Best and worst SAT averages for high schools in S.A. region





Click ahead to see if your school made the top 10 or the 10 bottom. less Few surprises arise in the average SAT scores of high schools in Region 20, which includes much of South Texas. Above, the green markers represent the schools with the best scores in the region, and the red markers represent the worst schools. Few surprises arise in the average SAT scores of high schools in Region 20, which includes much of South Texas. Above, the green markers represent the schools with the best scores in the region, and the red ... more Photo: Kolten Parker Photo: Kolten Parker Image 1 of / 35 Caption Close Best and worst SAT averages for high schools in S.A. region 1 / 35 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — With family income a key variable in student performance on standardized tests, few surprises arise in the average SAT and ACT scores of high schools in Region 20, a multiple-county administrative region for the Texas Education Agency that includes the San Antonio metro area.

The tests, administered in the 2012-13 school year, produced the lowest average scores at campuses that serve lower income populations. Campuses with exceptional averages tended to be in more affluent neighborhoods or on military posts, according to an Express-News database of the scores for every high school in Texas.

Browse the data, see how your or your children's high school's scores match up and compare their overall performance in our database here.

Region 20 campuses with the highest average, however, were led by a charter school whose enrollment is 38 percent economically disadvantaged, which shows that the correlation of demographics to performance isn't absolute.

The top 10 list also includes three North East ISD high schools, a Northside ISD magnet school and a school on a military post. Two Edgewood ISD schools and four San Antonio ISD schools were in the bottom 10.

To see the top and bottom 10 lists, click through the slideshow above.

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