The SAT exam is a standardized test used to determine a student’s readiness for college. It is an important element of an overall college application together with other factors such as grades, type of classes, extracurricular activities, personal interviews, and essays.
There are two SAT elements a) Math and b) Evidence-Based Reading and Writing. SAT scores for an individual element are between 200-800. The combined score ranges from 400 to 1600. An average SAT score would be 1000.
SAT Scores for Boston Area Towns
Below are the SAT scores for High Schools in Boston Area towns. You can sort the columns to compare the towns that scored the highest and lowest.
Town (District) Name | Combined | Reading-Writing | Math |
Abington | 1053 | 528 | 525 |
Acton-Boxborough | 1325 | 648 | 677 |
Adams-Cheshire | 1040 | 524 | 516 |
Agawam | 1099 | 545 | 554 |
Amesbury | 1135 | 567 | 568 |
Amherst-Pelham | 1201 | 604 | 597 |
Andover | 1207 | 604 | 603 |
Arlington | 1204 | 603 | 601 |
Ashburnham-Westminster | 1113 | 556 | 557 |
Ashland | 1169 | 573 | 596 |
Athol-Royalston | 994 | 500 | 494 |
Attleboro | 1091 | 547 | 544 |
Auburn | 1099 | 551 | 548 |
Avon | 996 | 506 | 490 |
Barnstable | 1108 | 556 | 552 |
Bedford | 1226 | 611 | 615 |
Belchertown | 1124 | 567 | 557 |
Bellingham | 1054 | 532 | 522 |
Belmont | 1236 | 612 | 624 |
Berkshire Hills | 1150 | 591 | 559 |
Berlin-Boylston | 1152 | 574 | 578 |
Beverly | 1120 | 566 | 554 |
Billerica | 1111 | 551 | 560 |
Blackstone-Millville | 1075 | 539 | 536 |
Boston | 1016 | 500 | 516 |
Bourne | 1046 | 533 | 513 |
Braintree | 1133 | 559 | 574 |
Bridgewater-Raynham | 1122 | 559 | 563 |
Brockton | 992 | 498 | 494 |
Brookline | 1265 | 627 | 638 |
Burlington | 1134 | 571 | 563 |
Cambridge | 1120 | 557 | 563 |
Canton | 1150 | 572 | 578 |
Carver | 1134 | 568 | 566 |
Central Berkshire | 1103 | 551 | 552 |
Chelmsford | 1159 | 573 | 586 |
Chelsea | 941 | 477 | 464 |
Chicopee | 1072 | 544 | 528 |
Clinton | 1033 | 522 | 511 |
Cohasset | 1199 | 611 | 588 |
Concord-Carlisle | 1271 | 631 | 640 |
Danvers | 1099 | 556 | 543 |
Dartmouth | 1105 | 557 | 548 |
Dedham | 1123 | 552 | 571 |
Dennis-Yarmouth | 1037 | 527 | 510 |
Dighton-Rehoboth | 1088 | 549 | 539 |
Douglas | 1084 | 555 | 529 |
Dover-Sherborn | 1252 | 624 | 628 |
Dracut | 1104 | 545 | 559 |
Dudley-Charlton Reg | 1120 | 556 | 564 |
Duxbury | 1158 | 585 | 573 |
East Bridgewater | 1056 | 539 | 517 |
East Longmeadow | 1123 | 559 | 564 |
Easthampton | 1050 | 536 | 514 |
Easton | 1144 | 572 | 572 |
Everett | 985 | 494 | 491 |
Fairhaven | 1125 | 553 | 572 |
Fall River | 933 | 471 | 462 |
Falmouth | 1122 | 567 | 555 |
Fitchburg | 956 | 481 | 475 |
Foxborough | 1127 | 559 | 568 |
Framingham | 1121 | 547 | 574 |
Franklin | 1145 | 574 | 571 |
Freetown-Lakeville | 1124 | 557 | 567 |
Frontier | 1124 | 558 | 566 |
Gardner | 1032 | 525 | 507 |
Gateway | 1084 | 553 | 531 |
Georgetown | 1153 | 578 | 575 |
Gill-Montague | 1042 | 515 | 527 |
Grafton | 1153 | 572 | 581 |
Granby | 1085 | 543 | 542 |
Greenfield | 1131 | 567 | 564 |
Hampshire | 1164 | 587 | 577 |
Harvard | 1215 | 614 | 601 |
Hatfield | 1121 | 576 | 545 |
Haverhill | 1074 | 541 | 533 |
Holbrook | 994 | 493 | 501 |
Holliston | 1192 | 594 | 598 |
Holyoke | 973 | 492 | 481 |
Hopedale | 1138 | 580 | 558 |
Hopkinton | 1225 | 605 | 620 |
Hudson | 1123 | 570 | 553 |
Hull | 1109 | 560 | 549 |
Ipswich | 1167 | 593 | 574 |
King Philip | 1131 | 572 | 559 |
Lawrence | 960 | 474 | 486 |
Lee | 1147 | 575 | 572 |
Leicester | 1054 | 535 | 519 |
Lenox | 1172 | 594 | 578 |
Leominster | 1074 | 529 | 545 |
Lincoln-Sudbury | 1244 | 612 | 632 |
Longmeadow | 1219 | 606 | 613 |
Lowell | 1034 | 511 | 523 |
Ludlow | 1098 | 549 | 549 |
Lunenburg | 1159 | 583 | 576 |
Lynn | 990 | 496 | 494 |
Lynnfield | 1150 | 576 | 574 |
Malden | 1052 | 509 | 543 |
Manchester Essex Regional | 1188 | 598 | 590 |
Mansfield | 1176 | 581 | 595 |
Marblehead | 1193 | 600 | 593 |
Marlborough | 1054 | 526 | 528 |
Marshfield | 1124 | 565 | 559 |
Martha's Vineyard | 1127 | 567 | 560 |
Masconomet | 1170 | 582 | 588 |
Mashpee | 1077 | 544 | 533 |
Maynard | 1120 | 574 | 546 |
Medfield | 1206 | 599 | 607 |
Medford | 1086 | 541 | 545 |
Medway | 1138 | 567 | 571 |
Melrose | 1117 | 568 | 549 |
Mendon-Upton | 1125 | 567 | 558 |
Methuen | 1022 | 510 | 512 |
Middleborough | 1065 | 534 | 531 |
Milford | 1091 | 548 | 543 |
Millbury | 1087 | 537 | 550 |
Millis | 1105 | 565 | 540 |
Milton | 1169 | 577 | 592 |
Mohawk Trail | 1049 | 537 | 512 |
Monson | 1119 | 570 | 549 |
Mount Greylock | 1211 | 613 | 598 |
Nantucket | 1070 | 544 | 526 |
Narragansett | 1116 | 558 | 558 |
Nashoba | 1190 | 591 | 599 |
Natick | 1168 | 583 | 585 |
Nauset | 1144 | 578 | 566 |
Needham | 1226 | 609 | 617 |
New Bedford | 962 | 484 | 478 |
Newburyport | 1164 | 579 | 585 |
Newton | 1263 | 626 | 637 |
North Adams | 1014 | 514 | 500 |
North Andover | 1140 | 572 | 568 |
North Attleborough | 1126 | 564 | 562 |
North Brookfield | 1128 | 578 | 550 |
North Middlesex | 1114 | 566 | 548 |
North Reading | 1132 | 565 | 567 |
Northampton | 1190 | 599 | 591 |
Northboro-Southboro | 1190 | 591 | 599 |
Northbridge | 1071 | 541 | 530 |
Norton | 1107 | 558 | 549 |
Norwell | 1165 | 588 | 577 |
Norwood | 1111 | 552 | 559 |
Old Rochester | 1131 | 565 | 566 |
Oxford | 1003 | 502 | 501 |
Palmer | 1084 | 545 | 539 |
Peabody | 1067 | 533 | 534 |
Pembroke | 1114 | 557 | 557 |
Pentucket | 1150 | 576 | 574 |
Pittsfield | 1052 | 530 | 522 |
Plymouth | 1017 | 515 | 502 |
Quabbin | 1075 | 538 | 537 |
Quaboag Regional | 1116 | 575 | 541 |
Quincy | 1100 | 541 | 559 |
Ralph C Mahar | 1097 | 550 | 547 |
Randolph | 1026 | 504 | 522 |
Reading | 1160 | 578 | 582 |
Revere | 1001 | 496 | 505 |
Rockland | 1055 | 524 | 531 |
Rockport | 1118 | 574 | 544 |
Salem | 963 | 486 | 477 |
Sandwich | 1100 | 550 | 550 |
Saugus | 1012 | 513 | 499 |
Scituate | 1161 | 586 | 575 |
Seekonk | 1107 | 559 | 548 |
Sharon | 1239 | 611 | 628 |
Shrewsbury | 1188 | 585 | 603 |
Silver Lake | 1143 | 567 | 576 |
Somerville | 1022 | 512 | 510 |
South Hadley | 1155 | 571 | 584 |
Southbridge | 947 | 481 | 466 |
Southern Berkshire | 1185 | 606 | 579 |
Spencer-E Brookfield | 1068 | 537 | 531 |
Springfield | 876 | 443 | 433 |
Stoneham | 1093 | 550 | 543 |
Stoughton | 1058 | 531 | 527 |
Sutton | 1109 | 557 | 552 |
Swampscott | 1156 | 571 | 585 |
Swansea | 1074 | 538 | 536 |
Tantasqua | 1154 | 564 | 590 |
Taunton | 996 | 506 | 490 |
Tewksbury | 1115 | 555 | 560 |
Triton | 1109 | 558 | 551 |
Tyngsborough | 1127 | 562 | 565 |
Wachusett | 1137 | 568 | 569 |
Wakefield | 1131 | 565 | 566 |
Walpole | 1138 | 572 | 566 |
Waltham | 1051 | 525 | 526 |
Ware | 1074 | 542 | 532 |
Wareham | 1061 | 525 | 536 |
Watertown | 1109 | 548 | 561 |
Wayland | 1256 | 618 | 638 |
Webster | 1034 | 518 | 516 |
Wellesley | 1253 | 625 | 628 |
West Boylston | 1122 | 572 | 550 |
West Bridgewater | 1088 | 552 | 536 |
West Springfield | 1098 | 549 | 549 |
Westborough | 1203 | 593 | 610 |
Westfield | 1076 | 547 | 529 |
Westford | 1232 | 608 | 624 |
Weston | 1279 | 627 | 652 |
Westport | 1096 | 568 | 528 |
Westwood | 1207 | 596 | 611 |
Weymouth | 1067 | 536 | 531 |
Whitman-Hanson | 1067 | 541 | 526 |
Wilmington | 1101 | 558 | 543 |
Winchendon | 1041 | 529 | 512 |
Winchester | 1253 | 617 | 636 |
Winthrop | 1064 | 539 | 525 |
Woburn | 1100 | 549 | 551 |
Worcester | 937 | 468 | 469 |