 From 2003 to 2005, the average total SAT score for students in rural Pennsylvania was 992, while urban students averaged 1,006.During the same period, 28 percent of 11th and 12th graders in rural school districts took the exam, compared to 32 percent of urban students in the same grades.The average math and verbal scores were 495 and 497, respectively, for rural students, while urban test-takers averaged 499 and 507, respectively.