Oxford High School has released the results of its first-ever Scholastic Aptititute Test (SAT) results, showing students score higher on the benchmark than those in many neighboring towns in the lower Valley.
Students also scored above the state average for the SATs.
Oxford score 502 in critical reading, 504 in math, and 514 in writing, for a total of 1520. By comparison, Seymour High School totaled 1474. That’s important to note because Seymour High School is where many Oxford students attended school before Oxford had its own high school.
The Oxford test results for 2010 were announced Tuesday during a school board meeting at the high school.
While the Board of Education did not publicly make comparisons to other school districts, James A. Connelly, Interim Superintendent of Schools, did note in a brief interview before the meeting that Oxford’s results are above the state average — 1500.
“We have nothing to compare it to because this was the first SAT test in Oxford,” Connelly said.
The public is able to access scores on a database hosted on Courant.com.
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The results will be useful as a baseline to compare next year’s results, according to high school principal Frank Savo.
“Hopefully we’ll show improvement in that time,” Savo said.
“They are good. Nothing to be ashamed of. Right above state average,” the principal said.
The results showed that Oxford’s scores were less than neighboring Masuk High School in Monroe, where many Oxford students were enrolled in the years before Oxford High School construction was completed in 2007. Masuk had a total of 1554, compared with Oxford’s 1520.
Oxford’s scores are high for the lower Naugatuck Valley in general. Ansonia scored 1358, Derby 1326, and Shelton 1494.
Oxford also eclipsed Woodland Regional High School, which serves towns including the neighboring town of Beacon Falls. Woodland scored 1482.
Wealthy communities perform better on SATs. For comparison, New Canaan scored 1796.
