The Coweta County School System’s average composite SAT score for the graduating class of 2025 rose 14 points over the previous year’s class, placing Coweta graduates well above state and national averages on the college entrance exam.
Coweta Schools’ average SAT score rose to 80 points above the national SAT average on the college entrance exam, and 47 points above the state average. Georgia students have outscored the nation on average SAT performance for the last eight years.
The College Board’s annual SAT report presents data only for students in the class of 2025 who took the SAT during high school, SAT takers are counted only once, and only the most recent score is included.
This year, system-wide performance on the SAT college entrance exam placed the Coweta County School System in about the top 15 percent of mean SAT scores among the 182 Georgia school districts reporting in 2025.
“Our school system is very pleased to see our students maintain this high level of performance,” said Coweta Superintendent Evan Horton. “That is the result of several years of good work from all Coweta schools, pre-K through 12th grade, and the support of parents and our community in that work.”
“Our primary focus as a school system is about building the competitiveness of our graduates, whether that is through college readiness or other post-secondary paths,” said Horton. “But this is also about the competitiveness of our whole community, too. By investing in students and helping them achieve this level of performance, we are making Coweta County the kind of place that others want to invest in as well.”
“With our growing accelerated career and dual enrollment programs and our relentless focus on literacy and mathematics in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade, we continue to see our students outperform the state and national average SAT scores,” said Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Chase Puckett. “The focus on continuous school improvement by our teachers and our leaders is continuing to benefit our students and our community.”
This year’s county, state and national SAT averages were:
2025 SAT Reading/Writing Math Total Score
Coweta County School System 557 520 1076
Georgia 526 502 1029
Nation 508 488 996
Northgate posted the highest average SAT score in the county among its 2025 graduates, at 1107. All three Coweta high schools saw rises among 2025 graduate SAT performance, and outscored both state and national SAT averages. 2025 SAT averages for Coweta’s three high schools were:
2025 SAT Reading/Writing Math Total Score
East Coweta High 553 518 1071
Newnan High 548 505 1053
Northgate High 571 536 1107
Coweta’s high school graduates showed higher performance on reading and writing and math sections of the exam, for a 14-point overall increase in SAT scores, during a year that state and national averages on the exam remained static overall. All three Coweta high schools showed improvement in student SAT performance in all areas in 2025.
Reporting released by the College Board and the Georgia Department of Education shows test results for 2025 graduates on the SAT’s Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Math sections of the test. The test is scaled between 400 and 1600 points, and the above scores above represent data for students in the graduating class of 2024 who took the SAT at any point during high school.
For the eighth year in a row, Georgia’s public-school students significantly outperformed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT. Specifically, Georgia’s class of 2025 recorded a mean score of 1029, 33 points higher than the national average for public-school students of 996.
Georgia’s public-school class of 2025 recorded a mean score of 526 on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing portion of the assessment and a mean score of 502 on the math portion. That’s compared to averages of 508 and 488, respectively, for students in the nation’s public schools.
“Even as participation increases, Georgia students continue to outperform their peers across the nation on the SAT – a testament to the hard work of Georgia’s students, teachers, leaders, and families and the work we’ve done to invest in academic recovery and prepare all students for life,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “This reflects our Student Bill of Rights in action, ensuring every student in Georgia has the chance to succeed, no matter their path after graduation.”
For more information about Georgia’s 2025 SAT performance, and state reporting on school and system-level SAT performance, go here.
