Orange County Schools see SAT score improvement
SAT scores for Orange County Schools increased eight points from last year, yielding an average score of 1047.
The College Board released its 2005 SAT College-Bound Seniors report Tuesday. County schools scored higher than both the state average of 1010 and the national average of 1028.
The county saw a participation rate of 77 percent while the national rate is 49 percent. According to the board, scores usually tend to decrease as more students in a school take the test.
Cedar Ridge High students scored an average of 1063, slightly higher than Orange High students’ 1032 average.
