Seven of the 16 high schools in the Cobb County School District posted SAT scores from the Class of 2012 above the national average. But the system-wide cumulative average is down slightly from last year, according to data released Monday.
Recent graduates averaged an SAT score of 1520 in the combined reading, math and totals, a drop from the 1522 score the year before, the CCSD said in a release (see attached PDF).
That 1520 score still remains 68 points ahead of the Georgia average and 22 points ahead of the national average.
A total of 5,790 CCSD seniors took the SAT this year, representing around 80 percent of their class.
On the rise were SAT scores for African-American students (14 points to a 1336 score), Native-American students (49 points to 1528) and for Asian-American students (31 points to 1707).
The SAT scores for Hispanic students dropped 26 points to 1403, while average for white students fell one point to 1618.
“These scores tell me that our students are well-prepared to compete at the college level,” said Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa said in the release. “We know that the district’s SAT average isn’t going to increase every year, but we did see marked improvement in several of our student groups as we continue to focus on closing the achievement gap."
The schools with the best SAT averages are in East Cobb: Walton (1743), Pope (1645), Lassiter (1636) and Wheeler (1611).
The other Cobb high schools above the national average score of 1498 are Kennesaw Mountain (1572), Harrison (1561) and Kell (1507). Also in that group is the second-newest high school in the district, Hillgrove, which experienced the biggest jump of any school, of 57 points, to 1528.
Reading scores across CCSD were up by two points, while writing and math scores dipped by three points and one point, respectively.
The following are school-by-school scores, along with systemwide, state and national averages. For more data, see the CCSD press release, which is attached as a PDF file.
The detailed chart contains score comparisons by school against scores from 2010 and 2011.
Area/School 2012 Pct. Tested 2012 Reading 2012 Math 2012 Writing 2012 Total National 48 496 514 488 1498 Georgia 80 488 489 475 1452 Cobb 81 512 514 494 1520 Allatoona 81 509 503 483 1495 Campbell 72 487 489 482 1458 Harrison 92 524 531 506 1561 Hillgrove 82 516 513 499 1528 Kell 85 503 515 489 1507 Kennesaw Mountain 83 531 533 508 1572 Lassiter 98 549 556 531 1636 McEachern 80 457 440 429 1326 North Cobb 78 487 475 464 1426 Osborne 51 414 418 398 1230 Pebblebrook 78 436 414 428 1278 Pope 92 545 562 538 1645 South Cobb 66 450 441 432 1323 Sprayberry 80 511 501 483 1495 Walton 100 580 597 566 1743 Wheeler 80 535 555 521 1611