The average SAT score in Texas was 975 for the class of 2024, across 270,551 public school graduates who took the test, per the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) 2024-25 Texas Academic Performance Reports. Testing is close to universal in much of the state: 79% of graduates took the SAT or ACT. LASA (the Liberal Arts and Science Academy) in Austin ISD posted the highest average of any high school with at least 100 SAT takers, at 1407.

TEA reports each graduate's best section scores across every SAT they took, so these averages run higher than single-sitting averages would. "% tested" is the share of graduates who took the SAT or ACT; the SAT average covers only SAT takers.

Top 30 Texas high schools by SAT average, class of 2024

Public high schools with at least 100 SAT takers.

High schoolDistrictSAT takersSAT average% of grads tested (SAT or ACT)
LASA High SchoolAustin ISD2901407100%
School for the Talented and GiftedDallas ISD1211375100%
Carnegie Vanguard High SchoolHouston ISD2001350100%
School of Science and EngineeringDallas ISD1121335100%
Highland Park High SchoolHighland Park ISD260129291.6%
DeBakey High School for Health ProfessionsHouston ISD2101292100%
Carroll Senior High SchoolCarroll ISD622127896.9%
Coppell High SchoolCoppell ISD869127591.6%
Westlake High SchoolEanes ISD635126497.7%
Westwood High SchoolRound Rock ISD6671254100%
Flower Mound High SchoolLewisville ISD716124585.0%
Independence High SchoolFrisco ISD286124095.7%
Clements High SchoolFort Bend ISD582123695.4%
Seven Lakes High SchoolKaty ISD864123698.6%
Centennial High SchoolFrisco ISD4741225100%
The Woodlands High SchoolConroe ISD876121985.5%
Memorial High SchoolSpring Branch ISD6311215100%
Liberty High SchoolFrisco ISD4021211100%
Glenda Dawson High SchoolPearland ISD417120467.9%
Reedy High SchoolFrisco ISD5771203100%
Kinder HSPVAHouston ISD2011199100%
Tompkins High SchoolKaty ISD693119197.3%
Jordan High SchoolKaty ISD648119097.7%
Vandegrift High SchoolLeander ISD6741190100%
Pearce High SchoolRichardson ISD230117886.9%
Richardson High SchoolRichardson ISD207117379.6%
Wakeland High SchoolFrisco ISD4851172100%
Health Careers High SchoolNorthside ISD2271171100%
Hebron High SchoolLewisville ISD603117174.5%
Kingwood High SchoolHumble ISD469116990.8%

Five of the top ten are specialized campuses within Austin, Dallas, and Houston ISDs -- LASA, the School for the Talented and Gifted, Carnegie Vanguard, the School of Science and Engineering, and DeBakey. Most of the rest are large suburban high schools that test nearly all their graduates; Frisco ISD alone has five schools on the list. Statewide, 186 of 904 high schools with at least 100 graduates reported that every graduate took the SAT or ACT.

SAT averages in Texas's largest school districts

Districts with at least 2,500 graduates in the class of 2024.

DistrictGraduates% tested (SAT or ACT)SAT takersSAT average
Frisco ISD5,22597.6%5,0641156
Richardson ISD2,58283.9%6951147
Plano ISD3,57794.2%3,3521106
Round Rock ISD3,57096.0%3,4191106
Conroe ISD5,04769.7%3,3851103
Lewisville ISD4,14174.9%2,8791103
Leander ISD3,21895.2%3,0551100
Katy ISD6,74591.3%6,1281089
Fort Bend ISD6,27389.4%5,5491059
Humble ISD3,61085.3%1,8591054
Austin ISD4,57389.3%4,0621046
Keller ISD2,71787.3%2,3541041
Clear Creek ISD3,07590.0%2,7301033
North East ISD4,46293.2%4,052996
Lamar CISD2,87493.8%2,692996
Mansfield ISD2,90890.1%2,613988
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD8,79496.1%8,442986
Klein ISD4,11792.0%3,780965
Northside ISD7,29492.1%6,711945
Arlington ISD3,93589.7%3,235939
Garland ISD3,89792.5%3,603931
Houston ISD11,42688.7%10,096925
El Paso ISD3,489100%3,525919
Dallas ISD8,48783.3%7,048913
Fort Worth ISD4,71887.8%4,098877
San Antonio ISD2,74290.9%2,313865
Aldine ISD3,84388.3%3,390842

A caution on comparing districts: where far fewer graduates take the SAT than graduate -- Richardson ISD (695 SAT takers from 2,582 graduates), Humble ISD, Conroe ISD -- many students took the ACT instead, or didn't test, and the SAT average reflects a smaller group. Houston and Dallas ISDs have the state's top magnet schools inside some of its lowest district averages.

Texas SAT averages by student group

Group, class of 2024SAT average% tested (SAT or ACT)
All students97579.1%
Asian121597.4%
White106480.5%
Hispanic91276.8%
African American89478.0%
Economically disadvantaged89574.3%

TEA also reports that 22.8% of all class of 2024 graduates met its college-ready criterion on the SAT or ACT (480 reading and writing plus 530 math on the SAT, or the ACT equivalent).

What this means for you

  • Compare a school's average with its testing rate. A school where 100% of graduates take the SAT is reporting on everyone; one where 60% do is not.
  • Texas's top public averages come from specialized district campuses like LASA, TAG, and Carnegie Vanguard -- compare a neighborhood school against other neighborhood schools.
  • For Texas juniors aiming at National Merit, the bar sits far above these averages -- see Texas's National Merit cutoff.
  • For college admissions, your class rank matters as much as your score -- see how Texas automatic admission works, and the companion pieces on AP/IB results by school and where each school's graduates enroll.

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