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 through 2020

Sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education	2017					2018					2019					2020
	Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1			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 distri- bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri- bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri- bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri- bution	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	17	18	19	20	21
All students	1,715	100.0	1060	533	527	2,137	100.0	1068	536	531	2,220	100.0	1059	531	528	2,198	100.0	1051	528	523
Sex
Male	809	47.2	1070	532	538	1,018	47.7	1076	534	542	1,062	47.8	1066	529	537	1,052	47.9	1055	523	531
Female	906	52.8	1050	534	516	1,117	52.3	1061	539	522	1,157	52.1	1053	534	519	1,145	52.1	1048	532	516
Race/ethnicity
White	760	44.3	1118	565	553	931	43.6	1123	566	557	948	42.7	1114	562	553	910	41.4	1104	557	547
Black	226	13.2	941	479	462	263	12.3	946	483	463	271	12.2	933	476	457	261	11.9	927	473	454
Hispanic	408	23.8	990	500	489	499	23.4	990	501	489	555	25.0	978	495	483	569	25.9	969	491	478
Asian	158	9.2	1181	569	612	218	10.2	1223	588	635	229	10.3	1223	586	637	223	10.2	1217	585	632
Pacific Islander	4	0.2	986	498	488	6	0.3	986	498	489	5	#	964	487	478	5	0.2	948	478	470
American Indian/      Alaska Native	8	0.5	963	486	477	11	0.5	949	480	469	13	0.6	912	461	451	14	0.6	902	456	447
Two or more races	57	3.3	1103	560	544	77	3.6	1101	558	543	87	3.9	1095	554	540	90	4.1	1091	552	539
No response	94	5.5	961	475	485	131	6.1	954	472	481	112	5.1	959	472	487	126	5.7	996	488	507
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	1,363	62.0	1066	539	526
English and another      language	319	18.6	1034	516	518	415	19.4	1056	526	530	440	19.8	1047	521	526	472	21.5	1041	519	522
Another language	203	11.8	1049	513	537	247	11.6	1069	521	547	269	12.1	1057	515	543	252	11.5	1055	514	541
No response	54	3.2	941	463	479	115	5.4	930	463	467	111	5.0	925	460	465	112	5.1	910	453	457
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	198	9.0	919	461	458
High school diploma	482	28.1	1003	507	497	577	27.0	1005	507	497	608	27.4	989	500	490	588	26.8	981	495	485
Associate's degree	134	7.8	1036	525	511	158	7.4	1039	526	513	160	7.2	1027	519	508	149	6.8	1019	516	503
Bachelor's degree	473	27.6	1118	562	556	588	27.5	1129	566	563	621	28.0	1121	561	560	625	28.4	1114	558	556
Graduate degree	340	19.8	1177	591	586	443	20.7	1197	599	598	461	20.8	1194	596	598	463	21.0	1186	592	594
No response	149	8.7	914	455	460	198	9.3	911	454	457	172	7.7	902	450	452	175	8.0	883	443	440

#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 through 2020 high school graduates who took the new SAT during high school. 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 through 2020, retrieved December 18, 2020, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2020-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared December 2020.)