Average SAT Scores

The SAT was formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test.  This database contains average SAT scores for graduating seniors and the percentage of graduates taking the SAT, based on projected graduates by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).  Total scores vary by years as this calculation depends on SAT components, which have changed over time.  For example, in 2017, Total score equals to the sum of Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW) plus Math.  From 2006-2016, the total score equals the sum of Critical reading plus Mathematics plus Writing.  For 1996-2005, total equals Math plus Reading scores.  The critical reading section was previously known as the verbal section, and verbal scores are reported in the reading category.  Figures are presented by test score or in percent. Graduates taking the SAT are available to one-decimal place only after 2011.

Years reflect the second year of a traditional academic year, e.g., 2017 reflects the 2016-2017 academic year.  

• Beginning in the spring of 2011, SAT tests were administered to all high school juniors attending Delaware public high schools.
• Beginning in the the spring of 2006, all Maine high school juniors, including all students in their third year of high school, are required to take SAT test.
• The 2005-2006 scores for the District of Columbia is based on self-reported 12th-grade enrollment from D.C.'s public and nonpublic schools.
• Figures for 2009 and earlier years are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through March of their senior year. Figures from 2010 are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through June of their senior year.
• If a student took a test more than once, the most recent score was used.