Sunday, November 09, 2003

Both public and nonpublic schools have a wide range of average scores on the SAT college entrance exam taken by members of the Class of 2003 during their high school years. The SAT has two parts - verbal and math - and a score of 200 to 800 points is possible on each. This chart combines the two sections to a possible 400 to 1600 points. It also shows which schools fall above or below national and state averages. The chart covers schools that had at least 10 test-takers. (Nonpublic schools are in bold with a shaded background.)

School	Number tested	Combined math and verbal
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Sewickley Academy	74	1288
Shady Side Academy	118	1237
Winchester Thurston School	43	1210
The Ellis School	40	1204
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers*	77	1156
Mt. Lebanon	419	1146
Upper St. Clair	342	1130
Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh	14	1129
Trinity Christian School	26	1110
North Allegheny	611	1104
Fox Chapel Area	308	1099
Yeshiva Schools	23	1096
Hampton	236	1094
Allderdice (Pittsburgh)	258	1093
Vincentian Academy-Duquesne University	61	1090
Central Catholic	173	1080
Quaker Valley	136	1076
Pine-Richland	250	1061
Moon Area	203	1054
Bishop Canevin	88	1052
Bethel Park	363	1052
Thomas Jefferson (West Jefferson Hills)	206	1042
Avonworth	76	1029
Plum	263	1029
Gateway	256	1026
North Hills	343	1026
Springdale (Allegheny Valley)	75	1025
Montour	219	1024
South Fayette	95	1018
Wilson Christian Academy	21	1017
Oakland Catholic	118	1013
Shaler Area	337	1013
Seton-La Salle	152	1011
Chartiers Valley	165	1009
West Allegheny	153	1009
Baldwin	331	1003
Riverview	81	1003
St. Joseph	38	1002
Pittsburgh H.S. for Creative and Performing Arts	48	1001
Northgate	71	999
Keystone Oaks	149	998
Cheswick Christian Academy	13	996
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart	62	993
North Catholic	108	992
Carlynton	91	991
Highlands	146	982
Brentwood	81	980
Schenley (Pittsburgh)	168	979
South Park	135	977
Serra Catholic	71	975
Deer Lakes High	141	975
Carrick (Pittsburgh)	108	950
West Mifflin Area	194	945
Elizabeth Forward	141	944
McKeesport Area	183	943
Steel Valley	116	942
Oakland School	14	939
East Allegheny	104	936
Greater Works Academy	27	934
Penn Hills	278	931
Woodland Hills	213	930
Mount Alvernia	14	917
South Allegheny	50	916
Brashear (Pittsburgh)	138	910
Cornell	31	905
Langley (Pittsburgh)	49	897
Perry Traditional Academy (Pittsburgh)	152	876
Peabody (Pittsburgh)	59	843
Northside Urban Pathways (charter)	4	820
Sto-Rox	38	807
Clairton	31	775
Oliver (Pittsburgh)	92	770
Wilkinsburg Senior	20	769
Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)	56	737
South Vo-Tech (Pittsburgh)	21	734
Duquesne	16	681
Imani Christian Academy	13	653
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
Freeport Area	106	1018
West Shamokin (Armstrong)	42	994
Kittanning (Armstrong)	105	977
Leechburg Area	42	969
Apollo-Ridge	62	961
Elderton (Armstrong)	40	933
Ford City (Armstrong)	64	908
BEAVER COUNTY
Beaver County Christian	15	1204
Beaver Area	119	1065
Quigley Catholic	43	1046
Center Area	127	1016
Hopewell Area	133	1013
South Side Area	54	1011
Blackhawk	157	1007
Freedom Area	88	986
Ambridge	143	981
New Brighton Area	79	974
Western Beaver County	56	968
Riverside (Riverside Beaver County)	92	955
Rochester Area	47	939
Monaca	42	936
Beaver Falls Area (Big Beaver Falls Area)	50	870
Aliquippa	39	828
BUTLER COUNTY
Portersville Christian	17	1112
Slippery Rock Area	80	1068
Butler Area	366	1041
Knoch (South Butler County)	149	1025
Mars Area	149	1020
Moniteau	45	1016
Seneca Valley	393	1003
Karns City Area	66	978
Summit Academy	54	674
FAYETTE COUNTY
Albert Gallatin Area	142	1042
Laurel Highlands	152	1034
Frazier Area	52	989
Brownsville Area	62	977
Geibel Catholic	61	969
Connellsville Area	203	959
Uniontown Area	142	938
GREENE COUNTY
Carmichaels Area	46	971
Waynesburg Central (Central Greene)	93	970
Jefferson-Morgan	55	943
West Greene	41	922
Mapletown (Southeastern Greene)	31	905
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Trinity Area	143	1089
Peters Township	253	1086
South Hills Christian School	10	1086
Bentworth	70	1027
Canon-McMillan	224	994
Chartiers-Houston	72	982
Fort Cherry	57	974
McGuffey	94	972
Avella Area	35	962
Ringgold	183	962
California Area	45	957
Bethlehem-Center	65	954
Washington	81	953
Charleroi Area	88	937
Burgettstown Area	60	928
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Franklin Regional	292	1110
Ligonier Valley	86	1061
Hempfield Area	333	1051
Laurel Valley (Ligonier Valley)	33	1049
Greensburg Salem	180	1045
Yough	92	1043
Norwin	281	1038
Greensburg Central Catholic	127	1038
Greater Latrobe	235	1035
Burrell	136	1031
Kiski Area	221	1031
Southmoreland	88	1029
Penn-Trafford	262	1020
Kiski School	83	986
Mount Pleasant Area	120	985
Belle Vernon Area	148	984
Derry Area	112	977
Valley (New Kensington-Arnold)	119	946
Jeannette City	52	944
Monessen City	41	901
* This includes homeschoolers from throughout the state
National average		1026
State average		1002

Top-10 public schools in Pennsylvania Local schools in bold.
School (county)		Number tested	Combined SAT score
1.	Masterman (Philadelphia School District)	102	1271
2.	Lower Merion (Montgomery Co.)	324	1203
3.	Radnor (Delaware Co.)	235	1176
4.	Conestoga (Chester Co.)	391	1160
5.	Upper Dublin (Montgomery Co.)	308	1155
6.	Harriton (Montgomery Co.)	166	1146
6.	Mt. Lebanon (Allegheny Co.)	419	1146
8.	Upper St. Clair (Allegheny Co.)	342	1130
9.	Unionville (Chester Co.)	263	1128
10.	Jenkintown (Montgomery Co.)	54	1116
Top-10 nonpublic schools in Pennsylvania Local schools in bold.
School (county)		Number tested	Combined SAT score
1.	Germantown Friends (Philadelphia)	93	1316
2.	Baldwin School (Montgomery Co.)	47	1303
3.	Sewickley Academy (Allegheny Co.)	74	1288
4.	Friends Central School (Montgomery Co.)	96	1274
5.	Akiba Hebrew School (Montgomery Co.)	61	1272
6.	Devon Prep (Chester Co.)	49	1261
7.	Shipley School (Montgomery Co.)	78	1252
8.	Agnes Irwin School (Delaware Co.)	48	1251
9.	Episcopal Academy (Montgomery Co.)	111	1248
9.	Haverford School (Montgomery Co.)	76	1248

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education. The College Board.

Compiled by Eleanor Chute, Steve Thomas/Post-Gazette.

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