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      Table 226.40.

      SAT mean scores, standard deviations, and score ranges for high school seniors, and percentage of the graduating class taking the SAT, by state: 2017

      State	Mean score and standard deviation (SD)						Percentage distribution of seniors who had taken the SAT, by total SAT score range						Percent taking SAT 1
      	Total SAT		Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)		Math
      	Mean score	SD	Mean score	SD	Mean score	SD	1400-1600	1200-1390	1000-1190	800-990	600-790	400-590
      1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
      United States	1060	195	533	100	527	107	5	20	36	30	9	#	48
      Alabama	1165	199	593	100	572	111	15	29	33	20	#	0	5
      Alaska	1080	176	547	94	533	94	4	23	41	27	5	#	38
      Arizona	1116	179	563	92	553	98	6	27	41	21	4	#	30
      Arkansas	1208	198	614	103	594	107	19	36	28	14	#	0	3
      California	1055	186	531	95	524	103	4	19	37	32	8	#	53
      Colorado	1201	194	606	99	595	107	16	39	30	12	#	#	11
      Connecticut	1041	210	530	106	512	114	5	20	32	29	14	#	100
      Delaware	996	197	503	104	492	103	#	14	31	36	16	#	100
      District of
      Columbia	950	240	482	126	468	123	6	13	18	32	29	#	90
      Florida	1017	190	520	97	497	104	#	16	33	35	12	#	83
      Georgia	1050	177	535	92	515	95	3	18	39	34	7	#	61
      Hawaii	1085	173	544	88	541	97	5	22	41	29	4	0	55
      Idaho	1005	182	513	97	493	96	#	14	35	35	14	#	93
      Illinois	1115	241	559	119	556	130	15	24	26	24	10	#	9
      Indiana	1074	168	542	88	532	92	3	20	43	29	4	#	63
      Iowa	1275	189	641	95	635	106	32	35	24	8	#	0	2
      Kansas	1260	188	632	99	628	103	29	35	25	10	#	0	4
      Kentucky	1247	188	631	95	616	105	26	36	27	10	#	0	4
      Louisiana	1198	204	611	102	586	112	20	33	27	17	#	0	4
      Maine	1012	198	513	104	499	106	#	16	34	33	14	#	95
      Maryland	1060	199	536	102	524	108	5	21	35	30	9	#	69
      Massachusetts	1107	191	555	98	551	104	7	26	38	23	5	#	76
      Michigan	1005	195	509	101	495	105	#	15	32	34	16	#	100
      Minnesota	1295	177	644	92	651	99	34	39	21	6	#	0	3
      Mississippi	1242	187	634	91	607	107	25	36	28	10	#	0	2
      Missouri	1271	189	640	95	631	105	30	38	22	9	#	0	3
      Montana	1196	161	605	85	591	89	11	38	39	11	#	0	10
      Nebraska	1253	198	629	100	625	109	29	34	26	9	#	0	3
      Nevada	1116	170	563	86	553	96	6	26	42	23	#	0	26
      New Hampshire	1052	198	532	102	520	107	5	20	36	29	10	#	96
      New Jersey	1056	187	530	96	526	102	4	20	38	30	8	#	70
      New Mexico	1138	186	577	97	561	101	9	29	38	21	#	0	11
      New York	1052	188	528	96	523	104	4	20	37	30	9	#	67
      North Carolina	1081	176	546	92	535	95	4	22	41	28	5	#	49
      North Dakota	1256	199	635	100	621	110	31	35	23	9	#	0	2
      Ohio	1149	212	578	108	570	114	13	32	31	18	6	#	12
      Oklahoma	1047	257	530	133	517	132	12	20	20	27	21	#	7
      Oregon	1108	174	560	93	548	94	6	26	42	24	#	#	43
      Pennsylvania	1071	181	540	94	531	98	4	21	41	27	6	#	65
      Rhode Island	1062	190	539	99	524	102	4	21	38	28	9	#	71
      South Carolina	1064	174	543	91	521	94	3	20	40	31	5	#	50
      South Dakota	1216	197	612	101	603	106	19	38	28	12	#	0	3
      Tennessee	1228	190	623	95	604	107	22	36	30	9	#	#	5
      Texas	1020	193	513	102	507	101	#	15	34	35	12	#	62
      Utah	1238	185	624	96	614	102	22	40	26	11	#	0	3
      Vermont	1114	173	562	92	551	95	5	28	41	22	3	#	60
      Virginia	1102	184	561	95	541	100	6	25	40	24	4	#	65
      Washington	1075	191	541	101	534	102	5	23	39	26	8	#	64
      West Virginia	1086	171	558	88	528	95	5	20	44	28	#	0	14
      Wisconsin	1291	178	642	95	649	98	34	38	22	6	#	#	3
      Wyoming	1230	176	626	90	604	98	17	44	28	9	#	0	3

      #Rounds to zero.

      1 Members of the graduating class of 2017 who had taken the SAT as a percentage of all 2016-17 high school graduates. Percentages include only students who took the new SAT, which was first administered in March 2016. State percentages were calculated by the College Entrance Examination Board based on the number of high school graduates in each state as projected by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The total percentage for the United States was calculated by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) based on NCES projections of the total number of U.S. high school graduates.

      NOTE: The SAT was completely redesigned in 2016. The new SAT was first administered in March of 2016. This table reflects 2017 high school graduates who took the new SAT during high school. The data in this table include only test-takers from the 2017 graduating class who took the new SAT (93 percent of the cohort). These data do not factor in performance on the old SAT, and they 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.

      SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, The 2017 SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report, retrieved December 6, 2017, from https://research.collegeboard.org/programs/sat/data/2017-sat-suite-annual-report. (This table was prepared December 2017.)