Davie SAT Scores Among Highest

Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 30, 2010

By Beth Cassidy
Enterprise Record

For the fourth year in a row, Davie students increased SAT scores and continue to outshine their counterparts, scoring higher than the state and national average.
They are also one of only 12 systems in the state to have a score of 1,064 or higher.
With an average score of 1,064, students of the class of 2010 bettered the state average score of 1,008 and the national score of 1,017, as well as posting the highest scores of five surrounding counties, Forsyth, Davidson, Iredell, Rowan and Yadkin.
Davie was also the top scoring district within the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium, made up of Alamance-Burlington, Asheboro City, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Lexington City, Mount Airy City, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Thomasville City and Yadkin, in all three sections of the test.
The total average score for students was 1,561, which includes math, critical reading and writing. That score increased by 30 points over the previous year. Math and critical reading combined was 1,064, 27 points higher than the previous year.
The average breakdown of the …