The Average SAT Score For Black Horse Pike Students Amid COVID

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Students in the Black Horse Regional Public School District averaged 998 on their SATs for the 2019-20 school year, a year that was drastically altered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to data recently released by the New Jersey Department of Education.

The district, which includes Highland, Timber Creek and Triton regional high schools, serves as the sending district for Gloucester Township, Runnemede and Bellmawr. Specifics about test scores were not broken down by town or school.

The SAT is still considered the primary standardized test that judges a student's college qualifications. And even in the middle of a pandemic, they play an important role for New Jersey seniors who are already looking at colleges – even as testing has been delayed, or centers have been closed because of the coronavirus.

Students in some towns have had to go into overdrive to ensure they do well on the standardized test. Read more here: Tutor Preps Moorestown Students Amid Standardized Test Backlog

Patch put together the list of each New Jersey high school's just-released average scores that the state released, and ranked them from top to bottom. Read more here: New Jersey SAT Scores Released In 2021: Every High School Ranked

The Black Horse Pike Regional district ranked 225th in the state out of 307 districts. In Math, the district ranked 218th with an average score of 498. In Reading and Writing, the district ranked 233rd with an average score of 500.

A perfect score would be a combined 1,600, or 800 in each section.

The SAT scores were part of the state Department of Education's School Performance Reports for the 2019-20 school year. The reports include figures on enrollment, proficiency scores, PARCC scores, graduation rates, substance abuse rates SAT scores. Read more here: Black Horse Pike Schools In Top 10 For Substance Abuse, Data Says

These reports are designed to inform parents, educators and communities about how well a school is performing and preparing its students for college and careers, according to the DOE.

"We have always stated that the annual School Performance Reports serve as a springboard for discussion," said Angelica Allen-McMillan, acting commissioner of education. "These discussions are more important now than ever before as students, staff, and others in the school community navigate this difficult time."

With reporting by Tom Davis, Patch Staff