Bay Area SAT Scores: How Does Your School Compare?

Here's a list of the top eleven Bay Area public high schools based on their students' average SAT scores. (I've updated the school list: I had mistakenly included Monte Vista HS in Danville instead of Monta Vista HS in Cupertino.)

1. Lynbrook HS in San Jose (1430)
2. Mission San Jose HS in Fremont (1430)
3. Monta Vista HS in Cupertino (1410)
4. Henry M. Gunn HS in Palo Alto (1400)
5. Saratoga HS in Saratoga (1390)
6. Palo Alto HS in Palo Alto (1370)
7. Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon (1350)
8. Miramonte HS in Orinda (1340)
9. Los Altos HS in Los Altos (1330)
10. Lowell HS in San Francisco (1310)
11. Campolindo HS in Moraga (1300)

You can search for your school directly by visiting Niche.com and typing your school district's name into the Location box:

Compass Prep maintains a similar list organized by the number of National Merit Semifinalists at each school. The Compass list is much more comprehensive: it includes all public and private high schools with at least one semifinalist, and the data are also broken down by county and income:

We all have a tendency to compare ourselves to our neighbors. If you're just average in Santa Clara or Alameda County, you're better than you think.