Total		Core Course Completers		Non-Core Course Completers		No Course Data
State	% of Graduates Tested*	Average Composite Score	% of Total Tested*	Average Composite Score	% of Total Tested*	Average Composite Score	% of Total Tested*	Average Composite Score
Alabama	61	20.2	63	21.5	34	17.7	2	18.8
Alaska	32	21.0	42	24.0	24	20.9	33	17.2
Arizona	27	21.1	64	22.0	33	19.6	3	19.6
Arkansas	66	20.3	73	21.1	22	18.0	4	18.9
California	11	21.0	66	21.9	31	19.2	3	20.6
Colorado	62	21.5	57	22.7	41	19.9	3	20.7
Connecticut	3	21.7	44	22.1	36	21.2	20	22.0
Delaware	3	21.0	71	22.4	24	17.8	4	16.2
Washington, DC	5	17.2	71	17.2	24	16.3	5	20.9
Florida	36	20.7	72	21.7	24	18.0	4	19.4
Georgia	16	20.2	77	21.0	18	17.3	5	19.2
Hawaii	17	21.6	68	22.2	28	20.2	4	21.4
Idaho	62	21.4	50	22.6	48	20.2	2	20.4
Illinois	69	21.2	49	22.9	49	19.6	2	20.2
Indiana	19	21.2	54	22.7	41	19.4	5	20.4
Iowa	64	22.1	66	23.1	33	20.0	2	20.6
Kansas	74	21.7	52	23.2	46	20.0	2	21.3
Kentucky	65	20.1	37	21.1	61	19.6	2	19.4
Louisiana	80	19.4	66	20.6	31	17.1	3	19.1
Maine	2	21.5	37	22.3	49	21.5	13	19.5
Maryland	11	20.7	73	21.1	23	19.4	4	20.1
Massachusetts	6	21.6	43	22.1	40	21.3	17	21.3
Michigan	68	21.3	56	22.5	42	19.6	1	20.1
Minnesota	60	22.1	71	22.8	26	20.3	2	21.9
Mississippi	79	18.7	61	19.9	37	16.9	3	17.6
Missouri	64	21.5	58	22.8	39	19.7	2	20.4
Montana	55	21.9	59	23.2	39	19.9	2	20.5
Nebraska	73	21.7	63	22.8	36	19.9	1	19.9
Nevada	39	21.3	62	22.1	36	19.8	2	20.1
New Hampshire	4	22.3	51	23.0	38	21.8	11	21.0
New Jersey	3	20.8	33	21.3	54	20.1	14	22.3
New Mexico	59	20.3	53	21.5	44	19.0	3	19.2
New York	16	21.9	64	23.2	29	19.3	7	21.2
North Carolina	11	19.3	64	20.3	31	17.3	4	18.0
North Dakota	78	21.4	64	22.7	34	19.0	2	18.8
Ohio	60	21.3	61	22.5	37	19.4	2	20.5
Oklahoma	66	20.6	51	21.9	46	19.2	3	18.8
Oregon	12	22.3	57	23.5	34	20.9	9	19.4
Pennsylvania	8	21.0	68	21.9	26	19.3	6	18.7
Rhode Island	2	21.4	46	21.8	45	21.1	9	21.0
South Carolina	13	18.9	67	19.7	27	16.8	6	18.6
South Dakota	68	21.3	65	22.2	34	19.7	1	19.6
Tennessee	83	19.7	54	21.2	44	17.9	2	18.3
Texas	30	20.2	67	21.2	30	17.9	3	19.2
Utah	69	21.5	42	22.6	56	20.8	2	20.5
Vermont	7	21.9	41	22.7	51	21.3	8	21.2
Virginia	6	20.7	65	21.5	28	19.0	7	19.8
Washington	16	22.4	58	23.2	40	21.3	2	22.0
West Virginia	57	20.0	43	21.2	55	19.1	2	18.9
Wisconsin	64	22.3	62	23.0	37	21.1	1	21.4
Wyoming	70	21.4	53	22.7	45	20.0	2	20.0
National	36	21.0	59	22.1	38	19.3	3	20.0

1997 ACT Composite Averages by State, © 1997 by The American College Testing Program.