Table 143.

SAT mean scores of college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986-87 through 2008-09

Race/ethnicity	1986- 87	1990- 91	1996- 97	1998-99	1999- 2000	2000- 01	2001- 02	2002- 03	2003- 04	2004- 05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	Score change
															1986-87 to 1996-97	1998-99 to 2008-09	2003-04 to 2008-09	2007-08 to 2008-09
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
SAT—Critical reading   All students	507	499	505	505	505	506	504	507	508	508	503	502	502	501	-2	-4	-7	-1
White	524	518	526	527	528	529	527	529	528	532	527	527	528	528	2	1	0	0
Black	428	427	434	434	434	433	430	431	430	433	434	433	430	429	6	-5	-1	-1
Mexican American	457	454	451	453	453	451	446	448	451	453	454	455	454	453	-6	0	2	-1
Puerto Rican	436	436	454	455	456	457	455	456	457	460	459	459	456	452	18	-3	-5	-4
Other Hispanic	464	458	466	463	461	460	458	457	461	463	458	459	455	455	2	-8	-6	0
Asian/   Pacific Islander	479	485	496	498	499	501	501	508	507	511	510	514	513	516	17	18	9	3
American Indian/   Alaska Native	471	470	475	484	482	481	479	480	483	489	487	487	485	486	4	2	3	1
Other	480	486	512	511	508	503	502	501	494	495	494	497	496	494	32	-17	0	-2
SAT—Mathematics   All students	501	500	511	511	514	514	516	519	518	520	518	515	515	515	10	4	-3	0
White	514	513	526	528	530	531	533	534	531	536	536	534	537	536	12	8	5	-1
Black	411	419	423	422	426	426	427	426	427	431	429	429	426	426	12	4	-1	0
Mexican American	455	459	458	456	460	458	457	457	458	463	465	466	463	463	3	7	5	0
Puerto Rican	432	439	447	448	451	451	451	453	452	457	456	454	453	450	15	2	-2	-3
Other Hispanic	462	462	468	464	467	465	464	464	465	469	463	463	461	461	6	-3	-4	0
Asian/   Pacific Islander	541	548	560	560	565	566	569	575	577	580	578	578	581	587	19	27	10	6
American Indian/   Alaska Native	463	468	475	481	481	479	483	482	488	493	494	494	491	493	12	12	5	2
Other	482	492	514	513	515	512	514	513	508	513	513	512	512	514	32	1	6	2
SAT—Writing   All students	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	497	494	494	493	†	†	†	-1
White	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	519	518	518	517	†	†	†	-1
Black	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	428	425	424	421	†	†	†	-3
Mexican American	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	452	450	447	446	†	†	†	-1
Puerto Rican	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	448	447	445	443	†	†	†	-2
Other Hispanic	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	450	450	448	448	†	†	†	0
Asian/   Pacific Islander	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	512	513	516	520	†	†	†	4
American Indian/   Alaska Native	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	474	473	470	469	†	†	†	-1
Other	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	493	493	494	493	†	†	†	-1

†Not applicable.

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. The critical reading section was formerly known as the verbal section. The writing section was introduced in March 2005.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors: Total Group Profile [National] Report, selected years, 1986-87 through 2008-09, retrieved August 25, 2009, from http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/cb-seniors-2009. (This table was prepared August 2009.)