StatisticalDefinitions Meanscore:Themeanscoreisthearithmeticaverageofa definedsetoftestscores.meanscorestatisticsarereported hereiftherearetenormorestudentsinagrouporsubgroup. Scaledscore:Ascaledscoreistheresultofadjustingaraw score(thenumberofquestionsansweredcorectly)inways thatensurethatresultsacrossdiferenttestformsare comparable.thescoresshownhereandreportedto educators,students,andinstitutionsarescaledscores. Standarddeviation(SD):Thestandarddeviationisa measureofthevariabilityofasetofscores.iftestscores clustertightlyaroundthemeanscore,astheydowhenthe grouptestedisrelativelyhomogeneous,thestandard deviationissmalerthanitwouldbewithamorediversegroup andamorewidelydisperseddistributionofscores. ColegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks EachassessmentintheSATSuitehasanassociatedsetof metricscaledthecolegeandcareerreadiness Benchmarks. TheSATbenchmarkisthesectionscoreassociated witha7 chanceofearningatleastacinfirst-semester, credit-bearing,colege-levelcoursesinalgebra,statistics, precalculus,orcalculus. TheSATEvidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW) benchmarkisassociatedwitha7 chanceofearningat leastacinfirst-semester,credit-bearing,colege-level coursesinhistory,literature,socialscience,orwriting. Thegrade-levelbenchmarkscoresforPSAT-related assessmentsarebasedonexpectedstudentgrowthtoward thesatbenchmarksateachgrade.whilesatbenchmarks indicatelikelihoodofsuccessincolege,grade-level benchmarksindicatewhetherastudentisontrackforcolege andcareerreadinessfortheirgrade.thebenchmarksareset toreflecttypicalannualgrowthfrom yeartoyearfrom 8th through12thgrades. ThenewSATSuitebenchmarkoutcomesshouldnotbe comparedagainstresultsfrom theoldsatorpsat/nmsqt, asthescorescaleandbenchmarkdefinitionshavechanged. Benchmarkstatisticsarereportediftherearetenormore studentsinagrouporsubgroup. AbouttheColegeBoard TheColegeBoardisamission-drivennot-for-profit organizationthatconnectsstudentstocolegesuccessand opportunity.foundedin1900,thecolegeboardwascreated toexpandaccesstohighereducation.today,themembership associationismadeupofover6,000oftheworld sleading educationalinstitutionsandisdedicatedtopromoting excelenceandequityineducation.eachyear,thecolege Boardhelpsmorethansevenmilionstudentspreparefora successfultransitiontocolegethroughprogramsandservices incolegereadinessandcolegesuccess includingthesat andtheadvancedplacementprogram (AP ).The organizationalsoservestheeducationcommunitythrough researchandadvocacyonbehalfofstudents,educatorsand schools.forfurtherinformation,visitwww.colegeboard.org. 2018TheColegeBoard.ColegeBoard,AP,SAT,andthe acornlogoareregisteredtrademarksofthecolegeboard. PSAT/NMSQTisaregisteredtrademarkoftheColegeBoard andnationalmeritscholarshipcorporation.psatandsat SubjectTestsaretrademarksownedbytheColegeBoard.Al othermarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.visit thecolegeboardontheweb:colegeboard.org. SAT Grade11 Grade10 Grade9 Grade8 530 480 510 460 480 430 450 410 430 390 AboutThisReport Thisreportpresentsdataonstudentsintheclassof2018who tookthenewsat duringhighschool,aswelastakersof PSAT-relatedassessments thepsat/nmsqt,psat 10,andPSAT 8/9 duringthe2017-18schoolyear. Withineachassessment,testtakersarecountedonlyonce andonlytheirlatestscoresandmostrecentdemographic responsesaresummarized.(moststudentssupplyoptional demographicinformationwhentheyregisterforortaketestsin thesatsuiteofassessments,whichprovidesvaluable contextualinformationtoaidininterpretingandunderstanding individualandgroupscores.) ScoreRanges Herearetherangesforreportedscoresforthe Evidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)and sectionsofeachassessmentinthesatsuite: SATsections:200 800 PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10sections:160 760 PSAT8/9sections:120 720 RecentChangestoDataColectionandReporting InJune2015,theColegeBoardaligneditscolectionand reportingofrace/ethnicitycategorieswithu.s.departmentof Educationguidelines.Inaddition,whilepreviousSATcohort assignmentreflectedself-reportedinformationcolectedduring SATorSATSubjectTestregistrationonly,itnowleverages themostrecentinformationfrom thesat,psat-related assessment,orapprogramsinaneforttomorecloselyalign withschool,district,andstatedatasystems.forthese reasons,weadvisecautionwhencomparingdatapointsinthis reporttothoseinpreviousreports. CaveatonUsingtheData Relationshipsbetweentestscoresandotherbackgroundor contextualfactorsarecomplexandinterdependent.cautionis warantedwhenusingscorestocompareorevaluate teachers,schools,districts,orstates,becauseofdiferences inparticipationandtesttakerpopulations. ColegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks Assessment/ Gradelevel ERW SectionScore SectionScore
SATSuiteParticipationSummary TheSATSuiteofAssessments thesat(grades12and11),psat/nmsqtandpsat10(grades11and10),andpsat 8/9(grades9and8) measuresastudent scolegeandcareerreadiness.together,theseassessmentsprovidea comprehensivesolutionthatsystematicalyandprogressivelymeasurestheknowledge,skils,andunderstandingsessential forsuccessincolegeandcareer. 157,938testtakerscompletedtheSAToraPSAT relatedassessment (PSAT/NMSQT,PSAT10,orPSAT8/9)inthe2017-18schoolyear. Classof2018 SATTakers¹ HighSchoolGraduates² SATParticipationRate 54,987 106,104 5 5 ofgraduates intheclassof2018 tookthesatduring highschool Classof2019 PSAT/NMSQTTakers³ 11th-GradeEnrolment² ParticipationRate 45,952 116,954 of11thgraders tookthepsat/nmsqt lastfal Classof2020 PSAT/NMSQTorPSAT10Takers³ 10th-GradeEnrolment² ParticipationRate 40,342 125,020 of10thgraders tookthepsat/nmsqt orpsat10 in2017-18 Classof2021 PSAT8/9Takers³ 9th-GradeEnrolment² ParticipationRate 3,916 138,713 of9thgraders tookthepsat8/9 in2017-18 Classof2022 PSAT8/9Takers³ 8th-GradeEnrolment² ParticipationRate 5,319 117,559 of8thgraderstook thepsat8/9 in2017-18 ¹Reflects2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool. ²KnockingattheColegeDoor,WICHE,December2016. ³PSAT relatedassessmentdatareflectstudentswhotestedduringthe2017-18schoolyear.
SATParticipationandPerformance Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost recentscoreissummarized. Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 54,987 1098 MeanScore TookEssay¹ 31,890 5 1129 570 559 5 8 6 1 554 543 5 MetBenchmarks 7 5 Race/Ethnicity MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 442 989 502 487 2 6 3 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 2,694 12,273 5,376 57 30,810 2,369 966 5 1233 961 1047 1074 1153 1085 1059 599 489 530 549 582 550 539 634 473 517 524 570 535 520 7 5 6 4 8 5 7 7 9 7 7 8 2 4 5 6 5 4 4 2 Sex Female Male MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 30,939 5 1086 553 532 4 7 5 24,047 4 1113 555 558 5 7 6 1 1 FirstLanguageLearned MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 47,137 8 1098 556 543 5 7 5 1 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 5,268 2,313 269 1093 1094 1082 547 539 553 546 555 529 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 HighestLevelofParentalEducation MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None NoHighSchoolDiploma 2,312 991 497 494 2 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 12,598 6,0 19,713 13,038 1,298 2 2 1018 1040 1124 1195 948 516 527 567 602 481 502 513 557 593 467 3 4 6 7 6 7 8 9 4 6 7 2 1 5 SATFeeWaiver MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None Usedatanypoint 14,262 973 493 480 2 5 2 4 Didnotuse 40,725 7 1141 576 566 6 8 6 1 ¹ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.
SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributions Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost recentscoreissummarized. andsectionscores 1400 1600 3,391 1200 1390 12,907 1000 1190 22,163 800 990 14,176 600 790 2,336 400 590 14 Mean 1098 SD 183 Score ERW 2 4 700 800 3,853 600 690 15,016 500 590 20,708 400 490 13,191 300 390 2,184 4,386 11,022 22,319 13,644 3,551 200 290 35 65 Mean 554 543 SD 93 2 2 100 2 Cross-TestScores History/Social Studies Science TestScores Reading Writingand Language 35 40 4,896 5,209 35 40 4,853 4,786 4,386 14,748 16,220.5 16,162 14,497 11,022 21,778 19,870.5 20,731 19,193 22,319 11,171 11,274.5 11,134 13,453 13,644 2,273 2,334.5 2,059 2,945 3,551 10 14 121 80 Mean SD 5 5 10 14.5 48 113 65 Mean SD 5 27 5 27 5 Subscores Wordsin Context Command ofevidence Expression ofideas Standard English Conventions Heartof Algebra Problem Solving anddata Analysis Passportto Advanced ematics 13 15 10 12 7 9 4 6 8,276 21,858 18,370 5,515 7,603 17,862 22,375 7,030 8,153 20,422 19,376 6,693 6,143 15,492 19,642 12,322 5,466 17,004 24,026 7,721 7,267 18,634 18,536 8,062 6,648 16,547 21,675 9,197 1 3 968 117 343 1,388 770 2,488 920 Mean SD 10 3 9 3 10 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 Essay¹ 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Mean SD Reading 244 1,278 9,752 8,041 8,950 2,475 1,150 5 1 Analysis 95 488 2,730 5,067 8,275 6,310 8,925 4 1 Writing 275 1,331 10,861 7,703 8,579 2,216 925 5 1 ¹ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.
2,369 30,810 57 5,376 12,273 2,694 442 24,047 30,939 54,987 SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup ¹TheTestscoreisfoundbydividingthesectionscoreby20. Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost recentscoreissummarized. Score American Indian Students Female Male African American Hispanic Native Hawaian Twoor More Races 700 800 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 200 290 2 1 4 3 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 SectionScores-ERW 700 800(35 40) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 200 290(10 14.5) 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 5 1 4 1 1 4 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 4 1 2 Section(Test)Scores-¹ 35 40 10 14 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 TestScores-Reading 35 40 10 14 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 TestScores-WritingandLanguage 1400 1600 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 400 590 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 4 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 4 4 2
Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost recentscoreissummarized. Agriculture,AgricultureOperations,andRelatedSciences ArchitectureandRelatedServices Area,Ethnic,Cultural,andGenderStudies BiologicalandBiomedicalSciences Business,Management,Marketing,andRelatedSupportServices Communication,Journalism,andRelatedPrograms ComputerandInformationSciencesandSupportServices ConstructionTrades,General Education Engineering EngineeringTechnologies/Technicians EnglishLanguageandLiterature/Leters FamilyandConsumerSciences/HumanSciences ForeignLanguagesandLiteratures,General HealthProfessionsandRelatedClinicalSciences History,General LegalStudies,General LiberalArtsandSciences,GeneralStudiesandHumanities LibraryScience/Librarianship ematicsandstatistics MechanicandRepairTechnologies/Technicians MilitaryTechnologies Multi/InterdisciplinaryStudies NaturalResourcesandConservation Parks,RecreationandLeisureStudies PersonalAndCulinaryServices,General PhilosophyandReligiousStudies PhysicalSciences PrecisionProduction Psychology,General PublicAdministrationandSocialServiceProfessions SecurityandProtectiveServices SocialSciences TheologyandReligiousVocations TransportationandMaterialsMoving VisualandPerformingArts,General Other Undecided 574 510 530 5 539 577 508 499 527 613 565 492 502 564 603 538 484 665 524 558 546 542 536 560 502 553 551 607 523 517 582 531 548 572 548 550 514 584 524 562 505 570 609 523 5 558 613 597 503 502 576 621 541 492 621 542 599 572 585 547 605 515 611 537 587 544 536 581 563 551 583 596 543 531 1157 1034 1091 1033 1109 1185 1031 1027 1085 1226 1162 995 1004 1140 1224 1079 976 16 1066 1157 1117 11 1082 1165 1017 1164 1087 1195 1067 1053 1164 1095 1099 1155 1144 1093 1045 2 2,125 522 3,250 15 81 947 1,263 253 2,029 1 783 109 116 504 317 108 186 76 359 14 227 1,058 340 11,583 215 148 427 696 4,744 1,731 26 1,710 1,079 5,543 4,353 50 575 701 SATParticipationandPerformance:IntendedColegeMajorandDegree-LevelGoal IntendedColegeMajor Percent ERW MeanScore CertificateProgram AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree Master'sDegree DoctoralorRelatedDegree Other Undecided 547 473 575 559 522 452 485 562 489 585 567 534 470 490 1109 962 1160 1126 1056 922 974 2 3 4,107 145 12,178 16,058 15,358 467 157 Degree-LevelGoal
SATScoreSending:InstitutionsThatReceivedtheMostSATScoreReportsfrom Ofthe54,987studentsfrom whotookthesat,43,853designatedthattheirscorereportsbesenttoinstitutions. Studentsmaydesignatemorethanoneinstitutiontoreceivescores.Thislistincludesonlytheinstitutionsthatreceivedthemostscore reports.atotalof1,901institutionsreceivedscorereportsfrom students. Institution State Type NumberofStudents % ofscoresenders¹ StateUniversity NC PublicColege 15,801 36. UniversityofatCharlote NC PublicColege 13,109 29. UniversityofatChapelHil NC PublicColege 13,090 29. EastCarolinaUniversity NC PublicColege 12,194 27. AppalachianStateUniversity NC PublicColege 11,576 26. UniversityofatWilmington NC PublicColege 9,684 22. UniversityofatGreensboro NC PublicColege 7,520 17. WesternCarolinaUniversity NC PublicColege 6,327 14. A&TStateUniversity NC PublicColege 5,060 11. CentralUniversity NC PublicColege 4,610 10. DukeUniversityTalentIdentificationProgram NC Program 3,690 8. Winston-Salem StateUniversity NC PublicColege 3,517 8. DukeUniversity NC PrivateColege 3,247 7. UniversityofSouthCarolina:Columbia SC PublicColege 3,169 7. UniversityofatPembroke NC PublicColege 2,987 6. ClemsonUniversity SC PublicColege 2,848 6. CampbelUniversity NC PrivateColege 2,566 5. WingateUniversity NC PrivateColege 2,563 5. NCAAEligibilityCenter IN PublicColege 2,447 5. UniversityofatAshevile NC PublicColege 2,361 5. FayetevileStateUniversity NC PublicColege 2,298 5. WakeForestUniversity NC PrivateColege 2,234 5. ElonUniversity NC PrivateColege 1,8 4. HighPointUniversity NC PrivateColege 1,625 3. VirginiaTech VA PublicColege 1,330 3. Lenoir-RhyneUniversity NC PrivateColege 1,3 2. SchoolofScienceandematics NC StateOperate. 1,195 2. GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology GA PublicColege 1,152 2. ElizabethCityStateUniversity NC PublicColege 1,147 2. Gardner-WebbUniversity NC PrivateColege 1,076 2. DavidsonColege NC PrivateColege 1,051 2. QueensUniversityofCharlote NC PrivateColege 1,006 2. UniversityofVirginia VA PublicColege 994 2. MeredithColege NC PrivateColege 991 2. LibertyUniversity VA PrivateColege 907 2. UniversityofTennessee:Knoxvile TN PublicColege 897 2. UniversityofGeorgia GA PublicColege 895 2. ShawUniversity NC PrivateColege 863 2. UniversityofAlabama AL PublicColege 809 1. VanderbiltUniversity TN PrivateColege 779 1. HarvardColege MA PrivateColege 764 1. CoastalCarolinaUniversity SC PublicColege 758 1. NewYorkUniversity NY PrivateColege 747 1. CatawbaColege NC PrivateColege 727 1. WakeTechnicalCommunityColege NC PublicColege 711 1. ¹OfstudentswhodesignatedthattheirSATscorereportsbesenttoinstitutions,the'PercentofScoreSenders'indicatesthepercentofthosestudentswhohadtheirscoressentto eachinstitutionlisted.
PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2017-18schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. MeanScore Number ERW 92,866 997 502 495 PSAT/NMSQT 92,057 997 502 495 PSAT10 829 1014 519 496 Sex MeanScore Number Percent ERW Female 48,987 5 1001 509 492 Male 43,514 365 4 995 839 495 419 500 420 GradeLevel MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 10thGrade 11thGrade Other/ 40,342 45,955 6,569 4 4 964 1026 1001 484 518 502 480 508 499 4 4 6 7 4 4 2 2 Race/Ethnicity MeanScore Number Percent ERW AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 924 866 433 433 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 5,681 15,952 12,896 159 47,753 4,489 5,012 1 1 5 1110 872 916 889 1062 1003 880 542 436 458 446 539 507 441 568 436 458 442 523 496 439 10thGrade MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 462 854 427 427 2 2 5 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 2,359 6,627 5,764 89 20,342 1,843 2,856 1 1 5 1064 844 885 853 1031 973 852 520 420 440 423 522 490 425 545 424 445 431 509 483 427 6 2 6 2 7 4 5 4 8 7 4 7 2 6 5 2 5 4 5 1 2 5 11thGrade MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 375 882 442 439 1 4 5 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 2,688 8,666 6,531 61 23,923 2,358 1,353 1 1 5 1139 893 943 937 1094 1027 896 558 448 474 477 556 521 449 581 445 469 460 538 506 447 6 3 2 6 4 2 7 4 5 5 8 7 4 7 2 6 4 2 1 5 4 4 1 5 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2017-18schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. FirstLanguageLearned MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 10thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 30,405 7 982 496 487 5 7 5 2 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 4,844 2,578 2,515 1 938 900 854 465 438 426 473 462 4 4 5 4 4 4 2 4 5 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 11thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 36,638 8 1039 526 512 4 7 5 2 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 5,457 3,059 801 1 998 969 863 499 476 432 499 493 432 4 1 6 5 3 4 4 6 HighestLevelofParentalEducation MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 10thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None NoHighSchoolDiploma 2,871 825 404 421 1 3 6 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 9,006 2,929 13,417 8,738 3,381 3 889 929 1013 1066 849 444 467 511 539 423 445 462 502 527 426 3 5 6 2 5 6 8 8 4 3 6 7 4 1 1 5 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 11thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None NoHighSchoolDiploma 3,122 876 434 442 1 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 10,727 4,070 15,794 10,696 1,546 2 3 2 936 978 1067 1143 860 471 495 540 579 429 465 483 527 564 431 2 3 5 6 1 5 6 8 8 3 5 7 1 4 1 1 6 HighSchoolGradePointAverage MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 10thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 3,176 1140 577 564 8 9 8 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 10,838 7,475 11,917 3,588 389 2,959 2 1 3 1072 993 889 786 750 849 541 501 444 388 368 422 531 492 444 397 382 426 7 5 2 2 9 8 5 1 4 7 5 2 1 4 7 8 5 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 11thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 3,365 1213 613 599 8 9 8 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 11,676 9,204 15,826 4,269 329 1,6 2 3 1152 1058 946 826 772 884 583 536 477 412 382 442 569 522 468 414 389 441 7 5 2 9 8 5 2 1 7 5 2 1 7 8 5 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
2,358 23,923 61 6,531 8,666 2,688 375 21,299 24,622 45,955 35 38 8 14 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 3 35 38 8 14 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 700 760(35 38) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 160 290(8 14.5) 3 1 2 4 3 4 1 1 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 700 760 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 160 290 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1400 1520 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 320 590 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup-11thGrade ¹TheTestscoreisfoundbydividingthesectionscoreby20. Score American Indian Students Female Male African American Hispanic Native Hawaian SectionScores-ERW Section(Test)Scores-¹ TestScores-Reading TestScores-WritingandLanguage DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2017-18schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreissummarized. Twoor More Races
1,843 20,342 89 5,764 6,627 2,359 462 19,152 21,156 40,342 35 38 8 14 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 35 38 8 14 1 3 1 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 700 760(35 38) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 160 290(8 14.5) 1 4 3 4 1 3 3 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 3 700 760 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 160 290 1 3 3 1 2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1400 1520 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 320 590 1 3 3 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 1 PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup-10thGrade ¹TheTestscoreisfoundbydividingthesectionscoreby20. Score American Indian Students Female Male African American Hispanic Native Hawaian SectionScores-ERW Section(Test)Scores-¹ TestScores-Reading TestScores-WritingandLanguage DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2017-18schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreissummarized. Twoor More Races
PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance:IntendedColegeMajor-10thand11thGrades Agriculture,AgricultureOperations,andRelatedSciences ArchitectureandRelatedServices Area,Ethnic,Cultural,andGenderStudies BiologicalandBiomedicalSciences Business,Management,Marketing,andRelatedSupportServices Communication,Journalism,andRelatedPrograms ComputerandInformationSciencesandSupportServices ConstructionTrades,General Education Engineering EngineeringTechnologies/Technicians EnglishLanguageandLiterature/Leters FamilyandConsumerSciences/HumanSciences ForeignLanguagesandLiteratures,General HealthProfessionsandRelatedClinicalSciences History,General LegalStudies,General LiberalArtsandSciences,GeneralStudiesandHumanities LibraryScience/Librarianship ematicsandstatistics MechanicandRepairTechnologies/Technicians MilitaryTechnologies Multi/InterdisciplinaryStudies NaturalResourcesandConservation Parks,RecreationandLeisureStudies PersonalAndCulinaryServices,General PhilosophyandReligiousStudies PhysicalSciences PrecisionProduction Psychology,General PublicAdministrationandSocialServiceProfessions SecurityandProtectiveServices SocialSciences TheologyandReligiousVocations TransportationandMaterialsMoving VisualandPerformingArts,General Other Undecided 2,613 612 3,445 10 60 854 1,415 191 1,490 1 599 81 68 396 4 65 194 38 325 6 125 772 277 8,757 269 208 359 835 4,780 1,299 10 1,604 959 4,886 4,390 85 693 721 1 2,645 559 3,2 0 42 463 1,202 109 991 0 403 87 43 339 137 48 210 0 257 1 44 733 178 6,892 207 182 300 858 4,112 940 1 1,147 753 3,605 4,057 99 679 782 Percent Percent IntendedColegeMajor DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2017-18schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentself-reportedquestionnaireresponseissummarized. 11thGrade 10thGrade
PSAT8/9ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2017-18schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonceduringthe schoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. MeanScore Number ERW 9,417 934 467 467 Fal 7,971 924 461 463 Spring 1,446 986 497 489 Sex MeanScore Number Percent ERW Female 4,7 5 938 473 464 Male 4,633 4 932 462 471 56 757 377 380 GradeLevel MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 8thGrade 5,319 5 908 451 458 5 7 6 9thGrade Other/ 3,916 182 4 971 872 491 430 481 441 6 8 6 1 Race/Ethnicity MeanScore Number Percent ERW AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 104 822 410 413 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 443 1,055 1,194 13 5,495 481 632 1 5 1049 835 856 873 968 910 909 504 412 424 440 488 455 451 545 423 432 433 480 455 457 8thGrade AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 62 243 629 806 6 2,852 275 446 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 1 1 5 801 1049 818 830 940 469 471 6 8 7 891 443 447 5 7 5 924 456 467 6 7 6 1 9thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 39 858 433 426 6 3 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 191 392 372 7 2,577 194 144 6 1058 861 910 1000 933 899 507 426 456 509 470 453 551 435 453 491 463 445 7 7 5 4 8 6 7 8 7 6 8 4 5 7 5 4 3 397 505 403 408 404 544 415 422 2 8 3 4 9 5 5 3 9 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 4 3 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
PSAT8/9ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2017-18schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonceduringthe schoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. FirstLanguageLearned MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 8thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 3,988 7 917 457 460 6 7 6 1 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 697 251 383 1 868 859 926 424 415 457 444 444 469 4 4 6 6 5 7 5 5 6 3 1 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 9thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 3,291 8 978 496 482 6 8 6 1 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 390 149 86 941 956 886 468 455 448 473 501 438 5 6 7 7 6 5 7 3 HighSchoolGradePointAverage MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 8thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 379 1087 536 551 8 9 9 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 1,192 780 1,348 589 130 901 1 2 1 992 930 847 769 731 913 492 462 420 381 357 455 500 468 427 387 374 458 8 7 4 5 9 8 6 4 2 7 8 7 5 1 6 5 6 1 9thGrade MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 297 1122 571 552 8 9 8 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 1,141 864 1,167 203 27 217 2 3 1051 981 893 798 749 915 531 497 450 403 364 460 520 485 444 396 384 456 8 6 4 5 9 8 7 4 1 7 8 7 5 2 5 2 8 2 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
194 2,577 7 372 392 191 39 1,984 1,9 3,916 35 36 6 14 3 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 3 4 1 1 3 3 1 35 36 6 14 1 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 700 720(35 36) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 120 290(6 14.5) 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 5 1 1 4 3 1 4 1 4 700 720 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 120 290 1 3 4 1 2 4 2 3 4 1 1 3 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1400 1440 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 240 590 4 4 2 4 2 3 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 1 4 3 1 4 1 PSAT8/9ParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup-9thGrade ¹TheTestscoreisfoundbydividingthesectionscoreby20. Score American Indian Students Female Male African American Hispanic Native Hawaian SectionScores-ERW Section(Test)Scores-¹ TestScores-Reading TestScores-WritingandLanguage DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2017-18schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonce,themost recentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Twoor More Races
275 2,852 6 806 629 243 62 2,572 2,732 5,319 35 36 6 14 3 2 4 4 1 4 3 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 35 36 6 14 2 4 2 1 4 1 4 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 700 720(35 36) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 120 290(6 14.5) 2 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 2 3 3 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 700 720 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 120 290 2 1 4 3 4 3 1 3 1 4 1 5 2 3 2 2 2 2 1400 1440 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 240 590 2 1 3 4 3 1 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 PSAT8/9ParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup-8thGrade ¹TheTestscoreisfoundbydividingthesectionscoreby20. Score American Indian Students Female Male African American Hispanic Native Hawaian SectionScores-ERW Section(Test)Scores-¹ TestScores-Reading TestScores-WritingandLanguage DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2017-18schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonce,themost recentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Twoor More Races
75th 50th 25th 25 32 25 31 23.5 27 30.5 24 27 31 25 31 470 540 610 490 550 620 970 1090 1220 SATSuitePerformance:InterquartileRanges ERW Reading Science 75th 50th 25th 22 26 30 22 26 30 21.5 25 29 21 26 30 22 26 30 430 500 580 440 520 600 870 1020 1170 75th 50th 25th 21 24 21 24 29 20.5 23.5 27 19 24 21 25 410 470 540 400 490 560 820 960 1100 75th 50th 25th 22 24 21 24 21 24 27 21 24 22 25 420 480 540 430 490 560 860 970 1080 75th 50th 25th 19 22 26 19 22 26 19.5 22.5 25.5 19 22 25 20 23 26 390 450 510 380 440 510 790 900 1020 SAT PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10-Grade11 PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10-Grade10 PSAT8/9-Grade9 PSAT8/9-Grade8 Writingand Language History/ Social Studies Section Percentile Percentile Percentile Percentile Percentile ERW ERW ERW ERW Reading Reading Reading Reading Writingand Language Writingand Language Writingand Language Writingand Language History/ Social Studies History/ Social Studies History/ Social Studies History/ Social Studies Science Science Science Science Section Section Section Section Comparingthe25thpercentilepointtothe75thpercentilepointgivesanideaoftherangeofperformanceinagroup.SATdatareflect 2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10datareflect10thor11thgrade studentswhotookthepsat/nmsqtand/orpsat10duringthe2017-18schoolyear.psat8/9datareflect8thor9thgradestudents whotookthepsat8/9duringthe2017-18schoolyear.ifastudenttooktherespectiveassessmentmorethanonce,themostrecent scoreissummarized.