In order to bring you the best possible user experience, this site uses Javascript. If you are seeing this message, it is likely that the Javascript option in your browser is disabled. For optimal viewing of this site, please ensure that Javascript is enabled for your browser.
Jump to page content Jump to navigation

College Board

Educators - Information & Tools For Teachers, Counselors, Higher Education Faculty and Administrators Home > Data, Reports & Research > SAT® Data & Reports > Archived SAT Data & Reports > 2008 > Tables & Related Items

Tables & Related Items 2008

You will need Adobe Acrobat to read or print PDF files.

Table 1: How Have College-Bound Seniors Changed in 10 years?

Table 2: Mean SAT Scores of College-Bound Seniors, 1972-2008

Table 3: Mean SAT Reasoning Test Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing Scores by State, with Changes for Selected Years

Graph 4: Ten-Year Trend in Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing Mean Scores

Graph Set 5: Course-Taking Patterns: 1998 and 2008

Graph 6: 2008 College-Bound Seniors by Race/Ethnicity

Table 7: SAT Reasoning Test Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing Mean Scores by Race/Ethnicity, with Changes for Selected Years

Graph 8: Percentage of 2008 College-Bound Seniors Taking Physics, Precalculus, and Calculus by Race/Ethnicity

Graph 9: High School GPAs by Race/Ethnicity in Comparison to All Students' Mean GPA: 1998 and 2008

Graph 10: Mean SAT Scores of 2008 College-Bound Seniors by Race/Ethnicity

Graph 11: Mean High School GPAs of 2008 College-Bound Seniors by Race/Ethnicity

Graph 12: Percentage of First-Generation 2008 College-Bound Seniors by Race/Ethnicity

Graph 13: Percentage of First-Generation 2008 College-Bound Seniors Who Are Female

Graph 14: Mean SAT Mathematics Scores of First-Generation 2008 College-Bound Seniors by Course Participation

Graph 15: Mean SAT Scores by Parental Education in Comparison to All Students' Mean Scores

Graph 16: Percentage of 2008 College-Bound Seniors with High School GPAs of A+, A, and A- by Family Income and Parental Education

Table 17: Mean SAT Scores by High School GPA: 1998 and 2008

Data Notes: College-Bound Seniors 2008

Using Aggregate SAT Scores

Visit Using Aggregate SAT Scores, to learn more about topics such as:

  • Information on Using Aggregate SAT scores
  • A Word about Comparing States and Schools
  • How should colleges and universities use SAT scores in admissions?
  • How prevalent are changes in school and district SAT scores?

See also Statistical Definitions.

Customized Entry Pages

Back to top