The average 2009 SAT score of Coweta County high school students
increased 1 point over last year’s county-wide average, to 1516,
putting Coweta County’s average score 7 points over the national
average on the college admissions test.
2009 was the second year in a row that Coweta County outscored
the national average on the SAT. The national average SAT score
dropped 2 points, to 1509, and the state of Georgia’s average
declined by 6 points, to 1460, during the same period SAT
averages for Northgate High School and Newnan High School
remained above the national average in 2009. Northgate High
School saw the biggest improvement on average SAT scores,
increasing 22 points to an average score of 1542.
All three Coweta high schools improved their overall SAT Math
scores in 2009, with an increase of 8 points in the county-wide
SAT Math average. In 2009, Coweta County SAT test-takers scored
an average of 1 point higher than the national average on the
Math section of the exam, 10 points higher than the national
average on the Verbal section of the test, and 4 points lower
than the national average on the Writing section.
Overall, Coweta County’s 2009 test-takers scored 56 points above
the state of Georgia’s average on the SAT.
“This is outstanding news for all three high schools,” said
Superintendent Blake Bass. “I congratulate our high school
juniors and seniors who took the exam.”
“This is the second year in a row that our school system’s
average SAT score exceeded the national average,” said
Superintendent Bass.
“2009 was also the second year in a row that the Coweta County’s
SAT average increased while state and national average scores
decreased.”
“I think this demonstrates that our students are well-prepared
to enter college and compete on a national level,” said Bass. “I
think it also demonstrates that as the rigor of our curriculum
continues to increase, students and teachers are proving that
they are up to the challenge.”
SAT averages for Coweta’s three high schools, the state of
Georgia and the nation as a whole were released by the College
Board on August 25. The averages reported in the chart below
provide the Verbal, Math and Writing section averages, which
have a maximum value of 800 points each. The writing portion of
the exam was added in 2006.
Overall, the scores reported to Coweta County high schools were:
| |
Verbal |
Math |
Verbal & Math |
Writing |
Total Score |
|
East Coweta High |
504 |
511 |
1015 |
479 |
1494 |
|
Newna High |
510 |
515 |
1025 |
493 |
1518 |
|
Northgate High |
522 |
522 |
1044 |
498 |
1542 |
|
Coweta County |
511* |
516* |
1027* |
489 |
1516 |
|
Nation |
501 |
515 |
1016 |
493 |
1509 |
|
Georgia |
490 |
491 |
981 |
479 |
1460 |
* School system average is estimated from the average scores
of Coweta County’s three high schools. |