Success Academy’s Largest Senior Class Achieves An Average Combined Math And Verbal SAT Score of 1268
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOVEMBER 4, 2019**
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SUCCESS ACADEMY’S LARGEST SENIOR CLASS ACHIEVES AN AVERAGE COMBINED MATH AND VERBAL SAT SCORE OF 1268
10 Percent of Class Scores Above 1400
Success Academy, Senior Class COMBINED MATH AND VERBAL SAT SCORE OF 1268″ width=”640″ height=”427″ />New York, NY — The sons and daughters of immigrant families, African American, and Hispanic — most of the seniors at Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts will be the first in their families to attend college, and last week the class got some great news from the College Board. On average, the 114 seniors scored 1268, about 200 percentage points higher than the national average. Ten percent of the class scored above 1400, and three scholars scored above 1500. One scholar, Loretta Tuider (below), scored a perfect 800 on math.
How Success Academy seniors compare nationally
Average SAT Scores
|
Population |
Average Math Score** |
Average Verbal Score** |
Average Total Score** |
|
Success Academy |
654 |
614 |
1268 |
|
All Students Nationally* |
531 |
536 |
1068 |
|
Black Students Nationally* |
463 |
483 |
946 |
|
Hispanic Students Nationally* |
489 |
501 |
990 |
|
White Students Nationally* |
557 |
566 |
1123 |
*National comparison data from 2018
**Figures represent “superscores” for SA scholars, which combines top score from each category.
Percentage of Students Meeting SAT College-Readiness Benchmarks
|
Population |
Met Math Benchmark |
Met Verbal Benchmark |
Met Both Benchmarks |
Met Neither Benchmark |
|
Success Academy |
100% |
96.5% |
96.5% |
0% |
|
All Students Nationally* |
47% |
70% |
49% |
27% |
|
Black Students Nationally* |
23% |
50% |
21% |
49% |
|
Hispanic Students Nationally* |
33% |
58% |
31% |
40% |
|
White Students Nationally* |
61% |
82% |
59% |
16% |
*National comparison data from 2018
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ABOUT SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS
Founded in 2006, Success Academy Charter Schools are free public K-12 schools open to all children in the state through a random lottery. With 45 schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, Success Academy enrolls 18,000 students, primarily children of color from low-income households in disadvantaged neighborhoods: 74% receive free or reduced-price lunch, 94% are students of color, 16% have disabilities, and 8% are English language learners. Success Academy schools received more than 17,000 applications for about 4,000 open seats for the 2019-20 academic year.
For more information about Success Academy, go to successacademies.org.
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