How students in local school districts fared on this year’s SAT - Gainesville Times

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How students in local school districts fared on this year’s SAT

Flowery Branch High honor graduate Reed Petty prepares to line up to enter the sanctuary Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Free Chapel Worship Center during the school's graduation ceremony. More Georgia students are taking the SAT in preparation for college and scoring better than the national average. - photo by Scott Rogers

05252018 GRADflowery 3.jpg — Flowery Branch High honor graduate Reed Petty prepares to line up to enter the sanctuary Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Free Chapel Worship Center during the school's graduation ceremony. More Georgia students are taking the SAT in preparation for college and scoring better than the national average. - photo by Scott Rogers

More students in Hall, Gainesville, Buford, Forsyth and Dawson schools took the SAT in 2018 than did in 2017, helping Georgia best the national average in scores, the state Department of Education announced on Thursday, Oct. 25.