SAT Percentile Ranks 2015 College-Bound Seniors - Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing Percentile Ranks

Sep 22, 2026

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SAT® Percentile Ranks for 2015 college-bound seniors provides a comparison between a student’s SAT score and the performance of other test-takers. The tables convert scores into percentile ranks for Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing, indicating what percentage earned a lower score. Included rows list score-to-percentile mappings across the score range, plus summary statistics (mean and standard deviation) for each section.

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SAT Percentile Ranks

How to interpret percentile ranks

Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing tables

Mean and S. D.

SAT® Percentile Ranks 2015 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 59 percent of other test-takers scored lower. Critical Reading Mathematics Writing | Score | Percentile | Percentile | Percentile | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 800 | 99 | 99 | 99+ | | 790 | 99 | 99 | 99 | | 780 | 99 | 99 | 99 | | 770 | 99 | 98 | 99 | | 760 | 99 | 97 | 99 | | 750 | 98 | 97 | 98 | | 740 | 98 | 96 | 98 | | 730 | 97 | 95 | 98 | | 720 | 96 | 95 | 97 | | 710 | 96 | 94 | 96 | | 700 | 96 | 93 | 96 | | 690 | 95 | 92 | 95 | | 680 | 94 | 90 | 94 | | 670 | 92 | 89 | 93 | | 660 | 91 | 87 | 92 | | 650 | 90 | 86 | 91 | | 640 | 89 | 84 | 89 | | 630 | 86 | 82 | 88 | | 620 | 84 | 80 | 86 | | 610 | 82 | 77 | 84 | | 600 | 80 | 75 | 82 | | 590 | 78 | 73 | 80 | | 580 | 75 | 71 | 78 | | 570 | 73 | 68 | 76 | | 560 | 70 | 66 | 74 | | 550 | 67 | 62 | 71 | | 540 | 64 | 59 | 68 | | 530 | 61 | 56 | 65 | | 520 | 57 | 53 | 62 | | 510 | 54 | 50 | 59 | | 500 | 51 | 46 | 56 | Page 1 of 2 [Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at research.collegeboard.org/definitions](Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at research.collegeboard.org/definitions).© 2015 The College Board. SAT® Percentile Ranks 2015 College-Bound Seniors—Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing Percentile Ranks Critical Reading Mathematics Writing | Score | Percentile | Percentile | Percentile | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 490 | 48 | 44 | 53 | | 480 | 44 | 41 | 49 | | 470 | 41 | 37 | 46 | | 460 | 37 | 34 | 42 | | 450 | 35 | 31 | 39 | | 440 | 31 | 28 | 35 | | 430 | 28 | 25 | 32 | | 420 | 25 | 22 | 29 | | 410 | 22 | 19 | 25 | | 400 | 19 | 17 | 22 | | 390 | 17 | 15 | 19 | | 380 | 15 | 13 | 17 | | 370 | 13 | 11 | 14 | | 360 | 11 | 9 | 12 | | 350 | 9 | 8 | 10 | | 340 | 8 | 7 | 8 | | 330 | 7 | 6 | 7 | | 320 | 5 | 5 | 6 | | 310 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | 300 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | 290 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 280 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 270 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 260 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 250 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 240 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 230 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 220 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 210 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 200 | — | — | — | | Mean | 495 | 511 | 484 | | S. D. | 116 | 120 | 115 | Page 2 of 2 [Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at research.collegeboard.org/definitions](Definitions of statistical terms are provided online at research.collegeboard.org/definitions).© 2015 The College Board.

FAQs

What does a percentile rank mean on these SAT tables?

A percentile rank shows what percentage of college-bound seniors earned a lower score than the student’s score.

How are percentile ranks organized in the document?

Percentile ranks are provided separately for Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing, with score-to-percentile rows for each section.

What additional statistics are included besides the score-percentile mappings?

The tables include the mean and standard deviation (S. D.) for Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing.

Sep 22, 2026

Uploaded by Eden