AboutThisReport Thisreportpresentsdataonstudentsintheclassof2019 whotookthecurentsat duringhighschool,aswelas takersofpsat-relatedassessments thepsat/nmsqt, PSAT 10,andPSAT 8/9 duringthe2018-19school year. Withineachassessment,testtakersarecountedonlyonce andonlytheirlatestscoresandmostrecentdemographic responsesaresummarized.moststudentssupplyoptional demographicinformationwhentheyregisterforortaketests inthesatsuiteofassessments,whichprovidesvaluable contextualinformationtoaidininterpretingand understandingindividualandgroupscores. ScoreRanges Herearetherangesforreportedscoresforthe Evidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)and sectionsofeachassessmentinthesatsuite: SATsections:200 800 PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10sections:160 760 PSAT8/9sections:120 720 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. Race/EthnicityDataColectionandReporting 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. StatisticalDefinitions Meanscore:Themeanscoreisthearithmeticaverageofa definedsetoftestscores.meanscorestatisticsarereported hereiftherearetenormorestudentsinagrouporsubgroup. Duetorounding,themeansectionscores(ERW and) maynotadduptothescore. Scaledscore:Ascaledscoreistheresultofadjustingaraw score(thenumberofquestionsansweredcorectly)inways thatensurethatresultsacrossdiferenttestformsare comparable.thescoresshownhereandreportedto educators,students,andinstitutionsarescaledscores. Standarddeviation(SD):Thestandarddeviationisa measureofthevariabilityofasetofscores.iftestscores clustertightlyaroundthemeanscore,astheydowhenthe grouptestedisrelativelyhomogeneous,thestandard deviationissmalerthanitwouldbewithamorediversegroup andamorewidelydisperseddistributionofscores. Assessment/ Gradelevel SAT Grade11 Grade10 Grade9 Grade8 ThecurentSATSuitebenchmarkoutcomesshouldnotbe comparedagainstresultsfrom theoldsatorpsat/nmsqt, asthescorescaleandbenchmarkdefinitionshavechanged. Benchmarkstatisticsarereportediftherearetenormore studentsinagrouporsubgroup. AbouttheColegeBoard ERW SectionScore 480 460 410 390 SectionScore 530 510 480 450 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. 2019TheColegeBoard.ColegeBoard,AP,SAT,andthe acornlogoareregisteredtrademarksofthecolegeboard. PSAT/NMSQTisaregisteredtrademarkoftheColegeBoard andnationalmeritscholarshipcorporation.psatandsat SubjectTestsaretrademarksownedbytheColegeBoard.Al othermarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.visit thecolegeboardontheweb:colegeboard.org.
SATParticipationandPerformance Datareflect2019highschoolgraduateswhotookthecurentSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreissummarized. Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 2,220,087 1059 MeanScore TookEssay¹ 1,410,113 6 1088 545 543 5 7 2 531 528 MetBenchmarks 6 Race/Ethnicity MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 12,917 912 461 451 5 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 228,5 1,178 554,665 5, 947,842 87,178 112,350 12 933 978 964 1114 1095 959 586 476 495 487 562 554 472 637 457 483 478 553 540 487 7 2 5 5 8 5 5 8 7 4 8 5 3 4 5 Sex MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None Female 1,156,766 5 1053 534 519 6 Male 1,061,599 1,722 1066 802 529 409 537 393 6 5 8 FirstLanguageLearned MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 1,400,229 6 1074 543 530 7 5 2 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 439,931 9,381 110,546 2 1047 1057 925 521 515 460 5 543 465 4 6 6 5 3 3 5 HighestLevelofParentalEducation MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None NoHighSchoolDiploma 198,564 9 464 462 4 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 608,174 159,521 620,711 461,5 171,882 989 10 1121 1194 902 500 519 561 596 450 490 508 560 598 452 3 5 7 5 6 8 8 3 6 7 4 1 6 SATFeeWaiver² MeanScore MetBenchmarks Number Percent ERW Both ERW None Usedatanypoint 4,442 987 499 488 5 Didnotuse 1,792,645 8 1076 539 537 4 7 5 ¹ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate. ²ReflectsstudentswhousedafeewaiverforanSATorSubjectTestregistrationatanypoint.Cautioniswarantedifusingfeewaiverusagetoestimateparticipationandperformance forlow-incomestudents.forexample,fee-waiverusagewillikelyunderstatelow-incomeparticipationinlocationsinwhichstudentsparticipateinsatschooldayunderadistrictor statecontract.
SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributions Datareflect2019highschoolgraduateswhotookthecurentSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreissummarized. andsectionscores 1400 1600 154,485 1200 1390 431,780 1000 1190 736,067 800 990 655,005 600 790 7,303 400 590 5,447 Mean 1059 SD 210 Score ERW 700 800 146,956 600 690 491,451 500 590 714,170 400 490 651,079 300 390 208,096 213,487 379,248 732,9 592,617 286,203 200 290 8,335 16,3 Mean 531 528 SD 104 117 1 Cross-TestScores History/Social Studies Science TestScores Reading Writingand Language 35 40 171,657 193,524 35 40 168,174 172,930 213,487 491,289 555,016.5 533,431 498,915 379,248 775,288 691,591.5 739,789 663,459 732,9 569,522 582,439.5 604,105 634,781 592,617 193,670 184,575.5 163,611 5,701 286,203 10 14 18,661 12,942 Mean SD 5 5 10 14.5 10,977 14,301 16,3 Mean SD 5 6 6 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 6 247,896 785,852 737,732 343,915 6,421 638,008 868,699 431,099 317,308 671,368 777,046 414,785 228,142 543,428 689,391 633,432 4,498 534,486 905,750 450,453 316,651 587,067 673,145 450,001 320,558 531,775 833,503 457,416 1 3 104,692 15,860 39,580 125,694 64,900 193,2 76,835 Mean SD 9 3 9 3 9 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 Essay¹ 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Mean SD Reading 10,914 48,492 364,978 310,837 419,191 142,329 113,372 5 1 Analysis 1,894 13,5 91,921 190,031 396,280 7,839 448,873 3 1 Writing 22,369 77,062 559,954 284,175 335,409 72,706 58,438 5 1 ¹ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.
87,178 947,842 5, 554,665 1,178 228,5 12,917 1,061,599 1,156,766 2,220,087 SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup ¹Thetestscoreisfoundbydividingthesectionscoreby20. Datareflect2019highschoolgraduateswhotookthecurentSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreissummarized. 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 3 3 1 1 4 1 1 SectionScores-ERW 700 800(35 40) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 200 290(10 14.5) 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 Section(Test)Scores-¹ 35 40 10 14 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 TestScores-Reading 35 40 10 14 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 TestScores-WritingandLanguage 1400 1600 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 400 590 3 2 4 1 4 2 3
Datareflect2019highschoolgraduateswhotookthecurentSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreissummarized. 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 532 476 510 508 535 570 479 488 518 466 606 548 456 478 543 574 486 458 646 5 556 540 5 518 536 469 533 528 581 503 460 585 519 537 566 504 5 481 538 488 536 511 561 594 495 513 546 466 597 572 474 482 562 581 498 458 597 577 584 564 563 529 566 484 585 512 559 519 459 571 550 534 572 536 520 496 1069 963 1045 1019 1096 1164 975 1001 1064 932 1203 1120 929 960 1104 1155 984 916 1242 1105 1140 1104 1090 1048 1102 953 1119 1041 1139 1022 919 1156 1069 1072 1139 1040 1047 977 1,939,888 130,642 1,105 1,991 33,356 68,177 7,852 75,6 319,318 3,381 6,668 13,039 10,147 2,979 7,448 6,592 16,508 283 8,611 35,788 12,611 331,0 9,936 6,469 16,3 33,595 194,1 71,882 2,500 79,736 36,332 221,5 155,834 2,629 28,988 24,913 SATParticipationandPerformance:IntendedColegeMajorandDegree-LevelGoal IntendedColegeMajor Percent ERW MeanScore CertificateProgram AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree Master'sDegree DoctoralorRelatedDegree Other Undecided 524 452 578 558 515 434 447 530 452 580 560 524 449 453 1054 903 1157 1118 1039 883 900 1 229,819 11,817 355,990 504,128 448,403 33,016 19,344 Degree-LevelGoal
PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2018-19schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethan once,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. MeanScore Number ERW 4,256,634 964 487 478 PSAT/NMSQT 3,835,5 969 489 479 PSAT10 496,294 9 467 459 Sex MeanScore Number Percent ERW Female 2,170,805 5 973 497 476 Male 2,065,437 20,392 4 957 794 477 398 480 397 GradeLevel MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 10thGrade 11thGrade Other/ 2,8,505 1,747,071 1,058 5 932 1013 9 470 512 465 462 501 458 4 6 6 3 Race/Ethnicity MeanScore Number Percent ERW AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 40,060 837 419 418 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 335,570 444,343 1,148,762 11,670 1,749,034 174,979 352,216 1115 857 890 883 1032 1010 861 548 433 449 444 524 513 432 567 424 441 438 508 496 429 10thGrade MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 25,221 821 411 410 1 3 6 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 164,766 242,704 620,104 6,493 878,379 92,009 248,829 1080 836 865 864 999 976 852 532 421 436 434 508 496 4 549 415 429 491 480 425 7 2 5 2 8 5 4 7 7 7 2 5 5 2 5 4 5 11thGrade MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 12,470 871 438 433 1 4 5 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 151,155 177,583 472,020 4,405 784,940 72,894 71,604 1158 889 9 917 1074 1060 893 569 451 469 462 545 538 449 590 438 457 454 529 521 444 7 2 5 5 8 5 5 8 7 7 2 5 4 1 2 5 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2018-19schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. FirstLanguageLearned MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 10thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 1,310,0 5 958 486 472 7 4 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 451,833 172,365 344,037 2 1 911 903 874 457 447 439 454 456 435 3 5 5 3 3 4 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 11thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 1,154,692 6 1037 5 511 7 5 2 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 367,922 162,386 62,071 979 972 867 492 482 436 487 490 431 3 3 6 5 3 3 4 5 HighestLevelofParentalEducation MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 10thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None NoHighSchoolDiploma 189,801 824 411 413 1 3 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 536,808 1,464 540,052 358,620 5,760 2 2 1 885 9 1010 1065 848 447 469 512 539 4 439 457 498 5 422 3 5 6 5 6 8 8 4 6 6 1 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 11thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None NoHighSchoolDiploma 161,074 868 435 433 1 1 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 462,222 118,707 524,117 378,222 102,729 2 938 982 1072 1142 837 474 498 543 578 420 464 484 529 564 417 3 5 6 5 6 8 8 3 5 6 1 1 6 HighSchoolGradePointAverage MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 10thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 134,579 1122 567 554 7 8 8 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 418,175 362,3 717,409 8,492 35,4 372,190 1 1 1057 986 885 786 744 870 536 499 446 393 372 437 522 487 438 393 372 433 6 5 8 7 5 1 4 7 5 4 7 8 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 11thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 141,392 1211 610 600 8 9 8 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 372,063 332,835 631,794 171,820 15,841 81,3 3 1135 1060 946 828 771 875 573 537 479 416 387 440 561 524 467 411 384 434 6 5 2 8 8 6 1 4 7 5 1 3 6 8 5 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
72,894 784,940 4,405 472,020 177,583 151,155 12,470 836,808 906,324 1,747,071 35 38 8 14 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 35 38 8 14 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 700 760(35 38) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 160 290(8 14.5) 1 3 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 700 760 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 160 290 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 1400 1520 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 320 590 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 1 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 Twoor More Races DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2018-19schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized.
92,009 878,379 6,493 620,104 242,704 164,766 25,221 1,119,431 1,149,890 2,8,505 35 38 8 14 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 35 38 8 14 1 3 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 700 760(35 38) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 160 290(8 14.5) 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 700 760 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 160 290 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 1400 1520 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 320 590 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 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 Twoor More Races DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2018-19schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized.
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 149,171,173 118,211 529 1,472 28,120 63,361 6,781 58,774 125 20,846 2,962 2,798 8,488 8,469 2,764 6,344 2,432 13,347 120 5,030 30,316 9,444 6,777 8,284 5,225 12,761,850 159,2 55,254 1,071 64,589 29,929 174,741 130,3 2,703 28,385 22,447 1 219,020 30,748 129,7 39 971 20,674 71,899 5,415 45,401 3 18,257 2,732 1,1 8,830 6,242 2,792 8,425 82 11,181 7 2,389 31,1 8,183 6,516 7,389 5,443 11,870 34,545 150,715 41,069 22 56,628,718 130,156 113,484 2,865 29,941 22,630 Percent Percent IntendedColegeMajor 11thGrade 10thGrade DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2018-19schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethanonce, themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized.
PSAT8/9ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2018-19schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonceduring theschoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. MeanScore Number ERW 1,773,153 848 4 421 Fal 1,2,483 835 419 415 Spring 585,756 875 441 434 Sex MeanScore Number Percent ERW Female 872,070 4 860 437 422 Male 889,171 5 838 416 421 11,912 764 385 378 GradeLevel MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None 8thGrade 690,084 815 409 406 3 5 3 9thGrade Other/ 1,040,124 42,945 5 874 755 440 381 434 374 6 4 3 Race/Ethnicity MeanScore Number Percent ERW AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 21,338 780 391 389 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 91,171 203,394 485,906 4,470 584,737 58,215 3,922 981 768 798 796 917 889 810 484 388 400 401 463 450 407 497 380 398 396 454 439 403 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 8thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 7,975 769 385 384 5 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 32,906 81,457 187,867 1,822 210,965 20,332 146,760 944 745 769 773 877 851 793 467 376 384 389 442 398 477 369 385 384 435 421 395 6 1 5 7 3 4 7 6 5 6 2 3 5 5 5 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 9thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative 12,722 790 396 394 4 5 Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaian/OtherPacificIslander TwoorMoreRaces 56,383 116,022 286,730 2,548 363, 36,3 165,962 3 1 1006 787 820 816 942 915 830 496 398 412 410 477 463 417 510 389 408 406 466 452 413 6 2 5 4 8 4 7 7 4 7 2 6 3 1 5 5 2 4 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
PSAT8/9ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2018-19schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonceduring theschoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. FirstLanguageLearned MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 8thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 212,913 844 4 418 6 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 84,886 39,225 353,060 5 806 789 803 403 390 403 404 399 399 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 9thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None EnglishOnly 461,459 4 900 455 445 4 6 5 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 167,449 75,8 335,393 1 855 841 854 428 416 4 425 424 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 HighSchoolGradePointAverage MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ 8thGrade Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 24,990 960 484 476 6 8 7 1 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 71,890 55,907 117,482 37,963 6,365 375,486 1 5 915 857 785 706 668 803 461 393 353 335 404 454 4 392 352 333 400 6 4 7 7 5 1 5 6 5 3 2 7 8 4 9thGrade MeanScore MetBenchmarks¹ Number Percent ERW Both ERW None A+(97 100) 42,195 1018 514 504 7 8 7 1 A(93 96) A-(90 92) B(80 89) C(70 79) D,E,orF(below70) 142,750 122,476 257,560 90,022 16,4 368,698 1 3 987 929 843 751 705 854 498 468 4 378 357 489 461 420 373 348 424 6 5 3 8 7 5 5 7 6 3 1 4 1 6 7 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
36,3 363, 2,548 286,730 116,022 56,383 12,722 524,6 512,415 1,040,124 35 36 6 14 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 35 36 6 14 3 3 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 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 3 3 4 1 3 3 1 3 3 4 700 720 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 120 290 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 5 3 3 2 3 3 1400 1440 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 240 590 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 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 DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2018-19schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonceduringthe schoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Twoor More Races
20,332 210,965 1,822 187,867 81,457 32,906 7,975 345,311 340,634 690,084 35 36 6 14 3 3 2 3 4 2 5 5 2 5 4 1 3 3 1 35 36 6 14 3 3 4 5 5 1 4 1 3 3 4 1 700 720(35 36) 600 690(.5) 500 590(.5) 400 490(.5) 300 390(.5) 120 290(6 14.5) 1 2 4 3 1 5 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 700 720 600 690 500 590 400 490 300 390 120 290 3 3 2 4 5 2 2 3 4 4 3 1 1 1400 1440 1200 1390 1000 1190 800 990 600 790 240 590 3 1 5 5 2 3 3 3 1 3 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 DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/9duringthe2018-19schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/9morethanonceduringthe schoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Twoor More Races
75th 50th 25th 31 30 22 30 22 31 31 440 520 600 450 530 610 900 1050 1210 SATSuitePerformance:InterquartileRanges ERW Reading Science 75th 50th 25th 21 25 29 22 25 30 21 24.5 28.5 21 30 22 30 420 490 570 510 590 860 1010 1160 75th 50th 25th 20 20 19.5 22.5 18 20 24 390 450 520 390 470 540 780 920 1060 75th 50th 25th 18 22 18 21 25 18.5 21.5 25 18 21 25 19 22 370 500 370 510 740 860 1000 75th 50th 25th 18 20 17 20 17.5 20 17 19 18 20 24 350 400 460 350 400 470 700 800 920 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 2019highschoolgraduateswhotookthecurentSATduringhighschool.PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10datareflect10thor11thgrade studentswhotookthepsat/nmsqtand/orpsat10duringthe2018-19schoolyear.psat8/9datareflect8thor9thgradestudents whotookthepsat8/9duringthe2018-19schoolyear.ifastudenttooktherespectiveassessmentmorethanonce,themostrecent scoreissummarized.