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2014 SAT scores around the Triangle. Color coded by district. District average in caps and bold. Percentage tested in parentheses. Charter Schools in the area in purple.
Raleigh Charter 1929 (95.6%)
Chapel Hill 1766 (83.1%)
Green Hope 1756 (89.8%) CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO 1753 (82.0%)
East Chapel Hill 1752 (88.1%)
Carrboro 1736 (74.8%)
Enloe 1724 (66.2%)
Woods Charter 1695 (86.7%)
Panther Creek 1672 (77.9%)
Apex 1661 (76.6%)
Wake Early College 1646 (65.3%)
Athens 1628 (67.4%)
Leesville 1610 (75.4%)
Jordan 1610 (69.4%)
Hawbridge 1610 (57.1%)
Cary 1608 (53.4%)
Middle College High 1607 (44.1%)
Franklin Academy 1604 (89.1%)
Sanderson 1596 (63.6%)
Johnston Cty. Early Coll. 1593 (74.7%)
Cedar Ridge 1590 (65.5%)
Durham School of the Arts 1587 (71.4%) WAKE COUNTY 1577 (65.1%)
Needham Broughton 1575 (68.8%)
Holly Springs 1574 (73.1%)
Middle Creek 1569 (60.4%) ORANGE COUNTY 1549 (61.3%)
Northwood 1531 (73.0%)
Millbrook 1524 (66.6%)
Johnston Middle College 1522 (48.4%)
Fuquay Varina 1519 (48.0%)
Corinth Holders 1518 (52.7%)
Wakefield 1514 (67.7%)
Orange Senior 1511 (58.0%)
Princeton 1507 (30.3%)
East Wake Academy 1504 (66.2%)
Wake Forest 1499 (67.1%) UNITED STATES 1497 (52%)
Heritage 1496 (70.3%) NORTH CAROLINA 1483 (64%)
West Johnston 1471 (38.6%)
Voyager Academy 1467 (64.9%) JOHNSTON COUNTY 1467 (48.2%)
Clayton 1461 (53.3%)
Cleveland 1452 (52.6%)
Riverside 1438 (51.9%) CHATHAM COUNTY 1448 (62.4%)
Neuse Charter 1443 (55.6%)
Dobbs Clement Early 1435 (100.0%)
Garner 1428 (52.8%) DURHAM COUNTY 1406 (61.8%)
South Johnston 1402 (NA)
Smithfield Selma 1393 (33.3%)
East Wake Health Science 1391 (51.1%)
Chatham Central 1378 (65.2%)
East Wake School of Eng. 1375 (48.7%)
North Johnston 1364 (32.7%)
Southeast Raleigh 1360 (63.3%)
City of Medicine Academy 1356 (86.8%)
Kestrel Heights 1351 (26.7)
East Wake School of Integ. 1347 (33.8%)
Southern Wake Academy 1345 (46.2%)
Jordan Matthews 1342 (53.7%)
Knightdale 1340 (39.4%)
Northern High 1311 (50.7%)
East Wake School of Arts 1281 (33.0%)
Hillside 1222 (62.9%)
Southern School of Engin. 1216 (67.4%)
Hillside New Tech. 1196 (77.6%)
Southern 1168 (52.4%)
Pace Academy 1102 (9.1%)
Durham's Performance Learn 1035 (35.5%)
"The benchmark – a score of 1550, which is associated with a 65 percent chance of having a B- average GPA or higher during the first year of college – is also associated with a higher likelihood of enrolling at a four-year college and graduating from college within four years, the College Board said."
Maybe someone can count the individual schools, however Chapel Hill/Carrboro schools combined placed #1 with a score of 1766, which was only exceeded by NC School of Science and Math - 1995, and Raleigh Charter High - 1858.
As a note, MA which has the same population as NC had 115 out of 343 high schools that met the benchmark.
.Only two counties (Wake and Watauga) out of 100 satisfied the College Board's benchmark:
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As a note, MA which has the same population as NC had 115 out of 343 high schools that met the benchmark.
Not suggesting your comment isn't valid, but you're comparing counties in NC to individuals schools in MA. A better data point would be how many high schools in NC met the benchmark.
You'd also have to control for participation rates to have a good comparison.
It's totally not surprising at all that the rest of NC's counties didn't meet the College Board's benchmark, but you're not comparing the same thing. You're comparing an average of all high schools in each county to individual high schools in a state.
Thanks so much for doing this Michgc. It's great to see it all together. I believe this is the correct color code.
Green = Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools
Purple = Charter Schools
Blue = Wake Co Public Schools
Orange = Orange Co Public Schools
Pink = Johnston Co Public Schools
Red = Chatham Co Public Schools
Brown = Durham Public Schools
Just wait 'til the ACT scores come out and make us look terrible since all students have to take it.
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Thanks so much for doing this Michgc. It's great to see it all together. I believe this is the correct color code.
Green = Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools
Purple = Charter Schools
Blue = Wake Co Public Schools
Orange = Orange Co Public Schools
Pink = Johnston Co Public Schools
Red = Chatham Co Public Schools
Brown = Durham Public Schools
Just wait 'til the ACT scores come out and make us look terrible since all students have to take it.
Thanks. I probably should have put that key in there.
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Is there anything surprising on this list? Like last year, what surprised me the most was Johnston County. I often hear from people who live there that their schools are "excellent." But if this list is somewhat representative of the percentage of students planning to attend college, Johnston seems to fare poorly. The school in that district that performed the best is a non-traditional school that is 5-years and is run in conjunction with a community college. Their second best school is also non-traditional, application school and also gives college credit, but fewer than half of their students took the SATs. In fact, Johnston County is the only county in the area where fewer than half of their students overall took the SATs. And for those who did, their scores are pretty low, overall. Chatham County performed similarly overall (although with a greater percentage participating), but I don't often hear their schools being touted as great like I do with Johnston.
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Not suggesting your comment isn't valid, but you're comparing counties in NC to individuals schools in MA. A better data point would be how many high schools in NC met the benchmark.
You'd also have to control for participation rates to have a good comparison.
If I did my sorting correctly, it appears that 79 out of 506 schools in NC (15.6%) met that benchmark (average score of 1550 or higher).
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