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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.) |