state sat takers income years public expend rank Alabama 964 6 313 16.37 69.6 13.84 83.9 Alaska 923 31 401 15.32 96.5 50.10 79.6 Arizona 981 11 314 15.98 80.9 19.14 84.3 Arkansas 999 4 295 15.49 86.4 15.71 89.2 California 899 36 293 15.52 83.0 25.94 77.5 Colorado 983 16 333 16.83 88.3 26.56 81.8 Connecticut 896 69 287 16.75 76.8 26.97 69.8 Delaware 897 42 277 16.95 67.9 27.81 71.4 Florida 889 39 255 15.91 80.5 22.62 74.6 Georgia 823 51 250 15.55 86.5 16.52 74.0 Hawaii 857 47 277 16.40 67.6 21.21 69.9 Idaho 995 7 285 16.18 92.1 17.80 85.9 Illinois 977 14 347 15.80 74.6 24.41 78.7 Indiana 860 48 258 14.39 90.2 17.93 74.1 Iowa 1088 3 326 16.79 87.8 25.60 89.7 Kansas 1045 5 338 16.30 83.9 27.14 86.3 Kentucky 985 6 330 16.61 71.4 15.69 86.4 Louisiana 975 5 394 16.85 44.8 19.72 82.9 Maine 890 46 208 16.05 85.7 20.55 74.6 Maryland 889 50 312 16.90 80.4 25.41 71.5 Massachusetts 888 65 246 16.79 80.7 31.74 69.9 Michigan 973 10 335 16.50 80.7 24.61 81.8 Minnesota 1028 7 343 17.41 78.3 24.84 83.4 Mississippi 988 3 315 16.76 67.9 15.36 90.1 Missouri 975 10 322 16.42 67.7 20.79 80.6 Montana 1033 8 263 15.91 93.7 29.48 86.4 Nebraska 1045 5 293 17.25 83.6 21.05 88.5 Nevada 917 18 288 14.73 89.1 21.79 81.1 NewHampshire 925 56 248 16.35 78.1 20.33 73.6 NewJersey 869 64 269 16.37 80.6 27.91 69.8 NewMexico 997 8 316 15.92 79.5 22.19 83.7 NewYork 896 59 236 16.86 80.4 33.58 70.5 NorthCarolina 827 47 224 15.31 92.8 19.92 75.3 NorthDakota 1068 3 317 16.57 88.3 20.62 89.8 Ohio 958 16 306 16.52 71.5 21.43 79.5 Oklahoma 1001 5 358 15.95 74.2 20.07 85.6 Oregon 908 40 261 14.48 92.1 30.49 79.3 Pennsylvania 885 50 241 17.27 78.6 27.98 73.4 RhodeIsland 877 59 228 16.67 79.7 25.59 71.4 SouthCarolina 790 48 214 15.42 88.1 15.60 74.0 SouthDakota 1075 2 264 16.07 86.2 19.95 90.6 Tennessee 999 9 330 15.72 61.2 14.58 83.4 Texas 868 32 303 14.95 91.7 19.55 76.4 Utah 1022 4 333 16.57 75.2 17.42 85.9 Vermont 904 54 225 16.50 84.2 20.17 75.8 Virginia 888 52 295 16.08 88.8 22.23 72.4 Washington 982 19 309 16.23 87.5 26.53 83.2 WestVirginia 968 7 292 17.08 90.6 18.16 86.2 Wisconsin 1011 10 304 16.85 77.3 27.69 84.2 Wyoming 1017 5 328 16.01 97.0 25.96 87.5