Richmond County students show notable gains on SAT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - For the sixth year in a row, students from Georgia public schools outperformed their counterparts elsewhere in the U.S. on the SAT – and Richmond County students saw some notable results.

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Georgia students recorded a mean score of 1045, which is 42 points higher than the national average of 1003.

The Richmond County School System’s gains included:

The A.R. Johnson and Davidson Fine magnet schools beat the state average.
Butler, Glenn Hills, Hephzibah, Josey and Westside high schools posted an average 29-point jump on the combined SAT.
Butler and Glenn Hills exceeded their pre-pandemic combined scores.
Butler, Glenn Hills, Josey and Westside posted higher scores on the math and evidenced-based reading portions of the SAT.
Josey had the highest increase of SAT test takers and most test-takers in the past six years.

Georgia’s Class of 2023 recorded a mean score of 534 on the evidence-based reading and writing portion of the assessment, and a mean score of 511 on the math portion. That’s compared to averages of 510 and 493, respectively, for students in the nation’s public schools.

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Georgia students’ mean score decreased slightly compared to 2022, when the mean was 1052. The national mean score saw a larger decrease, from 1028 in 2022 to 1003 in 2023.

There were no significant changes in participation; 50% of Georgia’s Class of 2023 took the SAT at some point during high school, compared to 51% of the class of 2022.