Coweta County high schools’ average on the Verbal and Math
sections of the SAT was 1020 in 2010, three points above the
National Verbal and Math average of 1017 and 42 points above the
average of all Georgia schools combined.
“It was important to maintain our competitiveness with the
national average on the SAT. I congratulate our high school
juniors and seniors who took the exam, and their teachers,” said
Superintendent Blake Bass.
2010 was the third year in a row that Coweta County outscored
the national Verbal and Math average on the SAT, even after a
slight drop of 7 points on the combined Verbal and Math scores
from the county’s all-time high of 1027 in 2009.
The national average SAT score increased by 1 point, to 1017, in
2010, and the state of Georgia’s average declined by 3 points,
to 978, during 2010.
SAT averages for Northgate High School and Newnan High School
remained above the national average in 2010, at 1036 and 1025
respectively.
“Based on these scores, our students are well-prepared to enter
college and compete on a national level,” said Bass. “I think it
also demonstrates that as our curriculum continues to increase
in rigor, our 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 September 13. 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, and verbal
and math totals of the exam have been tracked for students since
the exam was begun. The accompanying chart shows a 16-year
history of the exam for Coweta County Schools.
SAT history 1995-2010
Overall, the scores reported to Coweta County high schools were:
Verbal Math & Math
Writing Score
East Coweta High 498
500 998 480
1478
Newnan High 506
519 1025 483
1508
Northgate High 511
525 1036 488
1524
Coweta County 505*
514* 1020* 484*
1503*
Nation
501 516 1017 492
1509
Georgia
488 490 978 475
1453
* Coweta’s school system average is estimated from the
average scores of Coweta County’s three high schools. Section
averages and total scores are rounded, and may not appear to add
accurately on the chart. |