ACT Average Composite Scores by State

1998 ACT-Tested Graduates

	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	64	20.1	65	21.4	33	17.7	2	19.0
Alaska	37	21.3	43	24.0	25	20.9	32	18.0
Arizona	29	21.4	70	22.1	27	19.7	3	20.4
Arkansas	68	20.4	75	21.1	20	18.0	5	18.8
California	12	21.2	65	22.0	31	19.3	4	21.1
Colorado	63	21.6	58	22.7	39	19.9	3	21.0
Connecticut	3	21.8	40	22.4	41	21.3	20	21.5
Delaware	4	21.3	67	22.2	31	19.2	2	22.2
Washington DC	10	17.6	66	17.7	28	17.0	7	19.8
Florida	39	20.8	71	21.7	24	18.2	5	19.9
Georgia	16	20.2	76	20.9	19	17.7	5	19.6
Hawaii	18	21.6	68	22.4	26	19.9	6	20.9
Idaho	63	21.5	50	22.8	47	20.1	3	21.3
Illinois	69	21.4	52	22.9	46	19.7	2	20.4
Indiana	20	21.4	60	22.6	35	19.4	5	21.6
Iowa	65	22.1	68	23.2	31	20.0	2	21.1
Kansas	74	21.7	55	23.2	43	19.8	2	21.3
Kentucky	67	20.2	43	21.1	55	19.6	2	19.5
Louisiana	76	19.5	69	20.5	28	17.0	3	19.7
Maine	4	22.0	38	22.7	51	21.6	11	20.7
Maryland	10	20.9	71	21.3	24	19.6	5	20.5
Massachusetts	5	21.6	45	21.9	41	21.3	13	21.3
Michigan	68	21.3	58	22.5	40	19.6	2	19.9
Minnesota	63	22.2	71	22.8	26	20.4	3	21.9
Mississippi	81	18.7	62	19.9	36	16.7	2	17.9
Missouri	66	21.5	61	22.8	36	19.5	3	21.0
Montana	56	21.9	58	23.2	40	20.1	2	20.6
Nebraska	71	21.8	67	22.8	32	19.8	2	20.3
Nevada	43	21.4	64	22.2	33	19.7	3	21.2
New Hampshire	4	22.5	51	23.1	34	21.9	15	21.7
New Jersey	4	20.7	36	21.4	57	20.4	7	20.5
New Mexico	65	20.1	53	21.4	44	18.7	3	18.9
New York	15	22.0	64	23.3	29	19.4	7	21.2
North Carolina	12	19.4	65	20.3	31	17.5	4	18.3
North Dakota	78	21.4	64	22.7	34	19.1	3	19.8
Ohio	60	21.4	63	22.6	35	19.4	2	20.8
Oklahoma	69	20.5	53	21.9	44	19.0	4	19.4
Oregon	12	22.7	60	23.8	37	21.0	3	21.4
Pennsylvania	7	21.4	68	22.2	27	19.8	5	19.2
Rhode Island	2	22.2	45	22.5	47	21.9	8	21.5
South Carolina	14	19.0	70	19.8	26	16.9	5	18.8
South Dakota	70	21.4	65	22.2	33	19.7	2	19.8
Tennessee	77	19.8	63	20.9	35	18.0	2	18.4
Texas	32	20.3	69	21.2	28	18.0	3	19.3
Utah	68	21.6	45	22.6	53	20.8	2	20.8
Vermont	7	22.0	44	22.7	47	21.3	9	21.6
Virginia	6	20.7	66	21.4	26	19.0	7	19.9
Washington	18	22.6	57	23.4	41	21.4	2	21.7
West Virginia	60	20.1	45	21.2	53	19.2	2	18.8
Wisconsin	66	22.3	62	23.1	36	21.0	2	21.7
Wyoming	65	21.4	55	22.6	43	20.0	2	20.5
National	37	21.0	61	22.1	36	19.3	3	20.3

* Totals for state and national graduating seniors were obtained from Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity 1996-2012, Copyright © by Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, February, 1998.

1998 ACT Composite Averages by State, © 1998 by ACT, Inc.

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