First child will be in freshman HS next year and has very little money saved for college

Maybe have your oldest take the SAT this spring. It won’t count for college. This will give him some practice and you a baseline of his strengths. Make sure he signs up for the PSAT in 9th sand 10th grade. Sign up for SAT and ACT questions of the day and vocabulary word of the day apps. Those are free and sent to your phone. Big money is offered for high GPA’s and test scores.