1999 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	65	20.2	65	21.4	33	17.7	2	18.4
Alaska	35	21.1	42	24.1	27	20.4	31	17.6
Arizona	28	21.4	70	22.1	27	19.7	3	20.6
Arkansas	69	20.3	74	21.1	21	17.8	6	19.0
California	12	21.3	65	22.1	31	19.6	4	21.3
Colorado	62	21.5	57	22.6	40	20.0	3	20.4
Connecticut	3	21.6	43	22.2	41	20.9	16	21.4
Delaware	3	20.5	62	21.5	34	18.6	5	20.8
Washington DC	13	18.6	64	18.9	23	17.7	13	18.8
Florida	39	20.6	70	21.5	25	18.3	5	19.7
Georgia	16	20.0	76	20.7	20	17.7	5	19.1
Hawaii	18	21.6	69	22.1	26	20.1	5	21.9
Idaho	60	21.4	48	22.6	49	20.2	3	20.8
Illinois	67	21.4	51	22.9	46	19.8	2	20.7
Indiana	19	21.2	62	22.3	33	19.4	5	20.5
Iowa	66	22.0	66	23.0	32	19.9	2	21.4
Kansas	75	21.5	54	23.0	44	19.7	3	19.9
Kentucky	68	20.1	44	21.1	54	19.4	2	19.6
Louisiana	76	19.6	70	20.6	27	17.0	3	19.2
Maine	4	22.1	45	22.7	45	21.9	10	20.5
Maryland	10	20.9	70	21.3	25	19.9	5	20.8
Massachusetts	6	22.0	44	22.3	41	21.9	15	21.7
Michigan	69	21.3	55	22.6	42	19.7	2	20.7
Minnesota	64	22.1	69	22.9	28	20.4	3	21.6
Mississippi	82	18.7	61	19.8	37	16.9	2	18.3
Missouri	67	21.6	61	22.7	36	19.6	3	21.6
Montana	54	21.8	56	23.1	41	20.0	2	20.0
Nebraska	73	21.7	67	22.6	31	19.8	2	20.3
Nevada	41	21.5	65	22.3	33	19.9	2	19.9
New Hampshire	5	22.2	55	22.9	38	21.5	8	21.1
New Jersey	4	20.7	34	21.2	59	20.3	7	20.9
New Mexico	64	20.1	53	21.3	43	18.8	3	18.8
New York	14	22.0	63	23.2	30	19.6	7	21.0
North Carolina	12	19.4	64	20.4	32	17.6	4	18.9
North Dakota	79	21.4	63	22.8	35	19.0	2	19.3
Ohio	59	21.4	62	22.6	36	19.5	2	20.7
Oklahoma	69	20.6	52	21.8	45	19.2	3	19.8
Oregon	11	22.6	60	23.7	37	21.0	3	21.3
Pennsylvania	7	21.4	69	22.2	26	19.8	5	19.4
Rhode Island	3	22.7	44	22.6	47	22.9	9	21.8
South Carolina	18	19.1	70	19.9	26	17.1	4	19.2
South Dakota	70	21.2	63	22.3	35	19.4	2	19.7
Tennessee	77	19.9	62	20.9	36	18.2	2	18.9
Texas	31	20.3	70	21.2	27	18.2	3	19.1
Utah	68	21.4	43	22.4	55	20.6	3	21.1
Vermont	9	21.9	45	22.5	40	21.1	15	22.3
Virginia	7	20.6	67	21.3	25	19.2	7	19.8
Washington	18	22.6	56	23.4	41	21.5	2	22.0
West Virginia	58	20.2	43	21.4	56	19.3	2	18.7
Wisconsin	67	22.3	61	23.1	36	21.0	2	21.8
Wyoming	66	21.4	54	22.6	44	20.1	2	20.2
National	36	21.0	60	22.0	36	19.4	4	20.2

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