SAT Subject Tests Percentile Ranks

2012 College-Bound Seniors

This table allows you to compare a students scores 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 Literature score of
600, for example, can see that 43 percent of test-takers scored lower.
Please note that the population of test-takers differs from test to test and from the larger group that takes
the SAT. For this reason, scores and percentiles of different SAT Subject Tests cannot be compared.

Literature
Score

History and
Social Studies

Mathematics

Science

U.S.
History

World
History

Math
Level I

Math
Level II

Ecological
Biology

Molecular
Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Score

800

99

97

95

99

85

98

96

91

90

800

790

98

95

94

99

81

98

94

88

87

790

780

97

93

92

98

78

96

91

84

84

780

770

96

91

89

97

75

93

88

80

81

770

760

95

88

87

95

71

92

85

77

78

760

750

92

84

84

93

68

90

81

73

74

750

740

89

81

81

91

65

86

76

70

71

740

730

87

77

80

87

62

83

72

66

68

730

720

85

73

76

85

59

79

69

63

64

720

710

81

68

74

81

56

77

65

59

61

710

700

76

64

70

77

52

73

60

56

57

700

690

74

60

68

73

49

70

56

53

53

690

680

71

56

64

70

47

65

52

49

50

680

670

68

54

61

66

44

62

48

46

46

670

660

63

50

58

61

41

58

45

43

43

660

650

60

46

56

57

37

54

41

40

40

650

640

56

43

53

53

33

50

37

37

36

640

630

53

39

50

50

31

46

34

34

34

630

620

49

36

48

45

28

42

31

31

31

620

610

46

33

45

41

25

39

28

29

28

610

600

43

30

42

37

22

35

25

26

25

600

590

40

29

39

34

19

32

23

24

23

590

580

37

26

36

31

16

29

20

22

21

580

570

34

23

33

28

14

26

18

19

19

570

560

32

21

30

25

12

23

16

17

17

560

550

29

19

28

22

11

21

14

15

15

550

540

26

17

25

20

19

12

14

13

540

530

23

16

23

18

17

11

12

12

530

520

22

14

21

15

15

10

11

10

520

510

20

12

18

13

14

510

500

17

11

16

12

12

500

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SAT Subject Tests Percentile Ranks

2012 College-Bound Seniors

Literature
Score

History and
Social Studies

Mathematics

Science

U.S.
History

World
History

Math
Level I

Math
Level II

Ecological
Biology

Molecular
Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Score

490

16

10

14

11

11

490

480

14

12

480

470

13

10

470

460

11

460

450

450

440

440

430

430

420

420

410

1-

410

400

1-

1-

400

390

1-

1-

390

380

1-

1-

1-

380

370

1-

1-

1-

370

360

1-

1-

1-

1-

360

350

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

350

340

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

340

330

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

330

320

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

320

310

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

310

300

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

300

290

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

290

280

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

280

270

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

270

260

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

260

250

1-

1-

1-

1-

250

240

1-

240

230

1-

230

220

1-

220

210

210

200

200

79,925

96,136

18,074

78,461

143,317

35,532

41,782

72,488

49,544

Mean

604

640

619

617

677

623

654

662

662

Mean

S.D.

108

104

112

96

99

104

100

105

103

S.D.

SEM

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

20

30

SEM

SED

50

40

40

40

40

40

40

30

40

SED

N.

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2012 College-Bound Seniors

Languages Listening
Score

Chinese

French

German

Japanese

Korean

Languages Reading
Spanish

French

German

Modern
Hebrew

Italian

Latin

Spanish

Score

800

64

83

96

83

56

91

87

90

88

87

95

92

800

790

48

81

96

73

43

87

86

85

84

79

94

89

790

780

37

78

93

67

31

82

83

84

83

72

91

87

780

770

32

76

92

62

25

78

81

81

81

67

90

85

770

760

27

75

90

58

22

73

79

78

78

63

88

80

760

750

24

70

85

54

18

68

77

75

76

60

85

77

750

740

21

68

81

49

15

65

74

73

74

56

82

74

740

730

18

67

78

46

13

62

72

71

72

51

78

69

730

720

16

62

73

43

11

59

69

69

70

48

76

66

720

710

14

60

70

40

10

55

67

66

68

44

74

63

710

700

13

59

67

38

52

65

62

65

41

70

59

700

690

11

55

64

35

48

62

61

62

38

69

56

690

680

10

53

62

34

44

60

59

62

36

66

53

680

670

50

60

31

40

57

56

61

34

64

49

670

660

46

57

29

39

54

55

58

29

61

47

660

650

44

55

27

35

52

51

55

27

59

43

650

640

41

54

26

32

49

50

53

24

56

40

640

630

38

51

25

29

47

48

52

22

53

37

630

620

36

49

23

27

45

45

48

20

51

34

620

610

34

46

22

24

42

43

45

19

47

31

610

600

31

44

21

22

40

42

43

18

45

29

600

590

28

42

20

21

38

40

40

16

43

27

590

580

26

39

19

18

35

37

37

15

40

25

580

570

24

36

18

17

32

34

34

14

36

23

570

560

22

32

16

16

30

32

32

13

34

21

560

550

20

29

15

14

27

29

30

12

31

19

550

540

18

27

13

14

25

26

28

11

28

17

540

530

16

25

12

12

22

25

27

10

25

16

530

520

14

23

10

1-

11

20

23

26

22

14

520

510

13

21

10

1-

10

18

20

24

20

13

510

500

11

19

1-

16

16

22

17

11

500

490

16

1-

14

14

21

14

10

490

480

15

1-

13

12

19

11

480

470

13

1-

11

11

18

470

460

12

1-

10

17

460

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Languages Listening
Score

Chinese

French

German

Japanese

Korean

Languages Reading
Spanish

French

German

Modern
Hebrew

Italian

Latin

Spanish

Score

450

1-

13

450

440

1-

1-

12

440

430

1-

1-

430

420

1-

1-

420

410

1-

1-

410

400

1-

1-

400

390

1-

1-

1-

390

380

1-

1-

1-

380

370

1-

1-

370

360

1-

1-

1-

1-

360

350

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

350

340

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

340

330

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

330

320

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

320

310

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

310

300

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

300

290

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

290

280

1-

1-

1-

1-

1-

280

270

1-

1-

1-

1-

270

260

1-

1-

1-

1-

260

250

1-

1-

1-

1-

250

240

1-

1-

1-

240

230

1-

230

220

220

210

210

200

200

6,585

2,288

710

1,750

3,552

4,898

9,213

734

436

634

2,864

26,285

N.

Mean

759

656

614

692

769

670

631

628

616

691

616

649

Mean

S.D.

67

115

119

117

53

108

122

126

138

107

110

112

S.D.

SEM

20

30

20

30

20

30

30

20

30

20

30

30

SEM

SED

30

40

30

40

30

40

40

30

40

30

40

40

SED

N.

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