in 2016, 24 newport school district students took the sat exams. the district's verbal average score was 524. the math average score was 535. the writing average score was 493. the college board also reported that statewide 92,569 pupils took the exams with average scores declining again in all three measurers to: 494 in reading, 508 in math and 482 in writing. among the 12 high schools in the csiu16 region, area high school ranked th which was above the state average. nationally, 1,681,134 students took the sats.