TABLE II

AVERAGE SAT SCORES BY STATE (1989)

 State            Score        Rank 
Iowa	        1,084		 1
North Dakota    1,067		 2
South Dakota    1,041		 3
Kansas	        1,040		 4
Utah	        1,036		 5
Nebraska        1,030		 6
New Mexico      1,015		 7
Wisconsin       1,013		 8
Tennessee       1,009		 9
Minnesota	1,006		10
Alabama		1,002		11
Oklahoma	1,001		12
Montana		992		13
Missouri	989		14
Mississippi	988		15
Kentucky	987		16
Arkansas	986		17
Louisiana	986		18
Illinois	982		19
Wyoming		978		20
Michigan	972		21
Colorado	966		22
Idaho		965		23
Arizona		952		24
Ohio		948		25
Washington	939		26
West Virginia	939		27
New Hampshire	932		28
Oregon		927		29
Nevada		926		30
State          Score           Rank
Alaska		923		31
Maryland	914		32
Connecticut     908		33
California	906		34
Massachusetts	905		35
Vermont		905		36
Delaware	903		37
Virginia	902		38
Maine		897		39
Rhode Island	895		40
New Jersey	894		41
New York	890		42
Hawaii		888		43
Florida		887		44
Pennsylvania	886		45
Texas		877		46
Indiana		871		47
Georgia		847		48
District of                       
Columbia        846             49
South Carolina	838		50
North Carolina	836		51