in 2011, 28 newport school district students took the sat exams. the district's verbal average score was 460. the math average score was 476. the writing average score was 442. 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.