SAT scores.
Local SAT Scores
Averages for 1996 graduates from area public schools, from local school districts and the College Board
| Verbal | Math | Total | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Score | Change from '95 | Score | Change from '95 | Score | |
| Alexandria | 501 | 5 | 505 | 11 | 1006 | |
| Anne Arundel County | 514 | 0 | 527 | 2 | 1041 | |
| Arlington County | 529 | 14 | 527 | 10 | 1056 | |
| Calvert County | 516 | 3 | 512 | 5 | 1028 | |
| District | 417 | n/a | 404 | n/a | 821 | |
| Fairfax County | 543 | 5 | 553 | 7 | 1096 | |
| Howard County | 534 | 1 | 546 | 3 | 1080 | |
| Loudoun County | 524 | 5 | 513 | 7 | 1037 | |
| Montgomery County | 538 | -4 | 550 | 3 | 1088 | |
| Prince George's County | 448 | -1 | 441 | -2 | 889 | |
| Prince William County | 513 | -1 | 501 | 1 | 1014 | |
| St. Mary's County | 506 | 1 | 498 | 1 | 1004 | |
| U.S. average (public and private) | 505 | 1 | 508 | 2 | 1013 | |