City high-schoolers saw bigger drops and smaller gains since last year on the three-part SAT college-entrance exam than did their peers in the rest of the state, new data show.
It’s the first time in several years that the comparison with the rest of the state was unfavorable to New York City — and was also excluded from the Department of Education’s public analysis.
On each of the 800-point sections, city kids saw their average scores drop by 2 points in reading — to 434 — and 1 point in writing, to 430.
Meanwhile, students elsewhere in New York dropped by just 1 point in reading — to 502 — while holding steady in writing at 490.
City students managed to raise their mean math scores by a point compared to 2011 — to 461 — while their counterparts in New York bumped their scores up by 2 points — to 518.
In a public release, DOE officials focused almost exclusively on the city’s participation rates for the SAT — which went up by 2 percent since 2011, to roughly 46,000 students — and for Advanced Placement exams.
In a PowerPoint presentation accompanying the release, the SAT scores are described as “nearly flat” compared to last year.
“Advanced Placement and SAT exams are important benchmarks along a student’s path to success in their college and careers, and I’m proud that every year, more New York City students are taking these exams,” said Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott.
SAT participation in the rest of the state dropped by more than 1 percent.
Nationally, 43 percent of students scored high enough on the SAT exam to be considered college-ready, according to the College Board.
That figure was based on students reaching a score of at least 1,550 out of 2,400, which officials said gave them a good chance of succeeding as college freshmen.
DOE officials said they did not calculate that college-ready rate for public-school kids here, although graduation-rate data has put the figure at roughly 21 percent in 2011.
Stuyvesant HS posted the highest average SAT scores among city schools — at 2,096, according to city data.
It was followed, in order, by Bronx HS of Science, Staten Island Tech, HS of American Studies at Lehman College in The Bronx and Townsend Harris HS in Queens.
At the opposite end of the scale were nearly all high schools that serve recent immigrants — known as international high schools — and which posted combined scores averaging less than 950 points.
Citywide, the results on the AP exams were rosier, with 56 percent of test-takers passing at least one exam — up from 54 percent in 2011.
Students can earn credits for a variety of courses at most colleges if they score at least 3 on the 5-point scale.
The passing rate climbed although the number of students taking an Adavnced Placement exam also increased — to more than 32,000.