Highest SAT Scores

Among "All-Girls Schools," view the five boarding schools with the "highest average SAT scores." First, some important notes:

  • For several key reasons (listed below), these comparisons are intended only as informal reference points for evaluating the SAT taking ability of a school's student body.
  • A school's average SAT score is based on a relatively small sample of students from year to year (typically less than 100 students for a graduating class). Average SAT scores, then, can naturally fluctuate year to year while the quality of the overall program and strength of the student body remains consistent.
  • Schools in the list below are often separated by small statistical differences, which for all intents and purposes, are not meaningful in determining the overall strength of the student body between two schools.
  • As a final note: average SAT scores should never be used by a family as an expectation of what score they can expect their child to receive if they go to a particular institution. The SAT correlates very closely with the SSAT: Students who have high SSAT scores invariably have high SAT scores and vise versa - SAT scores generally reflect the testing ability of the student prior to being admitted at a school.

Highest Average SAT Score:

Among All-Girls Schools (out of 28 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
* Indicates Boarding Grades Offered
Boarding School
Type
Grades*
Average SAT Score
1.-2.  The Hockaday School All-Girls 8-12 >2000
1.-2.  Linden Hall All-Girls 5-12, PG >2000
3.  Grier School All-Girls 7-12, PG 1900-2000
4.-10.  Annie Wright School All-Girls 9-12 1800-1900
4.-10.  Dana Hall School All-Girls 9-12 1800-1900
Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
* Indicates Boarding Grades Offered
Boarding School
Type
Grades*
Average SAT Score
4.-10.  Emma Willard School All-Girls 9-12, PG 1800-1900
4.-10.  Miss Hall's School All-Girls 9-12 1800-1900
4.-10.  Miss Porter's School All-Girls 9-12 1800-1900
4.-10.  Salem Academy All-Girls 9-12 1800-1900
4.-10. Westover School All-Girls 9-12 1800-1900
11.-16. Buffalo Seminary All-Girls 9-12 1700-1800
11.-16. Chatham Hall All-Girls 9-12 1700-1800
11.-16. The Ethel Walker School All-Girls 9-12, PG 1700-1800
11.-16. Garrison Forest School All-Girls 8-12 1700-1800
11.-16. San Domenico School All-Girls 9-12 1700-1800
11.-16. Santa Catalina School All-Girls 9-12 1700-1800
17. St. Timothy's School All-Girls 9-12, PG 1500-1600

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