in 2011, 224 harrisburg high school students took the sat exams. the school's verbal average score was 392. the math average score was 392. the writing average score was 350. pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with sat scores: verbal - 493, math - 501, writing - 479. in the united states, 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. they averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing.