Table 226.10.

Number, percentage distribution, and SAT mean scores of high school seniors taking the SAT, by sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education: 2017 and 2018

Sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education	2017					2018
	Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1			Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1
	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distribution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distribution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
All students	1,715	100.0	1060	533	527	2,137	100.0	1068	536	531
Sex
Male	809	47.2	1070	532	538	1,018	47.7	1076	534	542
Female	906	52.8	1050	534	516	1,117	52.3	1061	539	522
Race/ethnicity
White	760	44.3	1118	565	553	931	43.6	1123	566	557
Black	226	13.2	941	479	462	263	12.3	946	483	463
Hispanic	408	23.8	990	500	489	499	23.4	990	501	489
Asian	158	9.2	1181	569	612	218	10.2	1223	588	635
Pacific Islander	4	0.2	986	498	488	6	0.3	986	498	489
American Indian/Alaska Native	8	0.5	963	486	477	11	0.5	949	480	469
Two or more races	57	3.3	1103	560	544	77	3.6	1101	558	543
No response	94	5.5	961	475	485	131	6.1	954	472	481
First language learned
English only	1,139	66.4	1074	545	530	1,360	63.6	1083	548	535
English and another language	319	18.6	1034	516	518	415	19.4	1056	526	530
Another language	203	11.8	1049	513	537	247	11.6	1069	521	547
No response	54	3.2	941	463	479	115	5.4	930	463	467
Highest level of parental education
No high school diploma	137	8.0	944	472	472	173	8.1	944	473	471
High school diploma	482	28.1	1003	507	497	577	27.0	1005	507	497
Associate's degree	134	7.8	1036	525	511	158	7.4	1039	526	513
Bachelor's degree	473	27.6	1118	562	556	588	27.5	1129	566	563
Graduate degree	340	19.8	1177	591	586	443	20.7	1197	599	598
No response	149	8.7	914	455	460	198	9.3	911	454	457

1 Possible scores on each SAT section range from 200 to 800, for a total possible score of 400 to 1600.

NOTE: The SAT was completely redesigned in 2016. The new SAT was first administered in March of 2016. This table reflects 2017 and 2018 high school graduates who took the new SAT during high school. The data in this table include only test takers from the 2017 and 2018 graduating classes who took the new SAT. These data do not factor in performance on the old SAT, and the data for 2017 set a new baseline for future year-to-year comparisons. If a student took the new SAT more than once, the most recent score on each section is used, along with the student's most recent responses to the SAT questionnaire. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report: Total Group, 2017 and 2018, retrieved December 5, 2018, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2018-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared December 2018.)