in 2014, 42 newport school district students took the sat exams. the district's verbal average score was 495. the math average score was 489. the writing average score was 470. statewide in pennsylvania, verbal average score was 497. the math average score was 504. the writing average score was 480. the college board also reported that nationwide scores were: 497 in reading, 513 in math and 487 in writing. in 2014, 1,672,395 students took the sats in the united states.