Executive Summary

Average ACT Scores by Level of Academic Preparation

Year	No. of Students		Percent	English	Math	Reading	Sci. Reas.	Composite
	Core*	Less*	Core/Less	Core/Less	Core/Less	Core/Less	Core/Less	Core/Less
1997	566141	361947	59/ 38	21.5/18.6	21.8/18.7	22.5/19.7	22.1/19.6	22.1/19.3
1998	606406	354306	61/ 36	21.5/18.6	22.0/18.9	22.4/19.7	22.0/19.6	22.1/19.3
1999	615545	367537	60/ 36	21.6/18.7	21.8/18.9	22.4/19.8	21.9/19.6	22.0/19.4
2000	645513	376645	61/ 35	21.5/18.8	21.8/19.0	22.4/19.8	21.9/19.7	22.0/19.5
2001	645258	369921	60/ 35	21.5/18.8	21.7/19.0	22.2/19.8	21.8/19.8	21.9/19.5

Core = students who reported completing or planning to complete the recommended core college-preparatory curriculum

Less = those who did not
Note: State departments of education may have a different definition of the college preparatory courses and may, therefore, publish reports showing slightly different data.

Average ACT Scores for Total Group

Year	No. of Students	English	Math	Reading	Sci. Reas.	Composite
1997	959301	20.3	20.6	21.3	21.1	21.0
1998	995039	20.4	20.8	21.4	21.1	21.0
1999	1019053	20.5	20.7	21.4	21.0	21.0
2000	1065138	20.5	20.7	21.4	21.0	21.0
2001	1069772	20.5	20.7	21.3	21.0	21.0

ACT Quartile Values

Quartile*	ACT Score
	English	Math	Reading	Sci. Reas.	Composite
75th Percentile	24.4	24.4	25.5	24.0	24.3
50th Percentile – Median	20.2	19.8	21.2	20.8	20.7
25th Percentile	16.5	16.8	16.6	17.9	17.5

* The quartile values are interpolated and are based upon calculated student percentile ranks that may differ from the cumulative percentages reported in the frequency distribution tables in the High School Profile Report.

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