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: Selected years, 2017 through 2021

Sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education	2017					2019					2020					2021
	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	2,220	100.0	1059	531	528	2,198	100.0	1051	528	523	1,509	100.0	1060	533	528
Sex
Male	809	47.2	1070	532	538	1,062	47.8	1066	529	537	1,052	47.9	1055	523	531	732	48.5	1067	530	537
Female	906	52.8	1050	534	516	1,157	52.1	1053	534	519	1,145	52.1	1048	532	516	775	51.3	1054	535	519
Race/ethnicity
White	760	44.3	1118	565	553	948	42.7	1114	562	553	910	41.4	1104	557	547	635	42.1	1112	562	550
Black	226	13.2	941	479	462	271	12.2	933	476	457	261	11.9	927	473	454	168	11.2	934	477	457
Hispanic	408	23.8	990	500	489	555	25.0	978	495	483	569	25.9	969	491	478	352	23.3	967	490	477
Asian	158	9.2	1181	569	612	229	10.3	1223	586	637	223	10.2	1217	585	632	167	11.1	1239	597	642
Pacific Islander	4	0.2	986	498	488	5	#	964	487	478	5	0.2	948	478	470	3	0.2	950	481	469
American Indian/     Alaska Native	8	0.5	963	486	477	13	0.6	912	461	451	14	0.6	902	456	447	10	0.7	927	468	459
Two or more races	57	3.3	1103	560	544	87	3.9	1095	554	540	90	4.1	1091	552	539	55	3.6	1116	565	551
No response	94	5.5	961	475	485	112	5.1	959	472	487	126	5.7	996	488	507	118	7.8	976	483	493
First language learned
English only	1,139	66.4	1074	545	530	1,400	63.1	1074	543	530	1,363	62.0	1066	539	526	903	59.9	1078	547	532
English and another     language	319	18.6	1034	516	518	440	19.8	1047	521	526	472	21.5	1041	519	522	312	20.7	1058	526	531
Another language	203	11.8	1049	513	537	269	12.1	1057	515	543	252	11.5	1055	514	541	167	11.1	1072	521	551
No response	54	3.2	941	463	479	111	5.0	925	460	465	112	5.1	910	453	457	127	8.4	924	462	461
Highest level of parental     education
No high school diploma	137	8.0	944	472	472	199	8.9	926	464	462	198	9.0	919	461	458	111	7.4	917	459	458
High school diploma	482	28.1	1003	507	497	608	27.4	989	500	490	588	26.8	981	495	485	348	23.1	981	496	485
Associate's degree	134	7.8	1036	525	511	160	7.2	1027	519	508	149	6.8	1019	516	503	88	5.8	1021	518	504
Bachelor's degree	473	27.6	1118	562	556	621	28.0	1121	561	560	625	28.4	1114	558	556	440	29.2	1120	562	559
Graduate degree	340	19.8	1177	591	586	461	20.8	1194	596	598	463	21.0	1186	592	594	354	23.4	1198	599	600
No response	149	8.7	914	455	460	172	7.7	902	450	452	175	8.0	883	443	440	168	11.1	892	450	442

#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 2021 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 2021, retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2021-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared October 2021.)