The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is a test administered to students in grades 5 to 11 who will be applying for admissions into independent or private junior high and high schools. The SSAT measures the student’s ability to solve problems in Mathematics, Reading Comprehension and Verbal sections.

The test is administered on two levels: the Lower level for students in grades 5-7 and the Upper level for students in grades 8-11.For grades 5-7 scores in each section range from 440-710.The scores for each of the sections are added together for the composite score, with 2130 being a perfect SSAT score. Scores for the upper level in each section range from 500-800 and the perfect composite score is 2400.

SSAT consists of two parts: a brief essay and a multiple choice test. SSAT is 2 hours and 35 minutes long and consists of five sections.