CT SAT Scores: See How Your District Did In 2018-2019

CONNECTICUT — The district-by-district SAT scores for the 2018-2019 school year are in and overall students did about as well as the previous year.

A total of 36,639 students took the SAT for the 2018-2019 school year, which is 94.1 percent of the student population. The average math score in the state was 501 and the average reading and writing score was 515; that is roughly the same as the previous year when the math score was 503 and writing/reading was 516.

Legislators and Gov. Dannel Malloy decided to do away with the state’s Smarter Balanced Assessment test and instead use the SAT as a standardized test barometer for 11th graders. The move helped 11th graders avoid yet another standardized test and the cost of taking the SAT.

SAT scores are among one of the measures that Connecticut uses to determine if it is meeting its goal of providing a high quality education to students. The state also uses its Next Generation Accountability System that takes a dozen indicators into account including standardized test scores, academic growth, chronic absenteeism, preparation for college and career readiness and graduation rates.

Breakdown by math level:
Level 3 or 4, met or exceeded: 41 percent
Level 4 exceeded: 12.3 percent
Level 3 met: 28.7 percent
Level 2 approaching: 32.9 percent
Level 1 not met: 26.1 percent

Breakdown by reading/writing level:
Level 3 or 4 met or exceeded: 62 percent
Level 4 exceeded: 16.7 percent
Level 3 met: 45.4 percent
Level 2 approaching: 17.5 percent
Level 1 not met: 20.4 percent

Large gaps still exist between students who qualify for free/reduced school meals and those who don’t. The average math score for those qualifying for free/reduced meals at schools was 442 compared to 535 for those who aren’t eligible. The reading/writing score was 459 compared to 547.

There are also racial disparities in how prepared students are for college with 14 percent of black students and 16.6 percent of Hispanic students meeting or exceeding math goal compared to 53 percent of white students and 69.7 percent of Asian students. For reading/writing 35 percent of black students and 36.5 percent of Hispanic students met or exceeded goal while 75.6 percent of white students and 77.8 percent of Asian students met or exceeded goal.