SAT scores remained unchanged overall in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools but continue to be the highest of any local education agency in North Carolina.
The CHCCS composite of reading and math is 1179. The CHCCS composite of reading, math and writing is 1751. The district average for reading is 581, down two points from last year’s average. The district average for math is 598, up two points from last year’s average. The district’s average for writing is 572, down two points over last year.
Despite numbers that mirror those in last year’s report, the district average still outpaces the state average. The CHCCS average of 1179 is 173 points higher than the state average. The state and national trends for performance also were flat. In composite measures calculated both with and without writing results, East Chapel Hill High School is the highest ranking public non-charter high school in North Carolina. Carrboro High ranks third and Chapel Hill High School fourth.
This was the first time results were reported for Carrboro High School. The school’s composite average is 1177 on math and reading and 1754 for reading, math and writing. CHS has an average of 576 in reading, 601 in math and 577 in writing.
“East Chapel Hill High School is the highest ranking public non-charter high school in North Carolina” … wrong, check out NCSSM, a public non-charter high school that does about 200 points better