Fayette students increased their scores on the 2016 SAT giving the school system an average composite score of 1567, a 30-point increase from 2015 when the score was 1537. Fayette scored 529 in math, 529 in critical reading, and 509 in writing.
Fayette also outperformed both the state and national average composite scores posting 108 points higher than Georgia’s average composite (1459), and 81 points above the national average composite (1486).
All five high schools placed within the top 22 percent in the state, even when comparing scores to schools that had fewer than 100 test takers. All schools increased their scores this year with Fayette County High having a 77-point jump, the highest of all schools, with an average composite score of 1456 compared to the 2015 average composite score of 1379. The school ranks in the top 22 percent in the state.
McIntosh High had the second largest increase, 30 points, with an average composite score of 1654. The school ranks in the top three percent in the state. Also posting a double-digit increase, 13 points, was Starr’s Mill High with an average composite score of 1622. The school ranks in the top five percent in the state.
Whitewater High had a seven-point increase with an average composite score of 1535; the school ranks in the top 10 percent in the state. Sandy Creek High posted a five-point increase with an average composite score of 1469; the school ranks in the top 19 percent in the state.
