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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, 2018, and 2019
Sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education 2017 2018 2019
Seniors who had taken the SAT Mean score1 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 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 12 13 14 15 16
All students 1,715 100.0 1060 533 527 2,137 100.0 1068 536 531 2,220 100.0 1059 531 528
Sex                              
Male 809 47.2 1070 532 538 1,018 47.7 1076 534 542 1,062 47.8 1066 529 537
Female 906 52.8 1050 534 516 1,117 52.3 1061 539 522 1,157 52.1 1053 534 519

Race/ethnicity
                             
White 760 44.3 1118 565 553 931 43.6 1123 566 557 948 42.7 1114 562 553
Black 226 13.2 941 479 462 263 12.3 946 483 463 271 12.2 933 476 457
Hispanic 408 23.8 990 500 489 499 23.4 990 501 489 555 25.0 978 495 483
Asian 158 9.2 1181 569 612 218 10.2 1223 588 635 229 10.3 1223 586 637
Pacific Islander 4 0.2 986 498 488 6 0.3 986 498 489 5 # 964 487 478
American Indian/Alaska Native 8 0.5 963 486 477 11 0.5 949 480 469 13 0.6 912 461 451
Two or more races 57 3.3 1103 560 544 77 3.6 1101 558 543 87 3.9 1095 554 540
No response 94 5.5 961 475 485 131 6.1 954 472 481 112 5.1 959 472 487

First language learned
                             
English only 1,139 66.4 1074 545 530 1,360 63.6 1083 548 535 1,400 63.1 1074 543 530
English and another language 319 18.6 1034 516 518 415 19.4 1056 526 530 440 19.8 1047 521 526
Another language 203 11.8 1049 513 537 247 11.6 1069 521 547 269 12.1 1057 515 543
No response 54 3.2 941 463 479 115 5.4 930 463 467 111 5.0 925 460 465

Highest level of parental education
                             
No high school diploma 137 8.0 944 472 472 173 8.1 944 473 471 199 8.9 926 464 462
High school diploma 482 28.1 1003 507 497 577 27.0 1005 507 497 608 27.4 989 500 490
Associate's degree 134 7.8 1036 525 511 158 7.4 1039 526 513 160 7.2 1027 519 508
Bachelor's degree 473 27.6 1118 562 556 588 27.5 1129 566 563 621 28.0 1121 561 560
Graduate degree 340 19.8 1177 591 586 443 20.7 1197 599 598 461 20.8 1194 596 598
No response 149 8.7 914 455 460 198 9.3 911 454 457 172 7.7 902 450 452
#Rounds to zero.
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, 2018, and 2019 high school graduates who took the new SAT during high school. The data in this table include only test takers from the 2017, 2018, and 2019 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, 2018, and 2019, retrieved October 16, 2019, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2019-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared October 2019.)

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