What Is a Good SAT Score? 2025 Score Guide
Understand SAT score ranges for 2025. Learn what scores top colleges expect, average SAT scores, and how to set your target score.
Score Range
Min: 400 | Max: 1600 | Average: 1060
How It's Scored
The Digital SAT has two sections: Reading & Writing (200-800) and Math (200-800). It uses Multistage Adaptive Testing — the difficulty of the second module depends on your performance in the first.
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- target — An objective or result toward which efforts are directed
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- identify — To recognize or establish what something is
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