SAT scores for the Class of 2019 show that test-takers from Gwinnett County Public Schools high schools continue the trend of outperforming their peers in Georgia and the nation. Gwinnett’s average on the SAT topped state and national averages on both sections of the test— Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics. Gwinnett’s average score of 1094 was 55 points higher than the national average of 1039 and 46 points higher than the state’s average score of 1048. The district’s average on the popular college-admissions test decreased slightly, mirroring decreases at the state and national levels.
Gwinnett SAT Highlights
Gwinnett’s average composite score on the SAT is 1094, a combination of the average score of 549 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and the average score of 545 for Mathematics. (Possible scores range from 200 to 800 on each section. The highest possible composite score is 1600.)
In Gwinnett, 8,977 students participated in this past year’s test, a slight increase over the number of test-takers in 2018. Brookwood (739), Mill Creek (675), and North Gwinnett (634) high schools had the most test-takers in the state.
Seven GCPS high schools— Collins Hill; Gwinnett Online Campus; Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology; North Gwinnett; Peachtree Ridge; Shiloh; and South Gwinnett— saw an increase in their average score.
GSMST’s average score of 1375 came in at #1, topping SAT scores in the state. Seven other Gwinnett schools ranked in the top 50— North Gwinnett, #12; Gwinnett Online Campus, #26; Brookwood, #31; Peachtree Ridge, #35; Mill Creek, #37; Collins Hill, #45; and Parkview, #49.