How New Providence, Berkeley Heights Students Scored On The SAT

NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The state recently released data on the average SAT scores across New Jersey. Here is how New Providence and Berkeley Heights ranked.

New Providence School District averaged a combined score of 1222 on the SATs, which was ranked at the 31st highest in the state and third in Union County for its combined score. Berkeley Heights averaged a combined score of 1201 on the SATs, which was ranked at the 44th highest in the state and fourth in Union County for its combined score.

Union County Vocational ranked at 7th highest in the state and top in the county with a combined score of 1303 on the SATs.

On the math portion, students in the New Providence district averaged 615 (35th in the state), and in reading/writing, the average score was 607 (31st in the state). Berkeley Heights students averaged 599 in math (48th in the state), and in reading/writing, the average score was 602 (38th in the state). Perfect would be a combined 1600, or 800 in each section.

Here is how other Union County schools ranked from top to bottom in the county:

The SAT scores were part of the state Department of Education's School Performance Reports for the 2017-18 school year. The reports include figures on enrollment, proficiency scores, PARCC scores, graduation rates and SAT scores.

The SAT is still considered the primary standardized test that judges a student's college qualifications. So Patch compiled the combined SAT scores as well as the lists of scores in the two sections identified as "math" and "reading and writing." To see the full list of each NJ high school's most recent average scores that were released and ranked from top to bottom click here.

These reports are designed to inform parents, educators and communities about how well a school is performing and preparing its students for college and careers, according to the DOE.

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