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Tri County presents 2025 SAT results showing gains above state and national averages
Summary
Tri County administrators reported mean SAT gains for the junior class and highlighted growth strategies, including extra writing rotations and use of online tools; staff said 61% met the reading/writing benchmark and 37% met the math benchmark.
Tri County School Corporation administrators on Monday presented preliminary results from the 2025 school-day SAT, telling the board the district’s mean total score exceeded state and national averages.
At a presentation of the data, the presenter said Tri County’s mean reading and writing score was 506 and the mean math score was 505, with a district mean total above the state and U.S. averages. “Our mean score was 506,” the presenter said. The report showed about 61% of students met the college‑ and career‑readiness benchmark for reading and writing and about 37% met the benchmark in math.
Administrators framed the results as evidence of growth after a dip in 2024 and emphasized strategies they attribute to the improvement. A district math representative said instructional changes, including new algebra sequencing and checkpoints, are intended to sustain gains. A staff member described a middle‑school nine‑week rotational course focused on writing skills as one specific intervention aimed at lifting reading and writing performance.
Presenters also noted technical factors that affect results: the SAT is now delivered online and includes integrated tools such as Desmos that, staff said, students need to be comfortable using. “The more comfortable students are with those tools, the more apt they are to pull them up and use them to their full advantage on the SAT,” the presenter said.
Board members asked about participation and accommodations; the presenter confirmed all enrolled students—including EL and special‑education students with accommodations—were tested and said mobility can affect exact counts but that the 51‑student tested cohort represented the grade’s school‑day window. Administrators said the College Board releases more detailed school‑by‑school comparisons later (typically in July) and that the district will continue using PSAT and checkpoint data to target instruction.
The presentation closed with administrators pointing to more students retaking the SAT and using “superscoring” (combining best section scores across test dates) as an explanation for movement into higher score bands for a small number of students.
The district did not present exhaustive subgroup counts at the meeting; staff said more granular data will be available when the College Board releases the full dataset.
