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Council Rock North Has Highest Average SAT Score In Bucks County


13890730 schools testCouncil Rock High School North ranked first in average SAT scores in Bucks County.

Students from Newtown Township high school who took the test scored an average of 1735, besting number two highest scoring Central Bucks East by 26 points.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education this week released a trove of data that shows the average scores for the more than 650 public high schools across the state.

The top score for an SAT is currently 2400, with the test broken up into reading, math and writing sections.

Julia R. Masterman High School in Center City, Philadelphia scored the highest in the state with an average of 1993.

Council Rock High School South in Northampton scored fifth in Bucks County with an average SAT score of 1631.

Here are the average scores for Bucks County’s public high schools:

High School School District Average Total Score
1. Council Rock North Council Rock 1735
2. Central Bucks East Central Bucks 1709
3. New Hope-Solebury New Hope-Solebury 1695
4. Central Bucks South Central Bucks 1632
5. Council Rock South Council Rock 1631
6. Central Bucks West Central Bucks 1627
7. Palisades Palisades 1609
8. Pennsbury Pennsbury 1592
9. Pennridge Pennridge 1563
10. Quakertown Community Quakertown Community 1525
11. Neshaminy Neshaminy 1524
12. William Tennent Centennial 1481
13. Bensalem Bensalem 1422
14. BCTHS Tech School 1373
15. Truman Bristol Township 1336
16. Morrisville Borough Morrisville Borough 1292
17. Bristol Borough Bristol Borough 1278
[See the data for the whole state]

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