SAT scores are in for 2014, and students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools scored well above the state and national average.
According to numbers from the College Board, the average Chapel Hill-Carrboro senior scored a combined 1183 on math and critical reading; the national average was 1010 and the statewide average was 1006. Including the essay portion, the average Chapel Hill-Carrboro senior scored a 1753; the national and state averages were both just below 1500.
And at Carrboro High School, the average score in 2014 was 53 points higher than the 2013 average.
79 percent of Chapel Hill-Carrboro seniors took the SAT – 710 students in all.
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