NEWS RELEASES 2001-02

NEWS RELEASES 2001-02 :: AUGUST 28, 2001

MEAN SAT SCORES FOR NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2000 and 2001

Notes: *Scores are not reported where number tested was fewer than five.

All Scholastic Assessment Test scores are reported on the recentered score scale (1995).
Percent tested is calculated as the number of students taking the SAT in the LEA divided by the eighth month, twelfth grade membership in the LEA.

	2000					2001
SCHOOL SYSTEM	NUMBER TESTED	PERCENT TESTED	MATH SCORE	VERBAL SCORE	TOTAL SCORE	NUMBER TESTED	PERCENT TESTED	MATH SCORE	VERBAL SCORE	TOTAL SCORE
United States Total	1,260,278	44.0	514	505	1019	1,276,320	45.0	514	506	1020
North Carolina Total	43,077	64.0	496	492	988	44,183	65.0	499	493	992
Alamance County	671	67.1	489	478	967	584	60.8	490	475	965
River Mill Chater	7	100.0	466	493	959	9	100.0	519	506	1025
Alexander County	127	44.1	472	460	932	134	50.0	480	479	959
Alleghany County	48	55.8	479	481	960	32	38.6	487	508	995
Anson County	95	40.9	448	439	887	119	50.4	443	426	869
Ashe County	105	60.0	496	500	996	106	60.6	493	485	978
Avery County	81	58.7	519	488	1007	62	48.4	499	495	994
Beaufort County	206	56.3	479	482	961	165	52.2	481	467	948
Bertie County	137	57.8	411	399	810	137	62.3	394	382	776
Bladen County	165	56.7	442	432	874	161	52.4	429	431	860
Brunswick County	215	48.0	482	483	965	228	47.2	469	470	939
Bun-combe County	825	60.5	532	527	1059	803	60.2	539	521	1060
Asheville	174	74.4	517	521	1038	192	82.8	509	518	1027
Burke County	313	51.3	495	488	983	296	44.4	515	503	1018
Cabarrus County	668	65.0	512	501	1013	644	66.1	508	498	1006
Kan-napolis	82	50.9	454	456	910	70	36.5	495	493	988
Caldwell County	236	38.3	503	498	1001	275	46.5	513	493	1006
Camden County	46	59.0	499	478	977	47	67.1	467	459	926
Carteret County	296	67.6	495	499	994	324	65.5	503	502	1005
Caswell County	86	50.3	430	438	868	84	48.3	447	454	901
Catawba County	423	51.5	518	492	1010	443	54.2	525	500	1025
Hickory	148	81.8	534	524	1058	150	76.1	522	506	1028
Newton- Conover	81	55.9	525	511	1036	90	46.2	525	484	1009
Chatham County	205	64.7	494	489	983	215	64.6	491	481	972
Woods Chater	4	57.1	*	*	*	7	100.0	527	587	1114
Cherokee County	118	57.0	501	515	1016	115	59.6	495	497	992
Edenton/ Chowan County	62	41.1	478	493	971	67	55.4	471	455	926
Clay County	42	62.7	519	513	1032	49	65.3	513	511	1024
Cleveland County	218	52.7	479	476	955	229	49.6	487	482	969
Kings Mountain District	111	52.6	469	460	929	102	57.6	453	464	917
Shelby	103	68.7	505	502	1007	113	71.1	497	497	994
Columbus County	165	39.7	437	435	872	176	45.5	453	444	897
Whiteville	96	71.1	441	453	894	100	68.5	438	442	880
Craven County	425	65.8	484	487	971	395	59.5	493	495	988
Cumber-land County	1,322	50.9	475	485	960	1,358	52.3	467	477	944
Currituck County	66	44.0	490	477	967	102	60.7	505	487	992
Dare County	178	76.7	497	497	994	196	83.4	512	504	1016
Davidson County	540	58.4	489	489	978	559	56.6	496	491	987
Lexington	65	45.8	470	486	956	72	55.4	472	468	940
Thomas-ville	37	43.0	438	432	870	51	56.0	465	453	918
Davie County	172	61.6	503	499	1002	175	65.5	508	519	1027
Duplin County	246	60.3	439	439	878	243	59.9	437	431	868
Durham County	956	75.5	500	494	994	1,090	76.8	498	494	992
Edge- combe County	167	45.3	448	454	902	188	49.1	464	454	918
Winston- Salem/ Forsyth County	1,508	68.9	502	501	1003	1,604	69.3	502	498	1000
Franklin County	167	45.0	477	483	960	152	46.9	469	468	937
Gaston County	840	55.6	475	474	949	850	58.0	483	490	973
Gates County	71	68.9	440	462	902	53	51.5	445	421	866
Graham County	43	59.7	519	461	980	41	65.1	532	460	992
Granville County	144	45.1	487	484	971	155	42.7	481	478	959
Greene County	71	45.5	454	460	914	72	44.4	437	421	858
Greens-boro Math and Science Ctr	7	NA	414	484	898	6	NA	345	385	730
Guilford County	2,309	73.8	504	495	999	2,377	73.8	503	495	998
Halifax County	146	49.2	383	377	760	117	40.2	390	383	773
Roanoke Rapids	94	54.7	495	485	980	98	58.0	499	477	976
Weldon	37	53.6	356	368	724	31	59.6	381	364	745
Harnett County	314	47.4	479	481	960	310	42.9	491	488	979
Haywood County	207	52.3	510	499	1009	251	61.5	512	491	1003
Hen-derson County	404	63.8	520	518	1038	414	66.5	520	512	1032
Hertford County	116	49.4	378	392	770	122	57.5	398	406	804
Hoke County	100	40.2	427	427	854	101	39.3	430	420	850
Hyde County	22	51.2	438	473	911	23	52.3	423	412	835
Iredell County	385	48.5	502	493	995	424	50.8	524	500	1024
Moores- ville	135	61.1	528	526	1054	117	57.1	501	495	996
Jackson County	128	66.7	498	497	995	137	67.8	501	500	1001
Johnston County	472	53.0	492	478	970	444	47.8	501	489	990
Jones County	49	54.4	404	430	834	35	41.2	405	438	843
Lee County	232	51.8	495	468	963	236	54.1	484	475	959
Lenoir County	264	60.0	479	471	950	280	56.8	483	465	948
Lincoln County	315	52.8	472	469	941	310	52.5	483	466	949
Macon County	149	66.8	505	492	997	141	62.7	506	492	998
Madison County	65	52.4	472	492	964	52	46.4	540	530	1070
Martin County	173	59.9	444	438	882	164	63.1	447	441	888
McDowell County	165	45.7	507	495	1002	155	43.8	501	497	998
Charlotte- Meck-lenburg County	3,569	71.9	497	492	989	3,535	72.3	500	497	997
Mitchell County	61	45.2	504	513	1017	61	43.3	486	478	964
Mont-gomery County	85	36.8	467	464	931	108	44.3	471	449	920
Moore County	332	54.6	495	495	990	303	53.0	505	505	1010
Nash- Rocky Mount	442	51.6	482	475	957	490	53.3	485	474	959
NC School of Science and Math	245	NA	671	649	1320	259	NA	672	652	1324
NC School of the Arts	88	NA	536	581	1117	102	NA	546	567	1113
New Hanover County	809	66.4	504	503	1007	841	68.3	515	512	1027
North-ampton County	102	51.5	396	402	798	121	63.0	419	397	816
Onslow County	594	53.5	492	483	975	652	57.7	506	494	1000
Orange County	218	71.2	501	493	994	201	68.1	524	512	1036
Chapel Hill	460	90.6	592	583	1175	529	92.5	601	584	1185
Pamlico County	54	39.4	489	492	981	41	33.9	479	480	959
Elizabeth City/ Pas-quotank Co.	164	62.6	443	450	893	161	72.5	455	461	916
Pender County	180	54.2	462	474	936	168	51.7	466	469	935
Per-quimans County	54	50.5	443	460	903	50	54.9	475	466	941
Person County	155	57.4	470	471	941	165	57.7	460	454	914
Pitt County	656	63.6	508	494	1002	644	62.6	498	492	990
Polk County	59	50.4	479	494	973	67	66.3	499	479	978
Randolph County	304	41.8	493	486	979	403	50.1	490	484	974
Asheboro	132	70.2	517	500	1017	120	75.5	513	506	1019
Richmond County	196	50.6	448	443	891	182	41.7	452	443	895
Robeson County	469	44.3	431	427	858	461	44.2	429	420	849
Rocking-ham County	386	56.0	487	479	966	389	59.8	482	472	954
Rowan-Salisbury	509	47.6	494	492	986	532	50.4	491	485	976
Rutherford County	275	52.2	476	472	948	274	53.6	467	469	936
Sampson County	192	50.4	432	440	872	208	48.4	446	439	885
Clinton	123	71.9	454	441	895	92	60.5	461	455	916
Scotland County	201	64.0	463	445	908	213	66.8	463	439	902
Stanly County	380	63.0	486	461	947	316	55.3	501	471	972
Stokes County	125	37.3	483	473	956	173	44.5	480	468	948
Surry County	157	43.7	492	486	978	163	41.7	504	480	984
Elkin	43	59.7	506	501	1007	51	68.9	496	520	1016
Mount Airy	58	52.3	522	509	1031	48	52.7	523	503	1026
Swain County	54	56.3	486	501	987	59	54.1	510	508	1018
Transyl-vania County	154	64.2	496	508	1004	154	59.2	529	504	1033
Tyrrell County	27	50.9	457	453	910	34	79.1	443	430	873
Union County	663	65.5	492	499	991	666	63.3	506	503	1009
Vance County	164	57.1	427	431	858	181	52.3	440	427	867
Wake County	3,860	77.9	539	522	1061	4,042	76.7	534	520	1054
Warren County	79	61.7	440	446	886	96	69.6	442	449	891
Washing-ton County	103	59.9	415	421	836	83	56.8	439	421	860
Watauga County	224	71.3	530	524	1054	209	70.8	534	523	1057
Wayne County	539	51.0	467	466	933	539	49.4	477	473	950
Wilkes County	236	50.3	502	489	991	241	47.6	510	505	1015
Wilson County	310	51.0	474	469	943	338	53.7	485	468	953
Yadkin County	156	48.6	469	467	936	161	58.5	488	489	977
Yancey County	64	44.4	518	508	1026	56	41.5	493	508	1001

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