SAT Scores In Livingston Schools Among Highest In State

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The administration of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy last week released its annual School Performance Reports for the 2020-21 school year, which include high school graduation rates, absenteeism, and average SAT scores.

And among those SAT scores, the Livingston School District had one of the highest averages in the state, 1272.

Most of the districts with higher scores were county magnet or specialized high schools.

Districts with the highest averages, besides county magnet schools, included Millburn, 1358, Princeton, with 1334, West Windsor-Plainsboro, 1332.

Elsewhere in Essex County, scores included: West Essex Regional District, 1157; South Orange-Maplewood, 1249, and West Orange, 1127.

The SAT is still used by many colleges to judge a prospective student's qualifications, in conjunction with extracurricular activities, essays, and other prerequisites.

However, the SAT tests as we know them may soon become a thing of the past, according to a report on NBC News stating that the SAT will be administered entirely online as a shorter, more comprehensive test beginning in 2023.

Less than half of New Jersey high school seniors took the test in 2020-21, according to the report.

• See the full rankings and find out more about how the state fared overall here: READ MORE: NJ SAT Scores Released In 2022: Every High School Ranked
• See the NJ school performance reports here.

Nicole Rosenthal contributed to the reporting.

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