Long Island SAT Scores: 2016 School District Rankings

The New York State Department of Education recently provided Patch with the average SAT scores for every school district in the state for 2016.

We crunched the numbers to rank the scores of each school district on Long Island from highest to lowest.

The school district with the highest average SAT score is once again the Jericho School District with a score of 1887. Last year, Jericho School District had the highest average SAT score of 1855.

• Long Island School Districts Ranked by SAT Scores In 2015

Patch hopes these reports will help inform parents, educators and communities about how well a public school is performing and preparing its students for college and careers.

The SAT includes three sections–critical reading, mathematics and writing. Below is the combined average score of each school, ranked highest to lowest; perfect score is 2400.

1. Jericho School District— 1887
2. Manhasset Union Free School District— 1803
3. Great Neck School District— 1795
4. Roslyn Public Schools— 1795
5. Cold Spring Harbor Central School District— 1778
6. East Williston Union Free School District— 1771
7. Syosset Central School District— 1771
8. Herricks Union Free School District— 1722
9. Garden City Union Free School District— 1711
10. Fishers Island Union Free School District— 1698
11. Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District— 1693
12. Port Washington Union Free School District— 1692
13. Three Village Central School District— 1680
14. North Shore Central School District — 1672
15. Harborfields Central School District— 1662
16. Port Jefferson Union Free School District— 1661
17. Half Hollow Hills Central School District— 1634
18. Rockville Centre Union Free School District— 1623
19. Mount Sinai Union Free School District— 1619
20. Commack School District— 1614
21. Lynbrook Union Free School District— 1608
22. Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District— 1606
23. Westhampton Beach Union Free School District— 1602
24. Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District— 1600
25. Northport-East Northport Union Free School District— 1600
26. Elwood Union Free School District— 1593
27. Smithtown Central School District— 1591
28. Sag Harbor Union Free School District— 1586
29. Bethpage Union Free School District— 1584
30. Sayville Union Free School District — 1578
31. Hauppauge Union Free School District— 1577
32. Shelter Island Union Free School District— 1572
33. Southold Union Free School District— 1565
34. Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District— 1561
35. Wantagh Union Free School District— 1555
36. Locust Valley Central School District— 1552
37. Shoreham-Wading River Central School District— 1549
38. Kings Park Central School District— 1545
39. Huntington Union Free School District— 1539
40. East Meadow Union Free School District— 1533
41. Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District— 1530
42. Babylon Union Free School District — 1529
43. Miller Place Union Free School District— 1529
44. Massapequa Union Free School District— 1527
45. Oceanside School District— 1526
46. Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District— 1522
47. Carle Place Union Free School District— 1515
48. East Islip Union Free School District— 1515
49. Plainedge School District— 1513
50. Hicksville Union Free School District— 1511
51. Seaford Union Free School District— 1510
52. Levittown Union Free School District— 1509
53. Connetquot Central School District— 1506
54. West Islip Union Free School District— 1503
55. Tuckahoe Common School District— 1502
56. Southampton Union Free School District— 1501
57. Eastport-South Manor Central School District— 1498
58. Bay Shore Union Free School District— 1495
59. Farmingdale Union Free School District— 1491
60. Islip Union Free School District— 1486
61. South Huntington Union Free School District— 1483
62. Sewanhaka Central High School District— 1481
63. Sachem School District— 1480
64. Center Moriches Union Free School District— 1477
65. Greenport Union Free School District— 1476
66. Rocky Point Union Free School District— 1473
67. East Rockaway Union Free School District— 1472
68. Island Trees Union Free School District— 1471
69. Long Beach City School District— 1466
70. Longwood Central School District— 1466
71. Baldwin Union Free School District — 1464
72. Riverhead Central School District— 1458
73. Mineola Union Free School District— 1453
74. Lindenhurst Union Free School District— 1452
75. East Hampton Union Free School District— 1449
76. Middle Country Central School District— 1443
77. West Babylon Union Free School District— 1431
78. Bridgehampton Union Free School District— 1428
79. Hampton Bays Public Schools— 1422
80. Deer Park Union Free School District— 1420
81. South Country Central School District— 1409
82. Valley Stream Central High School District — 1408
83. Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District— 1404
84. Lawrence Union Free School District— 1397
85. William Floyd School District— 1389
86. North Babylon Union Free School District— 1388
87. Glen Cove City School District— 1381
88. Malverne Union Free School District— 1364
89. Freeport Union Free School District— 1317
90. Copiague Union Free School District— 1294
91. Brentwood Union Free School District— 1286
92. Uniondale Union Free School District— 1279
93. Central Islip Union Free School District— 1268
94. Hempstead Union Free School District— 1242
95. Amityville Union Free School District— 1236
96. Westbury Union Free School District— 1203
97. Roosevelt Union Free School District— 1191
98. Wyandanch Union Free School District— 1160

Editor's Note: Some school districts may not be ranked because they were not on the CollegeBoard's New York State Public Schools' SAT, SAT Subject Tests, AP, PSAT/NMSQT summary list.

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