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Immaculate Students Achieve Perfect Math SAT Scores

DANBURY, CT – Immaculate High School is proud to announce that two students achieved perfect scores on the math portion of the SAT exam in December. Both Jie Du ‘23 of Danbury and Yipeng “Simon” Zhao ‘24 of Sandy Hook scored an 800 on the math section. SAT scores are used to determine college admissions and merit-based scholarships.

Principal Wendy Neil praised faculty and staff for their dedication to supporting students. “We have an amazing faculty, counseling team and support staff who all play a role in our students’ success,” said Neil. “Congratulations to Jie and Yipeng for working hard to achieve this tremendous honor.”

About Immaculate

As a college preparatory high school, Immaculate’s college readiness program enables all students to create a successful, personalized academic profile. With an 11 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio, students receive individual academic support. Each counselor is assigned 125 students compared to the reported American School Counselor Association’s 2020-21 national average report of 415 students per counselor. This means Immaculate has three times the number of counselors per student than the United States average.

Immaculate High School is a private, non-profit Catholic college-preparatory institution serving students from 28 communities in Connecticut and New York. A continued commitment to our 60-year tradition of being a value-based, student-centric, outcomes focused Catholic high school, has driven our rising trajectory as evidenced by the 2022 Niche A+, Best Schools ranking.