DeKalb School of the Arts Has Georgia's 9th Highest SAT Score

The DeKalb School of the Arts, based in Avondale Estates, had Georgia's 9th highest SAT score in 2016, according to new Georgia Department of Education figures released on Tuesday.

The Gwinnett School of Math Science and Technology had the state's highest SAT score, 1870.

The school was DeKalb's only school to finish in the top 10. The remaining schools came from Fulton, Cobb and Muscogee counties, as well as Savannah.

Decatur High School posted a 1571 score.

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Overall, the department said Georgia students increased their scores on every section of the traditional SAT in 2016. On the new SAT, a redesigned test with a different scoring system, Georgia students outperformed the national average, and ranked 36th in the nation.

A total of 69,922 students in the class of 2016 took the SAT (old or new) at least once. On the “old” SAT, Georgia’s class of 2016 recorded a mean composite score of 1459 – up nine points since 2015, when the mean score was 1450.

Some students in Georgia’s class of 2016 took the redesigned SAT, which scores students in evidence-based reading and writing and math. On the new SAT, Georgia students recorded a mean total score of 976 – outperforming the national mean of 972.

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