SAT Scores Released: See How Allegheny County High Schools Fared

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA - If you're curious as to which Allegheny County high schools had the best and worst SAT scores last year, wonder no more. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has released 2019 SAT scores for all public high schools in the state.

In Allegheny County, the three suburban high schools with the highest composite score averages were Upper St. Clair with 1238.9, North Allegheny with 1235.8 and Fox Chapel with 1224.2. The Pittsburgh Public Schools with the best average scores were Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy with 1140.6, Pittsburgh CAPA with 1122.8 and Pittsburgh Allderdice with 1041.6.

The three suburban schools with the lowest composite score averages were Sto-Rox with 859.7, Clairton with 907.9 and East Allegheny with 933.7. The three Pittsburgh Public Schools with the worst average scores were Pittsburgh Westinghous with 770.3, Pittsburgh Perry with 799.1 and Pittsburgh Brashear with 864.7.

SATs have a total score between 400 and 1600. To see the average scores of incoming freshman at universities across the country, use this tool.

According to the Princeton Review, the average score in 2018 was 1068.

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.

Here's a look at how all public high schools in Allegheny County did on the 2019 SATs:

Avonworth

• Math average: 564.7

• Reading and writing average: 575.6

• Composite score average: 1140.4

Baldwin

• Math average: 542.8

• Reading and writing average:646

• Composite score average:1088.9

Bethel Park

• Math average: 552.2

• Reading and writing average: 574.6

• Composite score average: 1126.7

Brentwood

• Math average: 507.4

• Reading and writing average: 527.6

• Composite score average: 1035

Chartiers Valley

• Math average: 538.3

• Reading and writing average: 557.5

• Composite score average: 1095.8

Clairton

• Math average: 447.9

• Reading and writing average: 460

• Composite score average: 907.9

Cornell

• Math average: 480

• Reading and writing average: 497.3

• Composite score average: 977.3

Deer Lakes

• Math average: 528.8

• Reading and writing average:553.7

• Composite score average: 1082.5

East Allegheny

• Math average: 453.5

• Reading and writing average: 480.1

• Composite score average: 933.7

Elizabeth Forward

• Math average: 510.8

• Reading and writing average: 523.6

• Composite score average: 1034.4

Fox Chapel

• Math average: 615.9

• Reading and writing average: 608.3

• Composite score average:1224.2

Gateway

• Math average: 536.5

• Reading and writing average: 551.3

• Composite score average: 1087.8

Hampton

• Math average: 607.1

• Reading and writing average: 607.8

• Composite score average: 1214.9

Highlands

• Math average: 497.7

• Reading and writing average: 503.8

• Composite score average: 1001.5

Keystone Oaks

• Math average: 584.4

• Reading and writing average: 545.6

• Composite score average: 1094.1

McKeesport

• Math average: 455.9

• Reading and writing average: 485.7

• Composite score average: 941.6

Montour

• Math average: 546.3

• Reading and writing average: 561.6

• Composite score average: 1108

Moon

• Math average: 560.2

• Reading and writing average: 564.7

• Composite score average: 1124.9

Mt. Lebanon

• Math average: 603

• Reading and writing average: 617.4

• Composite score average:1220.4

North Allegheny

• Math average: 621.5

• Reading and writing average: 614.3

• Composite score average: 1235.9

North Hills

• Math average: 574.6

• Reading and writing average: 570.9

• Composite score average: 1145.6

Northgate

• Math average: 488.4

• Reading and writing average: 512.2

• Composite score average: 1000.6

Penn Hills

• Math average: 462.8

• Reading and writing average: 492.2

• Composite score average: 954.9

Pine-Richland

• Math average: 606.4

• Reading and writing average: 595

• Composite score average: 1201.4

Pittsburgh Academy at Westinghouse

• Math average: 380.5

• Reading and writing average: 389,8

• Composite score average: 770.3

Pittsburgh Allderdice

• Math average: 519.1

• Reading and writing average: 522.5

• Composite score average: 1041.6

Pittsburgh Brashear

• Math average: 427.7

• Reading and writing average: 437

• Composite score average: 864.7

Pittsburgh CAPA

• Math average: 548.9

• Reading and writing average: 573.9

• Composite score average: 1122.8

Pittsburgh Carrick

• Math average: 470.3

• Reading and writing average: 474

• Composite score average: 944.2

Pittsburgh Milliones

• Math average: 384.1

• Reading and writing average: 408.8

• Composite score average: 792.9

Pittsburgh Obama

• Math average: 491.9

• Reading and writing average: 509.2

• Composite score average: 1001.2

Pittsburgh Online Academy

• Math average: 472.3

• Reading and writing average: 485.5

• Composite score average: 957.7

Pittsburgh Perry

• Math average: 386.4

• Reading and writing average: 412.8

• Composite score average:799.1

Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy

• Math average: 576.6

• Reading and writing average: 564

• Composite score average: 1140.6

Plum

• Math average: 523.6

• Reading and writing average: 538

• Composite score average: 1061.6

Propel Braddock Hills

• Math average: 469.3

• Reading and writing average: 476.2

• Composite score average: 945.5

Quaker Valley

• Math average: 597.4

• Reading and writing average: 589.1

• Composite score average: 1186.5

Riverview

• Math average: 560.9

• Reading and writing average: 584.9

• Composite score average: 1145.8

Shaler

• Math average: 555.8

• Reading and writing average: 566.7

• Composite score average: 1122.5

South Allegheny

• Math average: 488.7

• Reading and writing average: 514.8

• Composite score average: 1003.5

South Park

• Math average: 541.7

• Reading and writing average: 548.1

• Composite score average: 1089.8

Springdale

• Math average: 549.1

• Reading and writing average: 543.3

• Composite score average: 1092.3

Steel Valley

• Math average: 505.2

• Reading and writing average: 516.5

• Composite score average: 1021.7

Sto-Rox

• Math average: 407.6

• Reading and writing average: 452.2

• Composite score average: 859.7

Thomas Jefferson

• Math average: 538

• Reading and writing average: 553.1

• Composite score average: 1091

Upper St. Clair

• Math average: 626.2

• Reading and writing average: 612.7

• Composite score average: 1238.9

West Allegheny

• Math average: 542.3

• Reading and writing average: 554.2

• Composite score average: 1096.5

West Mifflin

• Math average: 474.1

• Reading and writing average: 493.9

• Composite score average: 968

Woodland Hills

• Math average: 489.9

• Reading and writing average: 507.3

• Composite score average: 997.2

Patch staff writer Kara Seymour contributed.