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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: 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.)

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