Table 131.

SAT score averages of college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986–87 through 2005–06

Race/ethnicity	1986–87	1990–91	1996–97	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	Score change
											1986–87 to 1996–97	1996–97 to 2005–06	2000–01 to 2001–02	2001–02 to 2002–03	2002–03 to 2003–04	2003–04 to 2004–05	2004–05 to 2005–06
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
SAT—Critical reading
All students	507	499	505	505	506	504	507	508	508	503	-2	-2	-2	3	1	0	-5
White	524	518	526	528	529	527	529	528	532	527	2	1	-2	2	-1	4	-5
Black	428	427	434	434	433	430	431	430	433	434	6	0	-3	1	-1	3	1
Hispanic or Latino	464	458	466	461	460	458	457	461	463	458	2	-8	-2	-1	4	2	-5
Mexican American	457	454	451	453	451	446	448	451	453	454	-6	3	-5	2	3	2	1
Puerto Rican	436	436	454	456	457	455	456	457	460	459	18	5	-2	1	1	3	-1
Asian	479	485	496	499	501	501	508	507	511	510	17	14	0	7	-1	4	-1
American Indian	471	470	475	482	481	479	480	483	489	487	4	12	-2	1	3	6	-2
Other	480	486	512	508	503	502	501	494	495	494	32	-18	-1	-1	-7	1	-1
SAT—Mathematics
All students	501	500	511	514	514	516	519	518	520	518	10	7	2	3	-1	2	-2
White	514	513	526	530	531	533	534	531	536	536	12	10	2	1	-3	5	0
Black	411	419	423	426	426	427	426	427	431	429	12	6	1	-1	1	4	-2
Hispanic or Latino	462	462	468	467	465	464	464	465	469	463	6	-5	-1	0	1	4	-6
Mexican American	455	459	458	460	458	457	457	458	463	465	3	7	-1	0	1	5	2
Puerto Rican	432	439	447	451	451	451	453	452	457	456	15	9	0	2	-1	5	-1
Asian	541	548	560	565	566	569	575	577	580	578	19	18	3	6	2	3	-2
American Indian	463	468	475	481	479	483	482	488	493	494	12	19	4	-1	6	5	1
Other	482	492	514	515	512	514	513	508	513	513	32	-1	2	-1	-5	5	0

NOTE: Data are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years through March of their senior year. If a student took a test more than once, the most recent score was used. Scores from the writing test introduced in March 2005 are not included. The SAT was formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment Test and the Scholastic Apti­tude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. The critical read­ing section was formerly known as the verbal section. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, College-Bound Seniors: Total Group Profile [National] Report, selected years, 1986–87 through 2005–06, retrieved August 29, 2006, from http://www.collegeboard.com/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2006/reports.html. (This table was prepared August 2006.)