*The 2007 Talent Search results were based on a total of 14,095 seventh grade participants (6,823 females and 7,272 males) and 9,069 eighth graders (4,391 females and 4,678 males), whose scores were received by March 15.  Seventh graders who tested well enough to receive the State Award with High Honors scored at least 550; eighth graders were required to score at least 600.

Twenty-three seventh and eighth grade Dorris-Eaton students qualified to take the SAT.  Every one of the eighth graders exceeded the average score for college-bound seniors in both reading and math.  In all, 14 Dorris-Eaton participants received Honors with Distinction or State Awards with High Honors in math by scoring as well as or above the 518 average for college-bound seniors.  Sixteen Dorris-Eaton students scored as well as or above the 503 average in verbal for college-bound seniors.
Dorris-Eaton eighth graders earning Distinction and State recognition out-scored college-bound seniors by an average of 107 points in verbal and 77 points in the math category.

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth is based at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

The difference is education.