Here's How Phoenixville HS Students Did On The SATs In 2019

PHOENIXVILLE, PA — Phoenixville High School finished right in the middle of Chester County for average SAT scores in 2019.

That's according to a new publication of scores from the Pennsylvania Department of Education which contains mean averages for all 18 of Chester County's high schools.

Phoenixville's average score of 582 math, 581 verbal, and 1163 total was good enough for 9th overall in the county. It was about on par with neighboring Spring-Ford (1172) and West Chester East (1160).

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Downingtown STEM (which requires admission), led the county with a 1350 average. Conestoga was second with a 1267 average.

The SAT, along with the ACT, remains one of the key standards used by college admissions boards in evaluating applications. Yet the test has been criticized by some in the education world for giving a default advantage to wealthier students, as students from poorer districts can't afford the same practice books, practice tests, and tutors as students from wealthier districts. Some students may struggle to afford to take the test (around $65) at all, or more than once

The total scores range from 400, the lowest possible score, to a perfect score, which is 1600. There are two categories which comprise this score, each scored between 200 and 800 points: math, and evidence-based reading and writing (verbal). There is also an essay, which is scored on a scale of 2 to 8.

Here's how districts in Chester County scored:

• Downingtown STEM - 688 math, 670 verbal, 1350 total
• Conestoga - 643 math, 623 verbal, 1267 total
• Unionville-Chadds Ford - 625 math, 626 verbal, 1251 total
• Great Valley - 609 math, 604 verbal, 1213 total
• West Chester Rustin - 606 math, 593 verbal, 1200 total
• West Chester Henderson - 586 math, 590 verbal, 1176 total
• Spring-Ford - 594 math, 577 verbal, 1172 total
• Downingtown East - 583 math, 587 verbal, 1170 total
• Phoenixville - 582 math, 581 verbal, 1163 total
• West Chester East - 581 math, 579 verbal, 1160 total
• Kennett - 573 math, 576 verbal, 1150 total
• Avon Grove HS - 550 math, 578 verbal, 1128 total
• Owen J. Roberts - 565 math, 570 verbal, 1135 total
• Downingtown West - 568 math, 565 verbal, 1133 total
• Avon Grove Charter School - 550 math, 578 verbal, 1128 total
• Octorora - 560 math, 559 verbal, 1119 total
• Oxford - 530 math, 537 verbal, 1067 total
• Coatesville - 460 math, 478 verbal, 938 total

The list includes Spring-Ford because that district spills over the county border and covers Spring City.

The highest-scoring school in the state was Julia R. Masterman in Philadelphia, a magnet school (comprised of selected gifted students) where the average score was 1402.9.

According to the Princeton Review, the average score for all schools 2018 was 1068.

To see the average scores of incoming freshmen at universities across the country, use this tool.