Table 125. | Scholastic Assessment Test\1\ score averages for college-bound high school seniors, by sex: 1966-67 to 1994-95 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Verbal score | Mathematical score School year |-----------------------------|----------------------------- | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female -------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 -------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------- 1966-67 .....| 466 | 463 | 468 | 492 | 514 | 467 1967-68 .....| 466 | 464 | 466 | 492 | 512 | 470 1968-69 .....| 463 | 459 | 466 | 493 | 513 | 470 1969-70 .....| 460 | 459 | 461 | 488 | 509 | 465 1970-71 .....| 455 | 454 | 457 | 488 | 507 | 466 | | | | | | 1971-72 .....| 453 | 454 | 452 | 484 | 505 | 461 1972-73 .....| 445 | 446 | 443 | 481 | 502 | 460 1973-74 .....| 444 | 447 | 442 | 480 | 501 | 459 1974-75 .....| 434 | 437 | 431 | 472 | 495 | 449 1975-76 .....| 431 | 433 | 430 | 472 | 497 | 446 | | | | | | 1976-77 .....| 429 | 431 | 427 | 470 | 497 | 445 1977-78 .....| 429 | 433 | 425 | 468 | 494 | 444 1978-79 .....| 427 | 431 | 423 | 467 | 493 | 443 1979-80 .....| 424 | 428 | 420 | 466 | 491 | 443 1980-81 .....| 424 | 430 | 418 | 466 | 492 | 443 | | | | | | 1981-82 .....| 426 | 431 | 421 | 467 | 493 | 443 1982-83 .....| 425 | 430 | 420 | 468 | 493 | 445 1983-84 .....| 426 | 433 | 420 | 471 | 495 | 449 1984-85 .....| 431 | 437 | 425 | 475 | 499 | 452 1985-86 .....| 431 | 437 | 426 | 475 | 501 | 451 | | | | | | 1986-87 .....| 430 | 435 | 425 | 476 | 500 | 453 1987-88 .....| 428 | 435 | 422 | 476 | 498 | 455 1988-89 .....| 427 | 434 | 421 | 476 | 500 | 454 1989-90 .....| 424 | 429 | 419 | 476 | 499 | 455 1990-91 .....| 422 | 426 | 418 | 474 | 497 | 453 | | | | | | 1991-92 .....| 423 | 428 | 419 | 476 | 499 | 456 1992-93 .....| 424 | 428 | 420 | 478 | 502 | 457 1993-94..... | 423 | 425 | 421 | 479 | 501 | 460 1994-95..... | 428 | 429 | 426 | 482 | 503 | 463 -------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------- |
\1\Scholastic Aptitude Test revised, 1994.
NOTE.--Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. Data for the years 1966-67 through 1970-71 are estimates derived from the test scores of all participants. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, various years. (Copyright @1995 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared November 1995.)
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