George Fox SAT Scores, GPA, and ACT (2026)

George Fox SAT scores for the middle 50 percent of enrolled students run from 1070 to 1340, with an average of 1197 in the 2024-2025 data. Land anywhere inside that 270 point window and your score matches what half the students who actually enrolled brought with them, which at a school admitting 93.5% of applicants means testing is rarely the thing that decides your file. The range is wider than at selective schools, and that is by design: George Fox is test optional in the most recent federal data, so submitted scores skew toward students who tested well and chose to send numbers.

George Fox University is a private nonprofit university in Newberg, OR, with 2,699 students, small enough that admissions reads applications rather than sorting them by cutoff. The section splits tell you where the enrolled class is strongest: Reading and Writing runs 560 to 680 while Math runs 510 to 660, a 50 point gap at the 25th percentile. A student with solid verbal scores and a weaker math section fits the profile here better than at most schools. On the ACT side, the middle 50 percent spans 20 to 29, which maps to roughly the same band of students.

Below 1070 at George Fox means you scored under 1 out of 4 enrolled students who submitted. With 93.5% of applicants admitted, that rarely blocks you, and since the school is test optional in the most recent federal data, you can simply withhold the score and let your transcript carry the file. Inside the 1070 to 1340 range, you look like the middle of the class, and anywhere in the upper half of that range is worth submitting. Above 1340 puts you past 3 out of 4 enrolled students, a position that can strengthen a case for merit consideration at a private university of this size.

The section splits shift the math. Reading and Writing sets the higher bar: its 25th percentile is 560 against 510 for Math, and its 75th is 680 against 660. A 640 verbal score sits comfortably in range while a 640 math score is already near the top quarter. If your two sections are lopsided toward math, your composite may undersell how you compare to the enrolled class here.

Admitted students at George Fox typically present an unweighted GPA somewhere around 3.0 to 3.5. That is a wide band, and it reflects an admission rate of 93.5%: the school says yes to most applicants, so a B average with a reasonable transcript keeps you firmly in play. What matters more than the decimal is what sits behind it. A 3.2 earned in honors and AP sections reads stronger than a 3.5 built on the lightest schedule your school offers, because rigor counts as much as the number itself.

If your GPA sits at the lower edge of that band, the fastest offset is a strong SAT. Transcripts take 3 years to build and cannot be revised senior fall. A score can move in a single prep cycle. Since George Fox is test optional, a submitted score above the 1197 average is a choice you make only when it helps, which turns a good test day into pure upside for a student whose grades undersell them.

Set 2 targets. Scoring at or above 1070 keeps you inside the range half the enrolled class occupied, and at that point submitting is defensible. Scoring at or above 1340 puts you in the top quarter of enrolled students, the spot where a score does real work for a student at George Fox, especially one whose GPA lands near the bottom of the 3.0 to 3.5 band. Between those 2 numbers, use the average of 1197 as your submit or withhold line: above it, send the score; below it, the test optional policy exists for you.

Work the sections separately. Math has the lower floor at 510, so if your practice tests show 560 or better there, you are already ahead of the enrolled 25th percentile. Our score plans break a composite target into weekly section goals so a 1340 stops being abstract. Start by taking a diagnostic this week to find your current composite, then set your target at least 100 points above it and count backward to test day.