SAT Scores


.	Mean 2008 SAT Scores by State
.	States are listed by total 2008 SAT Scores
.	Rank	State	Critical Reading	Math	Writing	Combined	Participation Rate
.	1	Iowa	603	612	582	1797	3%
.	2	Minnesota	596	609	579	1784	8%
.	3	Missouri	594	597	584	1775	5%
.	4	Wisconsin	587	604	577	1768	5%
.	5	North Dakota	594	604	568	1766	3%
.	6	South Dakota	595	596	575	1766	3%
.	7	Illinois	583	601	578	1762	7%
.	8	Michigan	581	598	572	1751	6%
.	9	Kansas	580	589	564	1733	7%
.	10	Nebraska	581	585	567	1733	5%
.	11	Tennessee	571	570	566	1707	11%
.	12	Oklahoma	572	572	557	1701	6%
.	13	Arkansas	575	567	559	1701	5%
.	14	Mississippi	574	556	566	1696	3%
.	15	Kentucky	568	570	554	1692	8%
.	16	Louisiana	566	564	558	1688	7%
.	17	Colorado	564	570	553	1687	21%


.	18	Wyoming	562	574	541	1677	6%
.	19	Alabama	565	557	554	1676	8%
.	20	Utah	561	557	543	1661	6%
.	21	New Mexico	557	548	540	1645	12%
.	22	Montana	541	548	523	1612	24%
.	23	Ohio	534	544	521	1599	24%
.	24	Idaho	540	540	517	1597	18%
.	25	Washington	526	533	509	1568	52%
.	26	New Hampshire	521	523	511	1555	74%
.	27	Massachusetts	514	525	513	1552	83%
.	28	Oregon	523	527	502	1552	53%
.	29	Vermont	519	523	507	1549	64%
.	30	Arizona	516	522	500	1538	26%
.	31	Connecticut	509	513	513	1535	83%
.	32	Alaska	520	520	493	1533	45%
.	33	Virginia	511	512	499	1522	68%
.	34	California	499	515	498	1512	48%
.		All students	502	515	494	1511	45%
.	35	West Virginia	512	501	498	1511	19%
.	36	New Jersey	495	513	496	1504	76%


.	37	Maryland	499	502	497	1498	69%
.	38	North Carolina	496	511	482	1489	63%
.	39	Delaware	499	498	490	1487	70%
.	40	Rhode Island	495	498	493	1486	66%
.	41	Indiana	496	508	481	1485	62%
.	42	Nevada	498	506	478	1482	40%
.	43	Pennsylvania	494	501	483	1478	71%
.	44	Florida	496	497	481	1474	54%
.	45	New York	488	504	481	1473	84%
.	46	Texas	488	505	480	1473	50%
.	47	Georgia	491	493	482	1466	70%
.	48	South Carolina	488	497	476	1461	61%
.	49	Hawaii	481	502	470	1453	58%
.	50	Maine	469	466	461	1396	87%
.	51	District of Columbia	470	455	465	1390	84%
.	Source: College Board
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