Did Donald Trump ever release official transcripts or verify his SAT scores publicly?
Executive summary
Donald J. Trump has not publicly produced an official SAT score report or released sealed academic transcripts, and multiple news organizations report there is no verified SAT or ACT score on record for him; attempts to obtain or force-release those records during his political career were rebuffed and, according to testimony, met with threats from his representatives [1] [2] [3]. Alternative claims and allegations about his scores or how he obtained college admission exist in the public record, but they remain unverified by official transcripts [4] [3].
1. What the record shows: no publicly verified SAT score or transcript
There is no publicly verified SAT or ACT score for Donald Trump in the reporting provided: summary pages of presidential test scores explicitly say “we have no knowledge” of Trump’s SAT or ACT results [1], and aggregators of celebrity test scores note that while many famous figures disclose or claim scores, Trump’s records remain private and unproven [5]. Journalistic outlets that published long interviews or profiles of Trump do not present an authenticated SAT report in the public record available here [6].
2. Legal privacy (FERPA) and why schools won’t disclose
Student academic records are ordinarily shielded by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which bars schools from releasing transcripts or score reports without the student’s written permission; reporters and commentators emphasize that institutions are within their rights to refuse disclosure even amid political pressure [3] [5]. That legal protection explains part of why no independent outlet can authenticate a score without documentation voluntarily supplied by Trump or compelled under extraordinary legal circumstances [3] [5].
3. Allegations about efforts to suppress release
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, testified to Congress that he was instructed to contact Trump’s high school, colleges and the College Board and to threaten legal action to prevent release of Trump’s academic records, and Fordham University confirmed it received warnings and did not share records except with Trump [3] [2]. Reporting cites letters and follow-up communications from Trump’s lawyers to schools, and institutions confirmed they would not disclose the records to others, underscoring that active steps were taken to keep records sealed [2] [3].
4. Competing claims and unverified allegations
Beyond the formal record, relatives and commentators have made competing claims: Trump himself has at times boasted about high scores, commenters have speculated about weak results, and members of his family—most notably his niece Mary L. Trump—have leveled allegations (for example, that someone else took the SAT) that are unproven in public documents; these assertions appear in long-form coverage and opinion pieces but lack corroborating official transcripts or score reports in the sources provided [4] [3]. Media outlets that discuss motives for secrecy emphasize that personal and political incentives could explain why Trump resisted disclosure, but those analyses rely on testimony and interpretation rather than an authenticated score [3].
5. Conclusion: direct answer and limits of the public record
Directly: Donald Trump did not release an official SAT score report or publicly verify his SAT scores with authenticated transcripts in the public record cited here, and institutions and reporting confirm there is no known verified SAT or ACT score for him; efforts to obtain those records were met with legal warnings and are legally blocked by FERPA absent his permission [1] [2] [3]. Reporting also includes unverified claims and allegations about why the scores remain private, but those claims are not backed by a released official transcript in the sources provided [4] [3]. If an authoritative transcript exists, it has not been produced to the public or to the news organizations referenced in this material [1] [6].