Georgia High School SAT Scores Stay Above National Average

For the fifth year in a row, Georgia public-school students outperformed their
counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT – specifically, Georgia public-
school students recorded a mean score of 1052, 24 points higher than the national
average for public-school students of 1028.

Georgia’s public-school class of 2022 recorded a mean score of 536 on the Evidence-
Based Reading and Writing (ERW) portion of the assessment, and a mean score of 516
on the math portion. That’s compared to averages of 521 and 507, respectively, for
students in the nation’s public schools.

Locally, the test averages are down from the statewide average.

In Hart County, 99 high school students took the test last year earning a total mean of 995. That broke down to a 514 mean score in evidence-based reading and writing, and a 481 in math.

In Franklin County, the results were slightly better. 107 high school students took the SAT last year earning a mean score of 516 on the evidence-based reading and writing, and a 498 mean score on math.  That gave the Franklin County High School a combined mean score of 1014.

Georgia students’ 2022 mean score decreased compared to 2021, when the mean
score was 1077, but is still higher than 2020’s mean score of 1043 and 2019’s mean
score of 1048. Georgia public-school students’ lead over the national average has also
grown during that time, from a nine-point gap in 2019 to a 24-point gap today.

Additionally, participation increased sharply compared to 2021, when the impacts of the
pandemic – including the temporary waiver of SAT/ACT score requirements for
University System of Georgia admissions, and the cancellation of some test
registrations and closure of some test centers in 2020 – caused fewer students in the
graduating class to take the SAT.  Fifty-one percent of Georgia’s class of 2022 took the SAT at some point during high school, compared to 38 percent of the class of 2021.