2025 SAT Data Drop
The College Board released the SAT data for 2025. Here's a review.
The College Board and the ACT have released their test results for 2025. Naturally, it’s time to review them so that we can evaluate the State of the Gaps!1
Table of Contents
By Race
By Sex
By Race
Overall
Michigan
By Race
By Sex
Representative State Results
National Results
Let’s start by looking at SAT results for the whole country. Do note, taking the SAT is selective; few states test every high schooler. At the national level, the gaps are at practically the same levels they’ve been at for decades for the well-identified groups. Most groups have fairly similar variances as well, with the exception of Asians, whose scores are considerably more variable than are the ones for other groups. Maybe this is because high performers have more diverse performance, and/or maybe it’s because “Asian” is a more diverse category than the other ones.
If we look at test scores split by sex at the national level and among Michiganders—who all take the SAT, making the results representative for that state—then we see that men are a bit more variable and they seem to be a bit higher-performing at the national level, but not in Michigan.
