Table 226.40.

Mean SAT scores of college-bound seniors and percentage of graduates taking SAT, by state: Selected years, 1995-96 through 2014-15

State	1995-96		2000-01		2005-06			2010-11			2013-14			2014-15			Percent taking SAT1
	Critical reading score	Mathe- matics score	Critical reading score	Mathe- matics score	Critical reading score	Mathe- matics score	Writing score	Critical reading score	Mathe- matics score	Writing score	Critical reading score	Mathe- matics score	Writing score	Critical reading score	Mathe- matics score	Writing score	2013-14	2014-15
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
United States	505	508	506	514	503	518	497	497	514	489	497	513	487	495	511	484	48	49
Alabama	565	558	559	554	565	561	565	546	541	536	547	538	532	545	538	533	7	6
Alaska	521	513	514	510	517	517	493	515	511	487	507	503	475	509	503	482	54	52
Arizona	525	521	523	525	521	528	507	517	523	499	522	525	500	523	527	502	36	34
Arkansas	566	550	562	550	574	568	567	568	570	554	573	571	554	568	569	551	4	4
California	495	511	498	517	501	518	501	499	515	499	498	510	496	495	506	491	60	60
Colorado	536	538	539	542	558	564	548	570	573	556	582	586	567	582	587	567	14	12
Connecticut	507	504	509	510	512	516	511	509	513	513	507	510	508	504	506	504	88	89
Delaware2	508	495	501	499	495	500	484	489	490	476	456	459	444	462	461	445	100	100
District of       Columbia2	489	473	482	474	487	472	482	469	457	459	440	438	431	441	440	432	100	100
Florida	498	496	498	499	496	497	480	487	489	471	491	485	472	486	480	468	72	74
Georgia	484	477	491	489	494	496	487	485	487	473	488	485	472	490	485	475	77	77
Hawaii	485	510	486	515	482	509	472	479	500	469	484	504	472	487	508	477	63	61
Idaho2	543	536	543	542	543	545	525	542	539	517	458	456	450	467	463	442	100	100
Illinois	564	575	576	589	591	609	586	599	617	591	599	616	587	599	616	587	5	4
Indiana	494	494	499	501	498	509	486	493	501	475	497	500	477	496	499	478	71	71
Iowa	590	600	593	603	602	613	591	596	606	575	605	611	578	589	600	566	3	3
Kansas	579	571	577	580	582	590	566	580	591	563	591	596	566	588	592	568	5	5
Kentucky	549	544	550	550	562	562	555	576	572	563	589	585	572	588	587	574	5	4
Louisiana	559	550	564	562	570	571	571	555	550	546	561	556	550	563	559	553	5	5
Maine3	504	498	506	500	501	501	491	469	469	453	467	471	449	468	473	451	96	96
Maryland	507	504	508	510	503	509	499	499	502	491	492	495	481	491	493	478	79	79
Massachusetts	507	504	511	515	513	524	510	513	527	509	516	531	509	516	529	507	84	86
Michigan	557	565	561	572	568	583	555	583	604	573	593	610	581	594	609	585	4	4
Minnesota	582	593	580	589	591	600	574	593	608	577	598	610	578	595	607	576	6	5
Mississippi	569	557	566	551	556	541	562	564	543	553	583	566	565	580	563	570	3	3
Missouri	570	569	577	577	587	591	582	592	593	579	595	597	579	596	599	582	4	4
Montana	546	547	539	539	538	545	524	539	537	516	555	552	530	561	556	538	18	15
Nebraska	567	568	562	568	576	583	566	585	591	569	589	587	569	589	590	576	4	4
Nevada	508	507	509	515	498	508	481	494	496	470	495	494	469	494	494	470	54	50
New Hampshire	520	514	520	516	520	524	509	523	525	511	524	530	512	525	530	511	70	70
New Jersey	498	505	499	513	496	515	496	495	516	497	501	523	502	500	521	499	79	81
New Mexico	554	548	551	542	557	549	543	548	541	529	548	543	526	551	544	528	12	12
New York	497	499	495	505	493	510	483	485	499	476	488	502	478	489	502	478	76	75
North Carolina	490	486	493	499	495	513	485	493	508	474	499	507	477	498	504	476	64	63
North Dakota	596	599	592	599	610	617	588	586	612	561	612	620	584	597	608	586	2	2
Ohio	536	535	534	539	535	544	521	539	545	522	555	562	535	557	563	537	15	14
Oklahoma	566	557	567	561	576	574	563	571	565	547	576	571	550	576	569	548	5	4
Oregon	523	521	526	526	523	529	503	520	521	499	523	522	499	523	521	502	48	47
Pennsylvania	498	492	500	499	493	500	483	493	501	479	497	504	480	499	504	482	71	71
Rhode Island	501	491	501	499	495	502	490	495	493	489	497	496	487	494	494	484	73	77
South Carolina	480	474	486	488	487	498	480	482	490	464	488	490	465	488	487	467	65	65
South Dakota	574	566	577	582	590	604	578	584	591	562	604	609	579	592	597	564	3	3
Tennessee	563	552	562	553	573	569	572	575	568	567	578	570	566	581	574	568	8	7
Texas	495	500	493	499	491	506	487	479	502	465	476	495	461	470	486	454	62	64
Utah	583	575	575	570	560	557	550	563	559	545	571	568	551	579	575	554	5	5
Vermont	506	500	511	506	513	519	502	515	518	505	522	525	507	523	524	507	63	61
Virginia	507	496	510	501	512	513	500	512	509	495	518	515	497	518	516	499	73	72
Washington	519	519	527	527	527	532	511	523	529	508	510	518	491	502	510	484	63	66
West Virginia	526	506	527	512	519	510	515	514	501	497	517	505	500	509	497	495	15	15
Wisconsin	577	586	584	596	588	600	577	590	602	575	596	608	578	591	605	575	4	4
Wyoming	544	544	547	545	548	555	537	572	569	551	590	599	573	589	586	562	3	3

1 Members of the graduating class who had taken the SAT as a percentage of the total number of high school graduates. State percentages were calculated by the College Entrance Examination Board based on the number of high school graduates in each state as projected by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The total percentage for the United States was calculated by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) based on NCES projections of the total number of U.S. high school graduates.

2 The SAT is administered to all public high school juniors in Delaware (as of spring 2011), the District of Columbia (as of spring 2013), and Idaho (as of spring 2012).

3 Beginning with the spring SAT administration in 2006, all Maine high school juniors, including all students in their third year of high school, are required to take the SAT.

NOTE: Data for 2005-06 and earlier years are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through March of their senior year. Data for 2010-11 onwards are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through June of their senior year. If a student took the SAT more than once, the most recent score on each section was used. Possible scores on each section of the SAT range from 200 to 800. Prior to 2006, the critical reading section was known as the verbal section. The writing section was introduced in March 2005. The SAT was formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment Test or the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors Tables and Related Items, selected years, 1995-96 through 2014-15, retrieved September 11, 2015, from http://research.collegeboard.org/programs/sat/data/cb-seniors-2015 and https://www.collegeboard.org/release/2015-program-results. (This table was prepared September 2015.)