SAT Dates 2026 Florida: Complete Schedule and Deadlines

Updated October 2026 by Carson Flowers.

The short answer: there are eight SAT dates in the 2026-27 cycle. For Bright Futures, only exams taken by August 31 of your student's graduation year count, and that date falls the summer after they graduate. So the class of 2027 can still use every date on this list, including the anticipated August 2027 sitting. College Board has also published anticipated dates through June 2028, and nothing beyond that exists yet.

All 2026-27 SAT dates and deadlines

When the scores come back

College Board releases SAT scores roughly two weeks after the test. Knowing the release date matters more than families expect, because it is the date you find out whether a retake is needed, and a score lower than you hoped for is recoverable when you see it early, and the registration deadline for the next sitting often lands within days of it.

Spring scores follow the same rhythm, about two weeks out, except June, which takes a little longer. Plan the next registration around the release date, not the test date.

Anticipated 2027-28 SAT dates

College Board publishes the following cycle about a year ahead under the heading Anticipated SAT Weekend 2027-28 Test Dates. These are College Board's own published dates, not our projections. Two things to understand before you build a calendar on them. There are no registration deadlines attached yet, and College Board can move an anticipated date before it becomes final. Treat them as planning dates.

The one that matters most to Florida families is August 28, 2027. Bright Futures counts any qualifying score from a test taken on or before August 31 of the graduation year, so that August 2027 sitting is the last SAT a student graduating in 2027 can use. It falls three days inside the cutoff. If your senior is chasing the Bright Futures line and runs out of road in the spring, that is the final attempt, and it is worth knowing now rather than in July.

Anything past June 2028 does not exist yet. College Board has published no dates of any kind for the 2028-29 cycle or later, so any 2029 or 2030 SAT date you find online is somebody guessing from the pattern of Saturdays. We update this page when College Board rolls the calendar forward, which it has been doing around May each year.

How the Bright Futures deadline actually works

The rule is that a qualifying score has to come from a test taken by August 31 of the graduation year. That is later than most families assume. A senior graduating in May 2027 can still sit the August 2027 test and have it count.

The deadline that actually bites is a different one. College application deadlines arrive in the fall of senior year, months before the Bright Futures cutoff. So the score that gets your teen admitted is due long before the score that earns them the scholarship. Plan around the admissions calendar and the Bright Futures date takes care of itself.

One more date to put on the calendar: the Florida Financial Aid Application has to be submitted between October 1 of senior year and August 31 of the graduation year. A qualifying score with no application on file pays nothing.

The right calendar by grade

Sophomores: baseline diagnostic now, and when to start real prep depends on the grade, first official sit late sophomore year or early junior fall. Juniors: first official SAT in the fall, October or November, retake in March, which leaves May, June, and August as insurance, though whether a retake actually helps depends on how UF, FSU, and UCF superscore. Seniors: count backwards from your earliest application deadline rather than from August 31, because that is the date that arrives first.

Every date without a plan is a wasted shot

Most students get two or three test dates that truly count, between school, sports, and deadlines. On a free Strategy Session we count your teen's remaining dates, look at the target score, and tell you the next step. Nothing to buy on the call.

Quick answers

What are the SAT dates in Florida for 2026?

Florida students take the SAT on the same weekend dates as the rest of the country: August 22, September 12, October 3, November 7 and December 5 in 2026. Two are still ahead. Register for November 7 by October 23, or for December 5 by November 20. The 2027 dates are March 6, May 1 and June 5, and the full registration and score release table is above.

Sources: College Board SAT dates and deadlines; College Board score release dates; Bright Futures Student Handbook, Chapter 1. Reviewed August 2026.

When do Florida students get their fall 2026 SAT scores back?

Scores come out about two weeks after each test: November 20, 2026 for the November 7 SAT, and December 18, 2026 for the December 5 SAT. November 20 is also the registration deadline for December 5, so a student who wants a quick retake can see the November score and register on the same day. The full release table is in the scores section above.

Does Florida have its own SAT dates, separate from the national ones?

No, Florida students sit the SAT on the same national weekend dates as everyone else. The one Florida difference is the school day exam: state law requires every district to give juniors a college entrance exam, and each district chooses whether that is the SAT, ACT or CLT. Ask your teen's school which test and date it uses.

What is the last SAT date in Florida that counts for Bright Futures?

The last SAT that counts is any test taken by August 31 of your student's graduation year, which for the class of 2027 is the anticipated August 28, 2027 sitting. College Board can still move an anticipated date, so check it again in spring. The Bright Futures deadline section above explains why college application deadlines usually matter sooner.