How Charlotte area school districts scored on the SAT

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has an average score just below the N.C. state average for combined math and reading scores as well as the total combined score that includes writing (second map). Schools within CMS ranged widely, from more than 1,700 to less than 1,200 on the total combined scores (math, critical reading and writing).

The last map shows the percentage of students taking the SAT by district. N.C. students take the SAT at a higher rate than the country (52 percent of U.S. students took the test in 2010, versus 68 percent in North Carolina). South Carolina students take the test at the national average (51.8 percent in S.C. compared to 52 percent nationally).

Keith Waters