Kudos: KHS' Top Practice SAT Scorers & Results

By Nancy Olenchek

Kingsley High School teacher

nolenchek@kingsleyschools.org

Each spring, the Michigan Department of Education requires every public high school student to take a standardized test. The Class of 2027, this year’s senior class, took the PSAT 10 in April 2025 and the SAT in April 2026. 

Congratulations to the Kingsley High School Class of 2027 students who had impressive academic performance and academic growth compared to their previous year scores.

The results are in and the following Kingsley students showed that they are advancing their learning.

CLASS of 2027 PSAT 10 RESULTS

Highest Overall Score: AVA GOMEZ 

Highest Read Write Score (TIE):  MORGAN DEVRIES AND JENNA MIDDLETON

Highest Math Score: AVA GOMEZ

Top 12 Overall Scores	Top 12 Read Write Scores	Top 12 Math Scores
Ava Gomez	Morgan DeVries	Ava Gomez
Morgan DeVries	Jenna Middleton	Morgan DeVries
Jenna MIddleton	Natalie Crawford	Zayden Achard
Natalie Crawford	Ava Gomez	Xander Elzer
Breanna Clark	Breanna Clark	Tristen Schneidt
Zayden Achard	Forest Sias	Delaney Case
Xander Elzer	Lily Brosier	Ian Mitchell
Ian Mitchell	Ian Cox	Adam Wilcoxen
Lily Brosier	Ian Mitchell	Ellie Roussety
Forest Sias	Adam George	Jenna Middleton
Tristen Schneidt	Xander Elzer	Breanna Clark
Adam Wilcoxen	Zayden Achard	Leah Graziano

TOTAL SCORE GROWTH

Congratulations to the Class of 2027 Students who improved their 2026 SAT TOTAL SCORE over their 2025 PSAT 10.TOTAL SCORE.

Z Achard, S Ankney, A Bacon, C Bedrick, B Bielaas, Birgy, B Blackmer, S Boonstra, K Brooks, L Brosier, L Burkett, L Carpenter, B Clark, N Clifford, Cluckey, I Cox, N Crawford, A Dear, M DeVries, S Deweese, K Duynslager, X Elzer, A George, A Gomez, L Graziano, Hansen, N Hodges, L Kibilko, A Kimball, L Leaym, McCoy, T Means, G Merchant, J Middleton, T Miller, I Mitchell, B Patton, A Powell, J Ray, G Sanford, K Schaub, T Schneidt, F Sias, A Strang, S Stremlow, T Susan, A Tulppo, Vongkhamchan, A Wilcoxen, B Wolf, K Woodworth, J Wrasse, C Wyskochil

READ WRITE DOMAIN SCORE GROWTH 

Congratulations to the Class of 2027 Students who improved their 2026 SAT Read/Write Score over their 2025 PSAT 10 Read/Write Score.

Z Ahcard, I Adams, S Ankney, A Bacon, L Bickle, B Bielas, Birgy, A Boyd, K Brooks, L Burkett, L Carpenter, Case, B Clark, Cluckey, I Cox, N Crawford, M DeVries, S Deweese, K Duynslager, A Gomez, T Scheidt, X Elzer, L. Graziano. Hansen, N Hodges, L Kibilko, A Kimball, L Leaym, McCoy, A McKinley, T Means, G Merchant, J Middleton, I Mitchell, B Patton, A Powell, J Ray, G Sanford, T Schmuckal, T Schneidt, F Sias, 

MATH DOMAIN SCORE GROWTH

Congratulations to the Class of 2027 Students who improved their 2026 SAT Math Score over their 2025 PSAT10 Math Score

Z Achard, S Ankney, J Austin, C Bedrick, B Bielas, Birgy, B Blackmer, S Boonstra, K Brooks, L Brosier, L Burkett, L Carpenter, D Case, N Clifford, T Cluckey, P Curtis, A Dear, M DeVries, S Deweese, X Elzer, A George, A Gomez, L Graziano, Hansen, L Kibilko, A Kimball, L Kreiser, McCoy, G Merchant, J Middleton, T Miller, I Mitchell, Osborn, J Ray, E Rousetty, G Sanford, K Schaub, T Schneidt, S Stremlow, T Susan, A Tulppo, Vongkhamchan, A Wilcoxen, K Woodworth,  M Woody, J Wrasse, C Wyskochil

Congratulations to the Kingsley High School Class of 2028 students who had impressive academic performance and academic growth compared to their previous year scores.

Each spring, the Michigan Department of Education requires every public high school student to take a standardized test. The Class of 2028, this year’s junior class, took the PSAT 8/9 in April 2025 and the PSAT 10 in April 2026. 

The results are in and the following Kingsley students showed that they are advancing their learning.

CLASS of 2028 PSAT 10 RESULTS

Highest Overall Score: SEPTEMBER BRICKLEY

Highest Read Write Score:  SEPTEMBER BRICKLEY

Highest Math Score: (TIE) GEORGE SEEBER and SEPTEMBER BRICKLEY

Top 12 Overall Scores	Top 12 Read Write Scores	Top 12 Math Scores
September Brickley	September Brickley	George Seeber
Griffin Gilbreath	David Saxton	September Brickley
Maddison Robinson	Maddison Robinson	Griffin Gilbreath
Hudson Harrand	Griffin Gilbreath	Hudson Harrand
Cole Busick	Hudson Harrand	Jacob Saddington
George Seeber	Cole Busick	Isabelle Scarborough
Caleb Phipps	Carissa Kaster	Maddison Robinson
Mikayla Peuler	Caleb Phipps	Cole Busick
Carissa Kaster	Mikayla Peuler	Caleb Phipps
Jacob Saddington	Rex Henschell	Alex Sterk
Isabelle Scarborough	Ethan Holmes	Mikayla Peuler
Catelyn Whitbeck	Catelyn Whitbeck	Catelyn Whitbeck

TOTAL SCORE GROWTH

Congratulations to the Class of 2028 Students who improved their 2026 PSAT10 TOTAL SCORE over their 2025 PSAT 8/9 .TOTAL SCORE.

B Allman, J Austin, K Baker, L Bancroft, Z Barnes, N Belanger, S Brickley, C Busick, S Canfield, M Charbonneau, W Clous, A Coleman, Cramer, Cranston, C Donner, C Dreves, S Dunham,. K Duynslager, B Ferris, L Fishman, R Gibson, G Gilbreath, A Gilde, B Gray, Green, N Grubaugh, A Guimond, E Harness, R Henschell, T Hernandez, A Hillier, E Holmes, M Hubbard, E Hyde, C Kaster, R Kelly, Knight, C Leatherman, A Manning, E McCorry, I Mondivaiz, J Mummey, P Nelson, A Newman, K Orton, Parker, C Phipps, Porter, A Reckow, W Reuther, M Robinson, J Saddington, M Sammons, D Saxton, I Scarborough, M Schichtel, G Seeber, B Sherman, J Smith, F Springsteen, J Stalker, E Stark, Steger, R Tengdin, A Trafford, C Valencia, L Vore, L Widrig, Wilson, T Witowski

READ WRITE DOMAIN SCORE GROWTH 

Congratulations to the Class of 2028 Students who improved their 2026 PSAT10 Read/Write Score over their 2025 PSAT 8/9 Read/Write Score.

A Allman, B Allman, J Austin, K Baker, Z Barnes, J Blaszak, S Canfield, W Clous, N Coger, A Coleman, Cramer, Dreves, Dunham, Duynslager, B Ferris, B Gray, Grubaugh, A Guimond, L Hadfield, E Harness, R Henschell, T Hernandez, A Hillier, M Hubbard, E Hyde, R Kelly,K Kerby, Knight, C Leatherman, P Luckey, E McCorry, I Mondivaiz, J Mummey, P Nelson, K Orton, Parker, C Phipps, M Robinson, D Saxton, M Schichtel, J Smith, F Springsteen, Steger, R Tengdin, L Vore, L Widrig, Wilson

MATH DOMAIN SCORE GROWTH

Congratulations to the Class of 2028 Students who improved their 2026 PSAT 10 Math Score over their 2025 PSAT8/9 Math Score

B Allman, L Andrews,  J Austin, K Baker, L Bancroft, N Belanger, K Bender, S Brickley,  S Canfield, M Charbonneau, W Clous, A Coleman, Cramer, Cranston, M Delacruz, C Donner, C Dreves, K Duynslager, B Ferris, L Fishman, R Gibson, G Gilbreath, A Gilde,  N Grubaugh, A Guimond, R Henschell, T Hernandez, E Holmes, M Hubbard, E Hyde, C Kaster, Knight, C Leatherman, A Manning, E McCorry, I Mondivaiz, P Nelson, A Newman, K Orton, Parker, Pease, Peuler, C Phipps, Porter, A Reckow, W Reuther, M Robinson, J Saddington, M Sammons, D Saxton, I Scarborough, M Schichtel, G Seeber, B Sherman, J Smith, F Springsteen, J Stalker, E Stark, Steger, L Sterk,  R Tengdin, A Trafford, C Valencia, L Vore, C Whitbeck, Wilson, T Witowski

Information about Scoring

Benchmark Scores

The SAT issues Benchmark Scores.  Meeting the benchmark DOES NOT mean that the student has met the benchmark for the test, grade, or subject.  Meeting the benchmark is an indicator that if the student continues to progress at this pace, the student has a 70% chance of passing a first-year college class with a grade of C or higher.  

Therefore, Benchmark scores should NOT be misinterpreted to indicate that a student has learned the material appropriate to their grade level.  Nor should the Benchmark scores be used to identify successful teaching/learning of a topic.  Nor should the Benchmark scores be interpreted to indicate the overall school is successful.  

Students, teachers, and schools should be evaluated on year to year growth.

Meeting the Benchmark Score ONLY means that the student is progressing to being ready for college by their senior year. 

CLASS OF 2028, PSAT 10 BENCHMARK RESULTS

The percent of students who have MET the benchmark.

	KHS	State	Nation
Total Score	50%	31%	34%
Read/Write	70%	58%	61%
Math	50%	32%	36%

These results indicate that 50% of the Kingsley High School Class of 2028 is on track to be able to score a C or higher in their first year college classes

CLASS OF 2027, SAT BENCHMARK RESULTS

The percent of students who have MET the benchmark.

	KHS	State	Nation
Total Score	50%	31%	34%
Read/Write	70%	58%	61%
Math	50%	32%	36%

These results indicate that 50% of the Kingsley High School Class of 2028 is on track to be able to score a C or higher in their first year college classes

SAT and Grade equivalents

SAT scores do not officially equal school letter grades, but approximate grade equivalents map high scores to A's, average scores to B's and C's, and low scores to failing marks. [1]

Score-to-Grade Estimates

• 1400–1600 (A+ Equivalent): Numerical grades roughly 97%–100%; elite performance showing deep mastery.

• 1100–1390 (A– to A Equivalent): Numerical grades roughly 90%–96%; strong college-ready work.

• 900–1090 (B– to B+ Equivalent): Numerical grades roughly 80%–89%; solid performance near or slightly above average national norms.

• 700–890 (C– to C+ Equivalent): Numerical grades roughly 70%–79%; basic minimum competency.

• Under 700 (D or F Equivalent): Numerical grades below 70%; well below standard high school proficiency. [1, 2]

Key Context

• No Official Scale: The College Board scores tests on a 400–1600 scale and uses percentiles rather than GPA equivalents because grading standards vary heavily between high schools.

• National Averages: An average total score is around 1050 (roughly a B-/C+ grade equivalent, resting near the 50th percentile). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]