High School of World Cultures: average SAT score, 2017-2023
#349 of 548 citywide · 830/1600 in 2023 · Bronx · DBN 12X550
- SAT total, 2023
- 830
- Math
- 416
- Reading & writing
- 414
- Students counted
- 24
In 2023, students at High School of World Cultures who sat the SAT averaged 830 out of 1600 — 416 on Math and 414 on Reading and Writing. That is 142 points below the 972 averaged across the 445 New York City high schools that reported a score that year. Within Bronx, where the average is 901, it is 71 points lower. Citywide it ranks 349 of 548. In Bronx it is 73 of 146.
Across 6 measured years, the school's average went from 814 in 2017 to 830 in 2023, up 16 points. 2023 is the high point of the whole record; the low was 788 in 2020. Citywide the average moved down 44 points over the same span, so relative to the rest of New York this school is ahead by 60 points.
The sharpest single move came between 2021 and 2023, when the average rose 40 points in one year. Its place in the citywide order moved from 432 of 453 in 2017 to 277 of 444 in 2023, a climb of 155 places.
The 2023 figure is the average of 24 students at this school who actually sat the exam — not of the whole graduating class. With fewer than forty test takers, a handful of students can move this average by ten points or more. Read it as an indication, not a measurement. Of those test takers, 2% on Math and 7% on Reading and Writing cleared the College Board's college-readiness benchmark.
Eight years against the city
SAT total out of 1600. The dashed line is the citywide average for the same years, weighted by the number of students counted at each school.
Year by year
| Year | SAT total | Math | Reading & writing | Tested | College ready, math | College ready, R&W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 814 | 414 | 400 | 26 | 1% | 2% |
| 2018 | 814 | 415 | 399 | 47 | 2% | 4% |
| 2019 | 812 | 410 | 402 | 49 | 2% | 2% |
| 2020 | 788 | 393 | 395 | 46 | 1% | 2% |
| 2021 | 790 | 397 | 393 | 26 | 1% | 2% |
| 2023 | 830 | 416 | 414 | 24 | 2% | 7% |
| City, 2023 | 972 | 482 | 490 | 52,966 | — | — |
| Bronx, 2023 | 901 | 444 | 457 | 8,030 | — | — |
“Tested” is the number of students the DOE counted in that year’s average, not the size of the class. “College ready” is the share of those students who met the College Board benchmark on that section. A dash means the DOE published no figure for that year; nothing here is estimated.
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- Compare all 549 New York City high schools on the same figures, sortable by borough and by score.
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- High School of World Cultures on schools.nyc.gov — the DOE’s own page for this school.
Figures from NYC Open Data — School Quality Reports, Multi-Year Metrics, New York City Department of Education. Rebuilt 2026-09-15. Method and caveats are set out on the index page.
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