The Truth About SAT Scores

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Table 127.--Scholastic Aptitude Test score averages for college-bound													
"            high school seniors, by sex:  1966-67 to 1992-93"													
													
_________________________________________________________________________													
             |        Verbal score         |      Mathematical score													
 School year |_____________________________|_____________________________													
             |  Total  |  Male   | Female  |  Total  |  Male   | Female													
_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________													
      1      |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7													
_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

Year	SAT V Total	SAT V Male	SAT V Female	SAT M Total	SAT M Male	SAT M Female	Diff SAT Math, Male Vs Female
1960	477	473	481	498	517	479	38





1966-67 .....	466	463	468	492	514	467	47
1967-68 .....	466	464	466	492	512	470	42
1968-69 .....	463	459	466	493	513	470	43
1969-70 .....	460	459	461	488	509	465	44
1970-71 .....	455	454	457	488	507	466	41
1971-72 .....	453	454	452	484	505	461	44
1972-73 .....	445	446	443	481	502	460	42
1973-74 .....	444	447	442	480	501	459	42
1974-75 .....	434	437	431	472	495	449	46
1975-76 .....	431	433	430	472	497	446	51
1976-77 .....	429	431	427	470	497	445	52
1977-78 .....	429	433	425	468	494	444	50
1978-79 .....	427	431	423	467	493	443	50
1979-80 .....	424	428	420	466	491	443	48
1980-81 .....	424	430	418	466	492	443	49
1981-82 .....	426	431	421	467	493	443	50
1982-83 .....	425	430	420	468	493	445	48
1983-84 .....	426	433	420	471	495	449	46
1984-85 .....	431	437	425	475	499	452	47
1985-86 .....	431	437	426	475	501	451	50
1986-87 .....	430	435	425	476	500	453	47
1987-88 .....	428	435	422	476	498	455	43
1988-89 .....	427	434	421	476	500	454	46
1989-90 .....	424	429	419	476	499	455	44
1990-91 .....	422	426	418	474	497	453	44
1991-92 .....	423	428	419	476	499	456	43
1992-93 .....	424	428	420	478	502	457	45


1995	428	429	426	482	503	463

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 @ 1993 by the College
Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared April 1994.)

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Modified Saturday, November 29, 2008