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The 1997 ACT High School Profile Report -- National Normative Data

Table 1: Average ACT Scores, Distributions, and Cumulative Percentiles

Numbers and Percentages of Scores in Four Intervals

Score Intervals	ACT English		ACT Mathematics		ACT Reading		ACT Sci Reasoning		ACT Composite
Score Intervals	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
28-36	100896	11	104276	11	160125	17	94993	10	96619	10
23-27	239064	25	216887	23	222992	23	249706	26	248595	26
18-22	308217	32	326239	34	309338	32	398174	42	368292	38
1-17	311124	32	311899	33	266846	28	216428	23	245795	26
Mean	20.3		20.6		21.3		21.1		21.0
Standard Deviation	5.4		5.0		6.1		4.7		4.7
Number of Students - 959301



% = Percent at or Below
	ACT English		ACT Mathematics		ACT Reading		ACT Sci Reasoning		ACT Composite
Score	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
36	942	99	2124	99	7178	99	3110	99	74	99
35	1265	99	596	99	11855	99	1219	99	507	99
34	3640	99	2157	99	14848	98	2816	99	1686	99
33	3736	99	5486	99	11109	96	6253	99	4225	99
32	6293	99	8618	99	18058	95	3419	99	7514	99
31	9319	98	14931	98	15795	93	14387	98	12546	99
30	20944	97	18385	96	23638	92	18012	97	18189	97
29	22215	95	25765	95	25390	89	16319	95	22453	95
28	32542	93	26214	92	32254	87	29458	93	29425	93
27	36985	89	39227	89	32199	83	27049	90	36566	90
26	43758	86	35599	85	46439	80	42072	87	43142	86
25	48540	81	42702	81	40112	75	58696	83	49628	82
	ACT English		ACT Mathematics		ACT Reading		ACT Sci Reasoning		ACT Composite
Score	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
24	50434	76	51446	77	55380	71	50883	77	56428	76
23	59347	71	47913	72	48862	65	71006	71	62831	71
22	52096	65	53569	67	65336	60	76216	64	68668	64
21	61605	59	49843	61	67086	53	82955	56	73951	57
20	69614	53	62587	56	55410	46	63728	47	76064	49
19	59320	45	74034	49	75722	40	90699	41	75899	41
18	65582	39	86206	41	45784	33	84576	31	73710	33
17	60884	32	87508	33	43117	28	62615	23	66658	26
16	52772	26	86593	23	46438	23	61953	16	58016	19
15	51724	21	60358	14	36118	18	33701	10	47970	13
14	43570	15	41218	8	37385	15	22377	6	36100	8
13	32349	11	22050	4	43441	11	16313	4	22729	4
	ACT English		ACT Mathematics		ACT Reading		ACT Sci Reasoning		ACT Composite
Score	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
12	26237	7	10518	1	25721	6	9557	2	10403	1
11	21302	5	2676	1	20568	4	6808	1	3020	1
10	12732	2	703	1	8442	1	1759	1	677	1
9	5894	1	149	1	2819	1	820	1	165	1
8	2519	1	75	1	1230	1	330	1	44	1
7	873	1	25	1	865	1	134	1	11	1
6	171	1	13	1	371	1	28	1	1	1
5	77	1	7	1	184	1	19	1	0	1
4	16	1	0	1	81	1	2	1	0	1
3	2	1	6	1	49	1	7	1	0	1
2	0	1	0	1	13	1	0	1	1	1
1	2	1	0	1	4	1	5	1	0	1

Table 1: Average ACT Scores, Distributions, and Cumulative Percentiles

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