Mean 2008 SAT Scores of Graduating High School Seniors

Rank	State	Combined	Critical Reading	Math	Writing	Participation Rate
1	Iowa	1797	603	612	582	3%
2	Minnesota	1784	596	609	579	8%
3	Missouri	1775	594	597	584	5%
4	Wisconsin	1768	587	604	577	5%
5	North Dakota	1766	594	604	568	3%
6	South Dakota	1766	595	596	575	3%
7	Illinois	1762	583	601	578	7%
8	Michigan	1751	581	598	572	6%
9	Kansas	1733	580	589	564	7%
10	Nebraska	1733	581	585	567	5%
11	Tennessee	1707	571	570	566	11%
12	Oklahoma	1701	572	572	557	6%
13	Arkansas	1701	575	567	559	5%
14	Mississippi	1696	574	556	566	3%
15	Kentucky	1692	568	570	554	8%
16	Louisiana	1688	566	564	558	7%
17	Colorado	1687	564	570	553	21%
18	Wyoming	1677	562	574	541	6%
19	Alabama	1676	565	557	554	8%
20	Utah	1661	561	557	543	6%
21	New Mexico	1645	557	548	540	12%
22	Montana	1612	541	548	523	24%
23	Ohio	1599	534	544	521	24%
24	Idaho	1597	540	540	517	18%
25	Washington	1568	526	533	509	52%
26	New Hampshire	1555	521	523	511	74%
27	Massachusetts	1552	514	525	513	83%
28	Oregon	1552	523	527	502	53%
29	Vermont	1549	519	523	507	64%
30	Arizona	1538	516	522	500	26%
31	Connecticut	1535	509	513	513	83%
32	Alaska	1533	520	520	493	45%
33	Virginia	1522	511	512	499	68%
34	California	1512	499	515	498	48%
35	West Virginia	1511	512	501	498	19%
36	New Jersey	1504	495	513	496	76%
37	Maryland	1498	499	502	497	69%
38	North Carolina	1489	496	511	482	63%
39	Delaware	1487	499	498	490	70%
40	Rhode Island	1486	495	498	493	66%
41	Indiana	1485	496	508	481	62%
42	Nevada	1482	498	506	478	40%
43	Pennsylvania	1478	494	501	483	71%
44	Florida	1474	496	497	481	54%
45	NEW YORK	1473	488	504	481	84%
46	Texas	1473	488	505	480	50%
47	Georgia	1466	491	493	482	70%
48	South Carolina	1461	488	497	476	61%
49	Hawaii	1453	481	502	470	58%
50	Maine	1396	469	466	461	87%
United States		1511	502	515	494	45%
NYS +/- U.S. Average		-38	-14	-11	-13
Source: The U.S. Census Bureau's Public Education Finances: 2006

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