| Table 125. | Scholastic Aptitude Test score averages, by race/ethnicity: 1975-76 to 1993-94 |
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Racial/ethnic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
background |1975-76|1977-78|1978-79|1979-80|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94
__________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18
__________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
SAT-Verbal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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All students ...| 431 | 429 | 427 | 424 | 424 | 426 | 425 | 426 | 431 | 430 | 428 | 427 | 424 | 422 | 423 | 424 | 423
|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
White ............| 451 | 446 | 444 | 442 | 442 | 444 | 443 | 445 | 449 | 447 | 445 | 446 | 442 | 441 | 442 | 444 | 443
Black ............| 332 | 332 | 330 | 330 | 332 | 341 | 339 | 342 | 346 | 351 | 353 | 351 | 352 | 351 | 352 | 353 | 352
Mexican-American .| 371 | 370 | 370 | 372 | 373 | 377 | 375 | 376 | 382 | 379 | 382 | 381 | 380 | 377 | 372 | 374 | 372
Puerto Rican .....| 364 | 349 | 345 | 350 | 353 | 360 | 358 | 358 | 368 | 360 | 355 | 360 | 359 | 361 | 366 | 367 | 367
Asian-American ...| 414 | 401 | 396 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 395 | 398 | 404 | 405 | 408 | 409 | 410 | 411 | 413 | 415 | 416
American Indian ..| 388 | 387 | 386 | 390 | 391 | 388 | 388 | 390 | 392 | 393 | 393 | 384 | 388 | 393 | 395 | 400 | 396
Other ............| 410 | 399 | 393 | 394 | 388 | 392 | 386 | 388 | 391 | 405 | 410 | 414 | 410 | 411 | 417 | 422 | 425
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SAT-Mathematical |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======
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All students ...| 472 | 468 | 467 | 466 | 466 | 467 | 468 | 471 | 475 | 476 | 476 | 476 | 476 | 474 | 476 | 478 | 479
|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
White ............| 493 | 485 | 483 | 482 | 483 | 483 | 484 | 487 | 490 | 489 | 490 | 491 | 491 | 489 | 491 | 494 | 495
Black ............| 354 | 354 | 358 | 360 | 362 | 366 | 369 | 373 | 376 | 377 | 384 | 386 | 385 | 385 | 385 | 388 | 388
Mexican-American .| 410 | 402 | 410 | 413 | 415 | 416 | 417 | 420 | 426 | 424 | 428 | 430 | 429 | 427 | 425 | 428 | 427
Puerto Rican .....| 401 | 388 | 388 | 394 | 398 | 403 | 403 | 405 | 409 | 400 | 402 | 406 | 405 | 406 | 406 | 409 | 411
Asian-American ...| 518 | 510 | 511 | 509 | 513 | 513 | 514 | 519 | 518 | 521 | 522 | 525 | 528 | 530 | 532 | 535 | 535
American Indian ..| 420 | 419 | 421 | 426 | 425 | 424 | 425 | 427 | 428 | 432 | 435 | 428 | 437 | 437 | 442 | 447 | 441
Other ............| 458 | 450 | 447 | 449 | 447 | 449 | 446 | 450 | 448 | 455 | 460 | 467 | 467 | 466 | 473 | 477 | 480
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NOTE.--Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. No racial/ethnic group data are available prior to 1975-76. No data are available for 1985-86 due to changes in the Student Descriptive Questionnaire completed when students registered for the test. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College Bound Seniors, various years. (Copyright @1994 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared March 1995.) |
