582	590	566	9	8
Kentucky	551	535	549	544	550	550	559	557	561	559	562	562	555	12	11
Louisiana	551	533	559	550	564	562	564	561	565	562	570	571	571	8	6
Maine	508	493	504	498	506	500	505	501	509	505	501	501	491	75	73
Maryland	509	501	507	504	508	510	511	515	511	515	503	509	499	71	70
Massachusetts	508	499	507	504	511	515	518	523	520	527	513	524	510	86	85
Michigan	532	533	557	565	561	572	563	573	568	579	568	583	555	10	10
Minnesota	546	549	582	593	580	589	587	593	592	597	591	600	574	11	10
Mississippi	557	539	569	557	566	551	562	547	564	554	556	541	562	4	4
Missouri	547	539	570	569	577	577	587	585	588	588	587	591	582	7	7
Montana	547	547	546	547	539	539	537	539	540	540	538	545	524	31	28
Nebraska	562	561	567	568	562	568	569	576	574	579	576	583	566	8	7
Nevada	517	510	508	507	509	515	507	514	508	513	498	508	481	39	40
New Hampshire	523	511	520	514	520	516	522	521	525	525	520	524	509	81	82
New Jersey	500	495	498	505	499	513	501	514	503	517	496	515	496	86	82
New Mexico	553	543	554	548	551	542	554	543	558	547	557	549	543	13	13
New York	497	495	497	499	495	505	497	510	497	511	493	510	483	92	88
North Carolina	478	470	490	486	493	499	499	507	499	511	495	513	485	74	71
North Dakota	572	569	596	599	592	599	582	601	590	605	610	617	588	4	4
Ohio	529	521	536	535	534	539	538	542	539	543	535	544	521	29	28
Oklahoma	558	542	566	557	567	561	569	566	570	563	576	574	563	7	7
Oregon	517	507	523	521	526	526	527	528	526	528	523	529	503	59	55
Pennsylvania	502	489	498	492	500	499	501	502	501	503	493	500	483	75	74
Rhode Island	508	496	501	491	501	499	503	502	503	505	495	502	490	72	69
South Carolina	477	468	480	474	486	488	491	495	494	499	487	498	480	64	62
South Dakota	585	573	574	566	577	582	594	597	589	589	590	604	578	5	4
Tennessee	560	543	563	552	562	553	567	557	572	563	573	569	572	16	15
Texas	494	490	495	500	493	499	493	499	493	502	491	506	487	54	52
Utah	572	553	583	575	575	570	565	556	566	557	560	557	550	7	7
Vermont	514	499	506	500	511	506	516	512	521	517	513	519	502	67	67
Virginia	507	498	507	496	510	501	515	509	516	514	512	513	500	73	73
Washington	525	517	519	519	527	527	528	531	532	534	527	532	511	55	54
West Virginia	528	519	526	506	527	512	524	514	523	511	519	510	515	20	20
Wisconsin	549	551	577	586	584	596	587	596	592	599	588	600	577	6	6
Wyoming	550	545	544	544	547	545	551	546	544	543	548	555	537	12	10

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 Participation rate is based on self-reported 2002 twelfth-grade enrollment from D.C.'s public and nonpublic schools because WICHE estimated fewer graduating seniors than actual SAT test takers. NOTE: Data are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through March 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. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors: Total Group Profile [National] Report, selected years, 1987–88 through 2005–06, retrieved August 29, 2006, from http://www.collegeboard.com/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2006/reports.html. (This table was prepared August 2006.)