SAT Percentile Ranks - 2011 College-Bound Seniors - Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing

Sep 22, 2026

SAT Percentile Ranks for 2011 college-bound seniors compare an individual’s SAT scores with the performance of other test-takers. The percentile rank indicates the percentage of students who earned a lower score than a given student. The tables provide score-to-percentile mappings for Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing, along with mean and standard deviation values for each section.

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SAT Percentile Ranks

2011 College-Bound Seniors - Score to Percentile Tables

SAT® Percentile Ranks 2011 College-Bound Seniors—Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing Percentile Ranks This table allows you to compare a student’s score with the performance of other test-takers. The percentile rank shows students what percentage of college-bound seniors earned a lower score than they did. A student with a writing score of 510, for example, can see that 58 percent of other test-takers scored lower. | Score | Percentile | Percentile | Percentile | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 800 | 99+ | 99 | 99+ | | 790 | 99 | 99 | 99 | | 780 | 99 | 99 | 99 | | 770 | 99 | 98 | 99 | | 760 | 99 | 98 | 99 | | 750 | 98 | 97 | 98 | | 740 | 98 | 96 | 98 | | 730 | 97 | 96 | 97 | | 720 | 97 | 95 | 97 | | 710 | 96 | 94 | 96 | | 700 | 95 | 93 | 96 | | 690 | 94 | 92 | 95 | | 680 | 93 | 90 | 94 | | 670 | 92 | 89 | 93 | | 660 | 91 | 87 | 92 | | 650 | 90 | 86 | 90 | | 640 | 88 | 84 | 89 | | 630 | 86 | 82 | 88 | | 620 | 84 | 80 | 86 | | 610 | 82 | 77 | 84 | | 600 | 80 | 75 | 82 | | 590 | 78 | 73 | 80 | | 580 | 75 | 70 | 78 | | 570 | 73 | 67 | 75 | | 560 | 70 | 64 | 72 | | 550 | 67 | 62 | 70 | | 540 | 64 | 58 | 67 | | 530 | 60 | 55 | 64 | | 520 | 58 | 52 | 61 | | 510 | 54 | 48 | 58 | | 500 | 51 | 46 | 54 | Critical Reading Mathematics Writing [Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at professionals.collegeboard.org/data-reports-research/sat/definitions](Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at professionals.collegeboard.org/data-reports-research/sat/definitions).© 2011 The College Board. Page 1 of 2 SAT® Percentile Ranks 2011 College-Bound Seniors—Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing Percentile Ranks | Score | Percentile | Percentile | Percentile | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 490 | 47 | 41 | 51 | | 480 | 44 | 38 | 47 | | 470 | 40 | 36 | 44 | | 460 | 37 | 32 | 40 | | 450 | 34 | 29 | 37 | | 440 | 30 | 26 | 34 | | 430 | 27 | 23 | 30 | | 420 | 24 | 20 | 27 | | 410 | 21 | 17 | 24 | | 400 | 18 | 15 | 21 | | 390 | 16 | 13 | 18 | | 380 | 14 | 11 | 15 | | 370 | 11 | 10 | 13 | | 360 | 10 | 8 | 11 | | 350 | 8 | 7 | 9 | | 340 | 7 | 6 | 7 | | 330 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | 320 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | 310 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | 300 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 290 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 280 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 270 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 260 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 250 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 240 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 230 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 220 | 1 | 1- | 1 | | 210 | 1 | 1- | 1- | | 200 | — | — | — | | Mean | 497 | 514 | 489 | | S. D. | 114 | 117 | 113 | Critical Reading Mathematics Writing [Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at professionals.collegeboard.org/data-reports-research/sat/definitions](Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at professionals.collegeboard.org/data-reports-research/sat/definitions).© 2011 The College Board. Page 2 of 2

FAQs

What does a SAT percentile rank mean in these tables?

It shows the percentage of college-bound seniors whose scores were lower than a student’s score.

Which SAT sections are covered by the 2011 percentile rank tables?

Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing.

Are the percentile tables based on a specific year’s student group?

Yes. They are for 2011 college-bound seniors and compare scores within that group.

Sep 22, 2026

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