2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES SUMMARY REPORT Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test COLORADO Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test cosponsored by / NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION This material produced solely by College Board for its organizational purposes. NMSC was not involved in its production. Copyright © 2015 The College Board. All rights reserved. College Board, SAT, Student Search Service, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Visit College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO FIGURE 1: ON TRACK TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY The PSAT/NMSQT College Readiness Benchmark represents Use this information in combination with the optional Student the score that a student should meet or exceed to be Data File CD to identify students who may need extra support or considered on track to be college ready (for more information who may be ready for more rigorous course work. In addition, about benchmarks, check out www.collegeboard.org/results). PSAT/NMSQT Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) reports The pie charts below show the percentage of students in the can help you target skills to improve with aggregate skills nation, your region, and your state who have met the feedback. PSAT/NMSQT composite score benchmark (142 for juniors and 133 for sophomores). TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO College Ready 39.3 % College Ready 38.4 % College Ready 70.9 % Total Students 1,812,143 Total Students 387,255 Total Students 8,301 See last page of this report for the list of states included in your region. 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO TABLE 1: NUMBER OF SOPHOMORES TAKING THE PSAT/NMSQT® TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Male 880,810 48.9 186,711 48.5 3,671 44.4 Female 922,187 51.1 198,625 51.5 4,602 55.6 No Response 9,146 1,919 28 TOTAL 1,812,143 387,255 8,301 TABLE 2: ETHNIC BACKGROUND TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent American Indian or Alaska Native 15,790 0.9 4,123 1.2 61 0.8 Asian, Asian American, or Pacific Islander 138,953 8.2 51,713 14.6 626 7.8 Black or African American 253,986 15.0 20,162 5.7 235 2.9 Hispanic, Latino, or Latin American 405,117 23.9 129,150 36.4 1,016 12.6 White 812,556 48.0 134,043 37.8 5,935 73.9 Other 66,728 3.9 15,457 4.4 162 2.0 No Response 119,013 32,607 266 TABLE 3: PARTICIPATING IN STUDENT SEARCH SERVICE® TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Yes 1,500,432 82.8 312,971 80.8 7,375 88.8 No 311,711 17.2 74,284 19.2 926 11.2 Page 3 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO TABLE 4: SELF-REPORTED GRADE AVERAGE TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent A+ (97-100) 65,579 4.0 11,693 3.4 456 5.7 A (93-96) 322,403 19.9 68,753 20.2 2,622 32.6 A- (90-92) 303,457 18.7 61,484 18.1 1,834 22.8 B+ (87-89) 280,346 17.3 51,250 15.1 1,200 14.9 B (83-86) 271,296 16.7 56,983 16.8 1,064 13.2 B- (80-82) 147,307 9.1 29,130 8.6 379 4.7 C+ (77-79) 112,011 6.9 26,112 7.7 242 3.0 C (73-76) 72,748 4.5 20,439 6.0 152 1.9 C- (70-72) 27,431 1.7 7,175 2.1 49 0.6 D+ (67-69) 9,944 0.6 2,933 0.9 22 0.3 D (65-66) 7,054 0.4 2,464 0.7 16 0.2 E or F (Below 65) 3,687 0.2 1,405 0.4 10 0.1 No Response 188,880 47,434 255 TABLE 5: YEAR COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL AND ENTERING COLLEGE TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 2015 2,940 0.2 660 0.2 1 0.0 2016 36,486 2.1 4,638 1.3 72 0.9 2017 1,628,214 94.0 341,153 94.0 8,086 97.8 After 2017 48,794 2.8 13,217 3.6 87 1.1 Not Planning College 15,809 0.9 3,399 0.9 21 0.3 No Response 79,900 24,188 34 Page 4 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO TABLE 6: PSAT/NMSQT® SCORES - CRITICAL READING TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 3,071 0.2 789 0.2 47 0.6 70-74 14,263 0.8 3,394 0.9 157 1.9 65-69 22,611 1.2 5,071 1.3 288 3.5 60-64 75,582 4.2 15,805 4.1 847 10.2 55-59 104,347 5.8 21,794 5.6 1,029 12.4 50-54 222,376 12.3 45,391 11.7 1,711 20.6 45-49 245,015 13.5 50,600 13.1 1,525 18.4 40-44 347,511 19.2 72,863 18.8 1,322 15.9 35-39 321,251 17.7 70,247 18.1 781 9.4 30-34 236,884 13.1 52,816 13.6 379 4.6 25-29 143,005 7.9 31,923 8.2 147 1.8 20-24 76,227 4.2 16,562 4.3 68 0.8 TOTAL 1,812,143 387,255 8,301 Mean Score 42.1 41.9 49.2 STD. DEV. 10.6 10.7 10.0 Page 5 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO MATHEMATICS TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 8,247 0.5 2,079 0.5 68 0.8 70-74 15,111 0.8 3,734 1.0 168 2.0 65-69 49,192 2.7 10,843 2.8 539 6.5 60-64 71,822 4.0 15,700 4.1 785 9.5 55-59 141,770 7.8 29,239 7.6 1,340 16.1 50-54 214,315 11.8 44,549 11.5 1,525 18.4 45-49 323,711 17.9 66,438 17.2 1,733 20.9 40-44 271,903 15.0 55,766 14.4 978 11.8 35-39 341,545 18.8 72,691 18.8 716 8.6 30-34 191,547 10.6 42,808 11.1 258 3.1 25-29 121,254 6.7 28,760 7.4 131 1.6 20-24 61,726 3.4 14,648 3.8 60 0.7 TOTAL 1,812,143 387,255 8,301 Mean Score 43.4 43.2 50.7 STD. DEV. 11.1 11.4 10.3 WRITING SKILLS TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 2,797 0.2 717 0.2 34 0.4 70-74 9,575 0.5 1,941 0.5 78 0.9 65-69 24,949 1.4 5,391 1.4 299 3.6 60-64 42,832 2.4 8,838 2.3 427 5.1 55-59 108,401 6.0 22,388 5.8 1,173 14.1 50-54 144,708 8.0 30,680 7.9 1,326 16.0 45-49 258,971 14.3 55,091 14.2 1,833 22.1 40-44 291,803 16.1 61,604 15.9 1,368 16.5 35-39 373,535 20.6 79,973 20.7 1,059 12.8 30-34 243,627 13.4 52,959 13.7 391 4.7 25-29 161,462 8.9 35,247 9.1 195 2.3 20-24 149,483 8.2 32,426 8.4 118 1.4 TOTAL 1,812,143 387,255 8,301 Mean Score 40.1 40.0 47.5 STD. DEV. 10.9 10.9 10.0 Page 6 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO TABLE 6: PSAT/NMSQT® SCORES - MALE - CRITICAL READING TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 1,561 0.2 394 0.2 21 0.6 70-74 7,312 0.8 1,684 0.9 70 1.9 65-69 11,170 1.3 2,450 1.3 130 3.5 60-64 36,710 4.2 7,598 4.1 367 10.0 55-59 48,178 5.5 10,032 5.4 426 11.6 50-54 99,907 11.3 20,389 10.9 735 20.0 45-49 109,558 12.4 22,355 12.0 630 17.2 40-44 159,674 18.1 33,213 17.8 593 16.2 35-39 156,430 17.8 33,749 18.1 380 10.4 30-34 125,386 14.2 27,468 14.7 193 5.3 25-29 80,229 9.1 17,828 9.5 84 2.3 20-24 44,695 5.1 9,551 5.1 42 1.1 TOTAL 880,810 186,711 3,671 Mean Score 41.4 41.3 48.8 STD. DEV. 10.9 11.0 10.3 Page 7 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO MALE - MATHEMATICS TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 5,699 0.6 1,437 0.8 52 1.4 70-74 9,805 1.1 2,362 1.3 104 2.8 65-69 30,402 3.5 6,625 3.5 327 8.9 60-64 41,199 4.7 8,950 4.8 386 10.5 55-59 75,499 8.6 15,338 8.2 625 17.0 50-54 105,200 11.9 21,777 11.7 662 18.0 45-49 150,974 17.1 30,764 16.5 704 19.2 40-44 122,770 13.9 25,142 13.5 357 9.7 35-39 155,059 17.6 32,683 17.5 262 7.1 30-34 90,792 10.3 19,968 10.7 97 2.6 25-29 60,551 6.9 14,005 7.5 59 1.6 20-24 32,860 3.7 7,660 4.1 36 1.0 TOTAL 880,810 186,711 3,671 Mean Score 44.0 43.8 52.0 STD. DEV. 11.7 12.0 10.7 MALE - WRITING SKILLS TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 1,164 0.1 303 0.2 17 0.5 70-74 3,739 0.4 747 0.4 23 0.6 65-69 9,851 1.1 2,131 1.1 114 3.1 60-64 17,417 2.0 3,612 1.9 167 4.5 55-59 44,825 5.1 9,230 4.9 448 12.2 50-54 62,243 7.1 13,183 7.1 533 14.5 45-49 114,963 13.1 24,240 13.0 811 22.1 40-44 134,229 15.2 27,943 15.0 631 17.2 35-39 181,434 20.6 38,486 20.6 527 14.4 30-34 128,702 14.6 27,703 14.8 214 5.8 25-29 92,100 10.5 19,728 10.6 108 2.9 20-24 90,143 10.2 19,405 10.4 78 2.1 TOTAL 880,810 186,711 3,671 Mean Score 38.9 38.8 46.3 STD. DEV. 10.9 10.9 10.2 Page 8 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO TABLE 6: PSAT/NMSQT® SCORES - FEMALE - CRITICAL READING TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 1,504 0.2 395 0.2 26 0.6 70-74 6,917 0.8 1,703 0.9 87 1.9 65-69 11,394 1.2 2,602 1.3 156 3.4 60-64 38,678 4.2 8,154 4.1 476 10.3 55-59 55,901 6.1 11,709 5.9 601 13.1 50-54 121,826 13.2 24,860 12.5 966 21.0 45-49 134,547 14.6 28,068 14.1 892 19.4 40-44 186,303 20.2 39,339 19.8 725 15.8 35-39 163,036 17.7 36,140 18.2 400 8.7 30-34 109,823 11.9 24,990 12.6 185 4.0 25-29 61,495 6.7 13,819 7.0 62 1.3 20-24 30,763 3.3 6,846 3.4 26 0.6 TOTAL 922,187 198,625 4,602 Mean Score 42.8 42.5 49.6 STD. DEV. 10.3 10.4 9.7 Page 9 of 13 1/14/2015 2014-2015 COLLEGE-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES COLORADO FEMALE - MATHEMATICS TOTAL GROUP WEST COLORADO Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 75-80 2,536 0.3 639 0.3 16 0.3 70-74 5,279 0.6 1,361 0.7 64 1.4 65-69 18,673 2.0 4,189 2.1 210 4.6 60-64 30,451 3.3 6,702 3.4 395 8.6 55-59 65,935 7.1 13,827 7.0 708 15.4 50-54 108,425 11.8 22,629 11.4 858 18.6 45-49 171,513 18.6 35,445 17.8 1,026 22.3 40-44 147,879 16.0 30,377 15.3 619 13.5 35-39 184,475 20.0 39,584 19.9 452 9.8 30-34 99,247 10.8 22,530 11.3 158 3.4 25-29 59,568 6.5 14,500 7.3 72 1.6 20-24 28,206 3.1 6,842 3.4 24 0.5 TOTAL 922,187 198,625 4,602 Mean Score 42.9 42.6 49.6 STD. DEV. 10.5 10.8 9.7 Page 10 of 13 1/14/2015