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 2022

Sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education	2017					2020					2021					2022
	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	2,198	100.0	1051	528	523	1,509	100.0	1060	533	528	1,738	100.0	1050	529	521
Sex
Male	809	47.2	1070	532	538	1,052	47.9	1055	523	531	732	48.5	1067	530	537	841	48.4	1056	526	530
Female	906	52.8	1050	534	516	1,145	52.1	1048	532	516	775	51.3	1054	535	519	890	51.2	1043	531	512
Race/ethnicity
White	760	44.3	1118	565	553	910	41.4	1104	557	547	635	42.1	1112	562	550	733	42.2	1098	556	543
Black	226	13.2	941	479	462	261	11.9	927	473	454	168	11.2	934	477	457	202	11.6	926	474	452
Hispanic	408	23.8	990	500	489	569	25.9	969	491	478	352	23.3	967	490	477	396	22.8	964	491	473
Asian	158	9.2	1181	569	612	223	10.2	1217	585	632	167	11.1	1239	597	642	175	10.1	1229	596	633
Pacific Islander	4	0.2	986	498	488	5	0.2	948	478	470	3	0.2	950	481	469	3	0.2	945	481	464
American Indian/      Alaska Native	8	0.5	963	486	477	14	0.6	902	456	447	10	0.7	927	468	459	15	0.9	936	473	463
Two or more races	57	3.3	1103	560	544	90	4.1	1091	552	539	55	3.6	1116	565	551	67	3.8	1102	559	543
No response	94	5.5	961	475	485	126	5.7	996	488	507	118	7.8	976	483	493	146	8.4	983	489	494
First language learned
English only	1,139	66.4	1074	545	530	1,363	62.0	1066	539	526	903	59.9	1078	547	532	1,024	58.9	1068	542	526
English and another      language	319	18.6	1034	516	518	472	21.5	1041	519	522	312	20.7	1058	526	531	326	18.7	1062	530	532
Another language	203	11.8	1049	513	537	252	11.5	1055	514	541	167	11.1	1072	521	551	179	10.3	1062	520	542
No response	54	3.2	941	463	479	112	5.1	910	453	457	127	8.4	924	462	461	209	12.0	931	471	460
Highest level of parental    education
No high school diploma	137	8.0	944	472	472	198	9.0	919	461	458	111	7.4	917	459	458	107	6.1	923	464	458
High school diploma	482	28.1	1003	507	497	588	26.8	981	495	485	348	23.1	981	496	485	361	20.8	980	498	482
Associate's degree	134	7.8	1036	525	511	149	6.8	1019	516	503	88	5.8	1021	518	504	90	5.2	1016	517	500
Bachelor's degree	473	27.6	1118	562	556	625	28.4	1114	558	556	440	29.2	1120	562	559	486	28.0	1115	561	555
Graduate degree	340	19.8	1177	591	586	463	21.0	1186	592	594	354	23.4	1198	599	600	396	22.8	1191	597	594
No response	149	8.7	914	455	460	175	8.0	883	443	440	168	11.1	892	450	442	298	17.1	895	453	442

1Possible 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 2022 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 2022, retrieved October 10, 2022, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/2022-total-group-sat-suite-of-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared October 2022.)