The SAT, or Scholastic Assessment Test, is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is designed to assess a student's readiness for college and predict their likelihood of success in college-level courses. It measures skills that are essential for college and career readiness, including reading, writing, and mathematics.
The following areas are tested:
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
This section includes reading, writing, and language components. It assesses a student's ability to understand and analyze written passages, interpret data and evidence, and demonstrate command of English language conventions.
This section evaluates a student's mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills. It includes both multiple-choice and grid-in questions covering topics such as algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Optional Essay (SAT Essay)
The SAT Essay is an optional component that measures a student's ability to analyze and critique an argument. It involves reading a passage and writing an essay that evaluates the author's argumentative strategies.
SAT Scores for Boston Area High Schools 2022/2023
Below are the average SAT scores for public high schools. You can sort the columns to compare the towns that scored the highest and lowest. For more detailed results, click here.
| School | Tests taken | Reading-Writing | Math |
| State Totals | 46582 | 560 | 553 |
| Worcester | 1496 | 451 | 444 |
| Winthrop | 80 | 545 | 552 |
| Woburn | 161 | 562 | 549 |
| Winchendon | 36 | 474 | 454 |
| Winchester | 381 | 647 | 656 |
| Wilmington | 146 | 580 | 576 |
| Whittier Regional Vocational Technical | 47 | 539 | 515 |
| Whitman-Hanson | 161 | 558 | 537 |
| Weymouth | 251 | 547 | 528 |
| Westwood | 278 | 597 | 597 |
| Westport | 44 | 562 | 537 |
| Weston | 132 | 656 | 672 |
| Westfield | 103 | 552 | 533 |
| Westford | 446 | 622 | 631 |
| Westborough | 310 | 623 | 638 |
| West Springfield | 105 | 568 | 541 |
| West Bridgewater | 63 | 568 | 546 |
| West Boylston | 50 | 563 | 526 |
| Wellesley | 330 | 645 | 649 |
| Webster | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Watertown | 118 | 561 | 574 |
| Wayland | 207 | 643 | 652 |
| Wareham | 32 | 578 | 543 |
| Waltham | 195 | 550 | 538 |
| Ware | 35 | 516 | 531 |
| Walpole | 242 | 579 | 565 |
| Wachusett | 397 | 575 | 565 |
| Wakefield | 177 | 573 | 549 |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical | 35 | 537 | 503 |
| Uxbridge | 70 | 540 | 535 |
| Tyngsborough | 85 | 563 | 585 |
| Triton | 113 | 574 | 545 |
| Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical | 74 | 538 | 516 |
| Tewksbury | 62 | 583 | 568 |
| Tantasqua | 208 | 559 | 576 |
| Taunton | 329 | 514 | 489 |
| TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District | 67 | 579 | 527 |
| Swansea | 77 | 560 | 525 |
| Swampscott | 141 | 601 | 585 |
| Sutton | 67 | 577 | 564 |
| Sturgis Charter Public (District) | 187 | 598 | 577 |
| Stoughton | 148 | 564 | 557 |
| Stoneham | 98 | 542 | 526 |
| Spencer-E Brookfield | 37 | 566 | 544 |
| Springfield | 1176 | 435 | 423 |
| Springfield International Charter (District) | 18 | 551 | 525 |
| Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District | 50 | 554 | 539 |
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District | 92 | 530 | 503 |
| Southern Berkshire | 26 | 572 | 514 |
| Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical | 88 | 529 | 506 |
| Southbridge | 15 | 466 | 457 |
| South Shore Regional Vocational Technical | 23 | 546 | 521 |
| South Shore Charter Public (District) | 89 | 524 | 500 |
| South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical | 40 | 562 | 534 |
| Somerville | 183 | 577 | 567 |
| South Hadley | 78 | 567 | 564 |
| Somerset Berkley Regional School District | 170 | 553 | 549 |
| Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential (District) | 12 | 564 | 523 |
| Shrewsbury | 458 | 600 | 618 |
| Silver Lake | 208 | 557 | 551 |
| Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical | 127 | 527 | 506 |
| Sharon | 264 | 634 | 652 |
| Seekonk | 94 | 572 | 553 |
| Scituate | 232 | 571 | 552 |
| Saugus | 96 | 534 | 513 |
| Sandwich | 115 | 569 | 557 |
| Salem Academy Charter (District) | 129 | 512 | 498 |
| Salem | 147 | 466 | 460 |
| Rockport | 48 | 584 | 574 |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District) | 316 | 429 | 427 |
| Rising Tide Charter Public (District) | 50 | 569 | 525 |
| Rockland | 77 | 551 | 519 |
| Reading | 323 | 587 | 583 |
| Revere | 236 | 525 | 516 |
| Ralph C Mahar | 25 | 559 | 528 |
| Randolph | 45 | 537 | 521 |
| Quaboag Regional | 90 | 521 | 489 |
| Quincy | 577 | 568 | 581 |
| Quabbin | 68 | 564 | 550 |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District) | 42 | 522 | 494 |
| Plymouth | 438 | 538 | 512 |
| Pittsfield | 109 | 549 | 519 |
| Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) | 31 | 587 | 551 |
| Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter (District) | 32 | 644 | 621 |
| Pioneer Valley | 28 | 549 | 516 |
| Pioneer Charter School of Science II (District) | 54 | 566 | 623 |
| Pioneer Charter School of Science (District) | 46 | 543 | 568 |
| Pentucket | 115 | 577 | 564 |
| Pembroke | 138 | 577 | 577 |
| Peabody | 181 | 550 | 543 |
| Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School (District) | 45 | 392 | 384 |
| Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Palmer | 27 | 566 | 543 |
| Oxford | 22 | 534 | 520 |
| Old Rochester | 154 | 571 | 560 |
| Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical | 46 | 538 | 519 |
| Norwell | 201 | 602 | 600 |
| Norwood | 183 | 568 | 554 |
| Norton | 120 | 569 | 550 |
| Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical | 46 | 517 | 481 |
| Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical | 100 | 495 | 474 |
| Northbridge | 77 | 543 | 533 |
| Northboro-Southboro | 326 | 608 | 618 |
| Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Northampton | 121 | 643 | 599 |
| North Reading | 141 | 586 | 580 |
| North Middlesex | 117 | 570 | 536 |
| North Brookfield | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| North Attleborough | 243 | 574 | 567 |
| North Andover | 270 | 585 | 577 |
| North Adams | 51 | 467 | 439 |
| Norfolk County Agricultural | 60 | 555 | 510 |
| Newton | 860 | 630 | 637 |
| Newburyport | 188 | 596 | 592 |
| New Bedford | 151 | 502 | 469 |
| New Heights Charter School of Brockton (District) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Needham | 379 | 626 | 632 |
| Neighborhood House Charter (District) | 113 | 440 | 435 |
| Nauset | 178 | 553 | 525 |
| Natick | 351 | 609 | 596 |
| Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical | 33 | 539 | 506 |
| Nashoba | 205 | 594 | 591 |
| Narragansett | 17 | 555 | 518 |
| Nantucket | 77 | 542 | 515 |
| Mount Greylock | 105 | 621 | 587 |
| Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District) | 105 | 590 | 607 |
| Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical | 92 | 564 | 542 |
| Monson | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Monomoy Regional School District | 84 | 591 | 566 |
| Mohawk Trail | 11 | 588 | 550 |
| Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical | 98 | 576 | 529 |
| Milton | 340 | 587 | 571 |
| Millis | 71 | 559 | 544 |
| Millbury | 52 | 537 | 525 |
| Milford | 143 | 558 | 528 |
| Middleborough | 140 | 553 | 541 |
| Methuen | 155 | 547 | 538 |
| Mendon-Upton | 137 | 593 | 548 |
| Melrose | 187 | 597 | 562 |
| Medway | 151 | 576 | 564 |
| Medfield | 205 | 602 | 603 |
| Medford | 163 | 578 | 557 |
| Maynard | 36 | 601 | 573 |
| Match Charter Public School (District) | 64 | 438 | 448 |
| Mashpee | 67 | 559 | 536 |
| Martha's Vineyard Charter Public School (District) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Masconomet | 278 | 585 | 574 |
| Martha's Vineyard | 129 | 570 | 550 |
| Marlborough | 153 | 513 | 496 |
| Marshfield | 257 | 574 | 563 |
| Marblehead | 213 | 592 | 570 |
| Map Academy Charter School (District) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mansfield | 270 | 582 | 574 |
| Malden | 401 | 495 | 511 |
| Manchester Essex Regional | 105 | 622 | 594 |
| Ma Academy for Math and Science | 70 | 719 | 758 |
| Lynnfield | 160 | 574 | 567 |
| Lunenburg | 91 | 576 | 591 |
| Lynn | 232 | 499 | 478 |
| Ludlow | 98 | 560 | 562 |
| Longmeadow | 213 | 608 | 603 |
| Lowell | 267 | 532 | 535 |
| Littleton | 115 | 607 | 597 |
| Lincoln-Sudbury | 387 | 627 | 640 |
| Lexington | 613 | 659 | 679 |
| Lenox | 34 | 642 | 639 |
| Leominster | 137 | 557 | 546 |
| Leicester | 47 | 569 | 564 |
| Lee | 35 | 528 | 531 |
| Lawrence | 414 | 418 | 415 |
| King Philip | 299 | 584 | 570 |
| KIPP Academy Lynn Charter (District) | 10 | 500 | 492 |
| Ipswich | 105 | 597 | 579 |
| Innovation Academy Charter (District) | 29 | 614 | 612 |
| Hull | 43 | 585 | 551 |
| Hudson | 84 | 553 | 536 |
| Hopedale | 59 | 593 | 580 |
| Hopkinton | 291 | 621 | 635 |
| Holyoke | 74 | 491 | 460 |
| Hoosac Valley Regional | 22 | 524 | 539 |
| Holliston | 186 | 612 | 601 |
| Holbrook | 30 | 529 | 511 |
| Hingham | 312 | 620 | 607 |
| Hatfield | 12 | 599 | 543 |
| Haverhill | 151 | 553 | 542 |
| Harvard | 82 | 639 | 626 |
| Hanover | 217 | 577 | 551 |
| Hampshire | 34 | 640 | 616 |
| Hampden-Wilbraham | 183 | 562 | 570 |
| Hampden Charter School of Science West (District) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton-Wenham | 131 | 612 | 589 |
| Hampden Charter School of Science East (District) | 22 | 521 | 498 |
| Hadley | 27 | 570 | 554 |
| Groton-Dunstable | 175 | 600 | 611 |
| Greenfield | 18 | 572 | 558 |
| Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical | 80 | 515 | 499 |
| Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical | 141 | 509 | 496 |
| Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical | 59 | 549 | 507 |
| Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical | 48 | 475 | 460 |
| Granby | 20 | 559 | 542 |
| Greater Commonwealth Virtual District | 16 | 542 | 524 |
| Grafton | 169 | 580 | 579 |
| Gloucester | 103 | 551 | 556 |
| Global Learning Charter Public (District) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Gill-Montague | 17 | 606 | 582 |
| Gateway | 21 | 574 | 521 |
| Georgetown | 68 | 553 | 543 |
| Gardner | 104 | 463 | 449 |
| Frontier | 57 | 619 | 595 |
| Freetown-Lakeville | 163 | 573 | 557 |
| Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical | 19 | 483 | 494 |
| Franklin | 429 | 585 | 575 |
| Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District) | 52 | 606 | 564 |
| Framingham | 339 | 572 | 573 |
| Foxborough Regional Charter (District) | 85 | 541 | 505 |
| Foxborough | 176 | 564 | 564 |
| Four Rivers Charter Public (District) | 14 | 631 | 564 |
| Fitchburg | 270 | 459 | 444 |
| Falmouth | 145 | 577 | 558 |
| Fairhaven | 117 | 546 | 542 |
| Fall River | 243 | 492 | 477 |
| Excel Academy Charter (District) | 146 | 472 | 464 |
| Everett | 270 | 493 | 477 |
| Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District | 244 | 533 | 510 |
| Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School (District) | 107 | 423 | 407 |
| Easton | 221 | 580 | 566 |
| Easthampton | 32 | 576 | 532 |
| Duxbury | 243 | 597 | 577 |
| East Bridgewater | 67 | 550 | 516 |
| East Longmeadow | 111 | 576 | 563 |
| Dracut | 117 | 523 | 523 |
| Dudley-Charlton Reg | 136 | 574 | 556 |
| Dover-Sherborn | 161 | 644 | 647 |
| Douglas | 61 | 554 | 522 |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | 86 | 530 | 519 |
| Dighton-Rehoboth | 112 | 557 | 532 |
| Dartmouth | 169 | 564 | 544 |
| Dedham | 132 | 555 | 572 |
| Concord-Carlisle | 319 | 644 | 647 |
| Danvers | 112 | 572 | 546 |
| Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Charter School of Cambridge (District) | 49 | 526 | 539 |
| Cohasset | 118 | 616 | 586 |
| Clinton | 65 | 535 | 492 |
| Codman Academy Charter Public (District) | 55 | 415 | 393 |
| Chicopee | 126 | 538 | 523 |
| City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea | 64 | 487 | 475 |
| Chelmsford | 275 | 588 | 587 |
| Central Berkshire | 80 | 535 | 535 |
| Carver | 84 | 548 | 529 |
| Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical | 45 | 508 | 474 |
| Canton | 267 | 557 | 555 |
| Burlington | 167 | 585 | 575 |
| Cambridge | 374 | 607 | 587 |
| Brooke Charter School (District) | 125 | 485 | 506 |
| Brookline | 444 | 647 | 661 |
| Brockton | 194 | 513 | 488 |
| Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical | 86 | 531 | 507 |
| Bristol County Agricultural | 36 | 535 | 526 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | 181 | 560 | 546 |
| Bourne | 124 | 513 | 486 |
| Braintree | 361 | 573 | 578 |
| Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District) | 91 | 428 | 424 |
| Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter (District) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School (District) | 48 | 411 | 411 |
| Boston Collegiate Charter (District) | 68 | 478 | 465 |
| Boston | 3083 | 510 | 515 |
| Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical | 50 | 533 | 505 |
| Blackstone-Millville | 35 | 537 | 495 |
| Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical | 201 | 573 | 540 |
| Billerica | 218 | 559 | 551 |
| Berlin-Boylston | 66 | 587 | 581 |
| Beverly | 277 | 553 | 521 |
| Berkshire Hills | 66 | 557 | 532 |
| Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public (District) | 12 | 575 | 530 |
| Belmont | 351 | 644 | 656 |
| Bellingham | 90 | 555 | 517 |
| Belchertown | 102 | 561 | 543 |
| Bedford | 214 | 630 | 637 |
| Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District) | 26 | 447 | 458 |
| Barnstable | 151 | 565 | 548 |
| Avon | 10 | 545 | 507 |
| Ayer Shirley School District | 51 | 554 | 490 |
| Auburn | 119 | 572 | 561 |
| Attleboro | 231 | 554 | 534 |
| Atlantis Charter (District) | 129 | 431 | 419 |
| Athol-Royalston | 14 | 540 | 485 |
| Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical | 46 | 540 | 510 |
| Ashland | 220 | 588 | 604 |
| Ashburnham-Westminster | 76 | 597 | 583 |
| Arlington | 434 | 625 | 620 |
| Argosy Collegiate Charter School (District) | 10 | 522 | 529 |
| Amherst-Pelham | 143 | 624 | 611 |
| Andover | 410 | 611 | 616 |
| Amesbury | 64 | 563 | 541 |
| Agawam | 88 | 563 | 552 |
| Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District) | 159 | 592 | 614 |
| Acton-Boxborough | 402 | 656 | 680 |
| Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abington | 107 | 548 | 524 |
| Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District) | 83 | 516 | 513 |
| District Name | 0 | 0 | 0 |
