Here's How Upper Dublin Students Did On The SATs In 2019

UPPER DUBLIN, PA — Upper Dublin High School had one of the highest average SAT scores among high schools in Montgomery County in 2019.

That's according to a new publication of scores, issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, containing mean averages for all 24 of Montgomery County's high schools.

Upper Dublin students averaged 602 on math, 608 on verbal, and 1208 overall. That was good enough for fourth in the county.

The two Lower Merion School District high schools led the way in the county, with Harriton leading the county at a 1257 overall average score. That's good enough to place the entire school average in the 87th percentile of students nationwide. Harriton was closed trailed by Lower Merion High School, which turned in a 1246 average.

The SAT, along with the ACT, does remain one of the key standards used by college admissions boards in evaluating applications. Yet the test has been criticized by some in the education world for giving a default advantage to wealthier students, as students from poorer districts can't afford the same practice books, practice tests, and tutors as students from wealthier districts. Some students may struggle to afford to take the test (around $65) at all, or more than once.

The total scores range from 400, the lowest possible score, to a perfect score, which is 1600. There are two categories which comprise this score, each scored between 200 and 800 points: math, and evidence-based reading and writing (verbal). There is also an essay, which is scored on a scale of 2 to 8.

Here's a full list of how Montgomery County schools performed:

• Harriton, 628 math, 629 verbal, 1257 total
• Lower Merion, 621 math, 624 verbal, 1246 total
• Methacton - 622 math, 604 verbal, 1226 total
• Upper Dublin - 602 math, 606 verbal, 1208 total
• Wissahickon - 613 math, 594 verbal, 1208 total
• Lower Moreland, 621 math, 624 verbal, 1194 total
• Jenkintown - 580 math, 608 verbal, 1188 total
• North Penn - 589 math, 582 verbal, 1172 total
• Spring-Ford - 594 math, 577 verbal, 1172 total
• Perkiomen Valley - 585 math, 579 verbal, 1164 total
• Springfield Township - 582 math, 574 verbal, 1156 total
• Plymouth-Whitemarsh, 571 math, 575 verbal, 1146 total
• Souderton - 571 math, 568 verbal, 1140 total
• Boyertown - 571 reading, 566 verbal, 1137 total
• Owen J. Roberts - 565 math, 570 verbal, 1135 total
• Hatboro-Horsham, 567 math, 563 verbal, 1130 total
• Cheltenham - 553 math, 562 verbal, 1115 total
• Abington - 555 math, 559 verbal, 1114 total
• Upper Perkiomen - 549 math, 551 verbal, 1100 total
• Upper Moreland - 540 math, 546 verbal, 1086 total
• Upper Merion - 536 math, 550 verbal, 1086 total
• Pottsgrove - 535 math, 545 verbal, 1081 total
• Pottstown - 480 math, 514 verbal, 994 total
• Norristown - 467 math, 464 verbal, 931 total

The highest-scoring school in the state was Julia R. Masterman in Philadelphia, a magnet school (comprised of selected gifted students) where the average score was 1402.9.

According to the Princeton Review, the average score for all schools 2018 was 1068.

To see the average scores of incoming freshman at universities across the country, use this tool.