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Just the Facts - Key Economic and Social Indicators for New York State

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