Florida SAT scores increase, but still trail U.S. average

Florida’s SAT scores increased this year after dropping four years in a row.

The state continues to lag the national average, but remains among the better scorers among states with high participation rates.

Florida’s average SAT score rose to 970 out of 1600, a 22-point increase from 2024, according to recently released data from the College Board, makers of the SAT, compared to a national average score of 1029. The increase largely mirrors the national trend.

But the state’s average is still well below where it stood before the COVID-19 pandemic, which educators and experts have said fundamentally impacted students’ college readiness. Florida’s average score was 1017 in 2017, the oldest comparable year because the College Board adjusted the SAT scoring scale, and 999 in 2019.

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