Summit Students Rank High In State For Average SAT Scores

SUMMIT, NJ — In a list of the average SAT scores for more than 300 high schools around New Jersey, Summit students came out on top.

Summit High School came in at number 34 on the list of 307 high schools. The average score in Summit was 1218.

The SAT is among the factors that determines where a student can get into college. A perfect score would be a combined 1600, or 800 in each of reading and math.

Below is a list Patch put together of combined average scores of each school's district, ranked highest to lowest. You can see the entire list of 307 schools, plus separate lists for reading and math scores, here: READ MORE: New Jersey SAT Scores Released In 2021: Every High School Ranked

Here are the combined scores for each school's district, ranked top to bottom:

1. Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Bergen 1381
2. Monmouth County Vocational School District, Monmouth 1377
3. Millburn Township School District, Essex 1342
4. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Mercer 1338
5. Montgomery Township School District, Somerset 1320
6. Princeton Public Schools, Mercer 1301
7. Ocean County Vocational Technical School District, Ocean 1300
8. Tenafly Public School District, Bergen 1294
9. Ridgewood Public School District, Bergen 1287
10. Bernards Township School District, Somerset 1285
11. Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Union 1284
12. Morris County Vocational School District, Morris 1282
13. Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District, Somerset 1273
14. Glen Ridge Public School District, Essex 1265
15. Northern Valley Regional High School District, Bergen 1258
16. South Brunswick School District, Middlesex 1251
17. Cresskill Public School District, Bergen 1246
18. Northern Highlands Regional High School District, Bergen 1245
19. Mountain Lakes Public School District, Morris 1238
20. Metuchen Public School District, Middlesex 1237
21. School District of the Chathams, Morris 1237
22. Holmdel Township School District, Monmouth 1236
23. Livingston Board of Education School District, Essex 1229
24. Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, Somerset 1229
25. Westfield Public School District, Union 1229
26. Haddonfield School District, Camden 1225
27. East Brunswick Township School District, Middlesex 1225
28. Madison Public School District, Morris 1223
29. River Dell Regional School District, Bergen 1221
30. New Providence School District, Union 1221
31. Edison Township School District, Middlesex 1220
32. West Morris Regional High School District, Morris 1220
33. Hillsborough Township Public School District, Somerset 1218
34. Summit Public School District, Union 1218
35. Glen Rock Public School District, Bergen 1213
36. Moorestown Township Public School District, Burlington 1213
37. Montclair Public School District, Essex 1206
38. Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Mercer 1206
39. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District, Monmouth 1204
40. Highland Park Boro School District, Middlesex 1196
41. Mahwah Township Public School District, Bergen 1195
42. Robbinsville Public Schools, Mercer 1195
43. Montville Township School District, Morris 1191
44. Watchung Hills Regional High School District, Somerset 1190
45. Berkeley Heights School District, Union 1188
46. Kinnelon School District, Morris 1185
47. Park Ridge School District, Bergen 1183
48. Monroe Township School District, Middlesex 1182
49. Randolph Township School District, Morris 1182
50. Fort Lee School District, Bergen 1175
51. South Orange-Maplewood School District, Essex 1175
52. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, Morris 1171
53. North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, Hunterdon 1168
54. Leonia Public School District, Bergen 1167
55. Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, Hunterdon 1167
56. Fair Lawn Public School District, Bergen 1162
57. Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, Bergen 1161
58. Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, Union 1160
59. Upper Freehold Regional School District, Monmouth 1159
60. Somerset Hills Regional School District, Somerset 1159

The complete list of schools, as well as separate lists for average math and reading scores, are here: New Jersey SAT Scores Released In 2021: Every High School Ranked

Tom Davis contributed reporting to this story.

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