James Madison High School: average SAT score, 2017-2024
#61 of 548 citywide · 1030/1600 in 2024 · Brooklyn · DBN 22K425
- SAT total, 2024
- 1030
- Math
- 518
- Reading & writing
- 512
- Students counted
- 617
In 2024, students at James Madison High School who sat the SAT averaged 1030 out of 1600 — 518 on Math and 512 on Reading and Writing. That is 51 points above the 979 averaged across the 461 New York City high schools that reported a score that year. Within Brooklyn, where the average is 981, it is 49 points higher. Citywide it ranks 61 of 548. In Brooklyn it is 11 of 155.
Across 8 measured years, the school's average went from 1033 in 2017 to 1030 in 2024, down 3 points. The peak was 1036 in 2021 and the floor 970 in 2023, a spread of 66 points. Citywide the average moved down 37 points over the same span, so relative to the rest of New York this school is ahead by 34 points.
The sharpest single move came between 2021 and 2022, when the average dropped 60 points in one year. Its place in the citywide order moved from 88 of 453 in 2017 to 57 of 461 in 2024, a climb of 31 places.
The 2024 figure is the average of 617 students at this school who actually sat the exam — not of the whole graduating class. Of those test takers, 32% on Math and 47% on Reading and Writing cleared the College Board's college-readiness benchmark.
The highest average in Brooklyn that year belonged to Brooklyn Technical High School, at 1405, 375 points ahead of James Madison High School. A gap that size is a different admissions pool, not a different amount of preparation.
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 | 1033 | 528 | 506 | 708 | 44% | 57% |
| 2018 | 1020 | 521 | 499 | 745 | 42% | 53% |
| 2019 | 1007 | 511 | 496 | 745 | 41% | 51% |
| 2020 | 977 | 502 | 475 | 899 | 37% | 43% |
| 2021 | 1036 | 530 | 506 | 624 | 37% | 42% |
| 2022 | 976 | 491 | 485 | 822 | 32% | 44% |
| 2023 | 970 | 482 | 488 | 765 | 29% | 46% |
| 2024 | 1030 | 518 | 512 | 617 | 32% | 47% |
| City, 2024 | 979 | 487 | 492 | 53,619 | — | — |
| Brooklyn, 2024 | 981 | 490 | 491 | 15,293 | — | — |
“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.
Next
- Compare all 549 New York City high schools on the same figures, sortable by borough and by score.
- SAT preparation — what actually moves a score, and how far it moves in the time you have.
- James Madison High School 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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