The Michael J. Petrides School: average SAT score, 2017-2024
#72 of 548 citywide · 1007/1600 in 2024 · Staten Island · DBN 31R080
- SAT total, 2024
- 1007
- Math
- 499
- Reading & writing
- 508
- Students counted
- 111
In 2024, students at The Michael J. Petrides School who sat the SAT averaged 1007 out of 1600 — 499 on Math and 508 on Reading and Writing. That is 28 points above the 979 averaged across the 461 New York City high schools that reported a score that year. Within Staten Island, where the average is 1023, it is 16 points lower. Citywide it ranks 72 of 548. In Staten Island it is 4 of 15.
Across 8 measured years, the school's average went from 1017 in 2017 to 1007 in 2024, down 10 points. The peak was 1028 in 2018 and the floor 933 in 2022, a spread of 95 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 27 points.
The sharpest single move came between 2021 and 2022, when the average dropped 83 points in one year. Its place in the citywide order moved from 98 of 453 in 2017 to 67 of 461 in 2024, a climb of 31 places.
The 2024 figure is the average of 111 students at this school who actually sat the exam — not of the whole graduating class. Of those test takers, 34% on Math and 53% on Reading and Writing cleared the College Board's college-readiness benchmark. The two sections are far apart here: Reading and Writing clears the bar for a much larger share of students than Math does, which is usually where a prep plan starts.
The highest average in Staten Island that year belonged to Staten Island Technical High School, at 1436, 429 points ahead of The Michael J. Petrides 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 | 1017 | 508 | 509 | 102 | 38% | 61% |
| 2018 | 1028 | 512 | 515 | 103 | 40% | 61% |
| 2019 | 1005 | 502 | 503 | 92 | 35% | 55% |
| 2020 | 964 | 486 | 478 | 105 | 32% | 46% |
| 2021 | 1016 | 500 | 516 | 84 | 31% | 50% |
| 2022 | 933 | 465 | 468 | 115 | 25% | 42% |
| 2023 | 940 | 457 | 483 | 95 | 22% | 48% |
| 2024 | 1007 | 499 | 508 | 111 | 34% | 53% |
| City, 2024 | 979 | 487 | 492 | 53,619 | — | — |
| Staten Island, 2024 | 1023 | 508 | 515 | 3,526 | — | — |
“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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- The Michael J. Petrides 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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