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 2023

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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 2023
Sex, race/ethnicity, first language learned, and highest level of parental education	2017					2021					2022					2023
	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	1,509	100.0	1060	533	528	1,738	100.0	1050	529	521	1,914	100.0	1028	520	508
Sex
Male	809	47.2	1070	532	538	732	48.5	1067	530	537	841	48.4	1056	526	530	936	48.9	1032	517	515
Female	906	52.8	1050	534	516	775	51.3	1054	535	519	890	51.2	1043	531	512	967	50.5	1023	523	500
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	8	0.5	963	486	477	10	0.7	927	468	459	15	0.9	936	473	463	15	0.8	901	458	443
Asian	158	9.2	1181	569	612	167	11.1	1239	597	642	175	10.1	1229	596	633	194	10.1	1219	593	626
Black	226	13.2	941	479	462	168	11.2	934	477	457	202	11.6	926	474	452	226	11.8	908	466	441
Hispanic	408	23.8	990	500	489	352	23.3	967	490	477	396	22.8	964	491	473	462	24.2	943	482	461
Pacific Islander	4	0.2	986	498	488	3	0.2	950	481	469	3	0.2	945	481	464	4	0.2	925	473	452
White	760	44.3	1118	565	553	635	42.1	1112	562	550	733	42.2	1098	556	543	753	39.3	1082	550	532
Two or more races	57	3.3	1103	560	544	55	3.6	1116	565	551	67	3.8	1102	559	543	69	3.6	1091	556	535
No response	94	5.5	961	475	485	118	7.8	976	483	493	146	8.4	983	489	494	190	9.9	955	478	477
First language learned
English only	1,139	66.4	1074	545	530	903	59.9	1078	547	532	1,024	58.9	1068	542	526	1,048	54.7	1054	537	517
English and another language	319	18.6	1034	516	518	312	20.7	1058	526	531	326	18.7	1062	530	532	323	16.9	1058	530	529
Another language	203	11.8	1049	513	537	167	11.1	1072	521	551	179	10.3	1062	520	542	201	10.5	1052	517	534
No response	54	3.2	941	463	479	127	8.4	924	462	461	209	12.0	931	471	460	342	17.9	904	460	444
Highest level of parental education
No high school diploma	137	8.0	944	472	472	111	7.4	917	459	458	107	6.1	923	464	458	117	6.1	910	460	451
High school diploma	482	28.1	1003	507	497	348	23.1	981	496	485	361	20.8	980	498	482	385	20.1	966	492	473
Associate's degree	134	7.8	1036	525	511	88	5.8	1021	518	504	90	5.2	1016	517	500	89	4.7	1004	513	491
Bachelor's degree	473	27.6	1118	562	556	440	29.2	1120	562	559	486	28.0	1115	561	555	493	25.8	1107	558	549
Graduate degree	340	19.8	1177	591	586	354	23.4	1198	599	600	396	22.8	1191	597	594	408	21.3	1181	594	588
No response	149	8.7	914	455	460	168	11.1	892	450	442	298	17.1	895	453	442	421	22.0	881	448	433
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 2023 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 2023, retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/2023-total-group-sat-suite-of-assessments-annual-report%20ADA.pdf. (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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