- Seventeen percent of students in the class of 2009 who took the SAT attended religious or independent schools—and those students outscored their public school counterparts by significant margins.
- The average SAT writing score for public school students was 487, compared to 530 for students in religious schools, and 555 for students in independent schools.
- On the critical reading section, public school students averaged 496, religious school students 533, and independent students 550.
- On the math portion, public school students averaged 510, religious school students 533, and independent school students 578.
