2002 National and State Scores

Table 4: Average ACT Scores, Distributions, and Cumulative Percentages for All Students


   Total Number of Students = 1116082
  Score English Mathematics Reading Science Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
  36 1163 99 1182 99 6877 99 2906 99 134 99
  35 3772 99 3745 99 12092 99 2643 99 1072 99
  34 8272 99 6945 99 11925 98 4725 99 2770 99
  33 9198 99 6072 99 16124 97 2896 99 5272 99
  32 6985 98 9499 98 17963 96 8410 99 8465 99
  31 15864 97 13054 98 21580 94 9196 98 12991 98
  30 22912 96 17977 96 25519 92 6135 97 19048 97
  29 29486 94 25532 95 33294 90 18980 97 24578 96
  28 31686 91 34138 92 38087 87 23757 95 32768 93
  27 33165 88 42363 89 43545 84 38367 93 40772 90
  26 41306 85 48849 86 62467 80 35879 89 48944 87
  25 55941 82 58364 81 51335 74 72099 86 57455 82
  Score English Mathematics Reading Science Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
  24 54033 77 54026 76 47980 69 59121 80 66026 77
  23 58734 72 57403 71 54391 65 94173 74 72754 71
  22 68685 67 60073 66 73545 60 97140 66 79675 65
  21 80364 60 55070 61 70989 54 74331 57 85296 58
  20 81623 53 68679 56 61275 47 109182 51 86854 50
  19 80501 46 77007 50 58747 42 108124 41 84638 42
  18 64174 39 95238 43 53329 37 98698 31 82468 35
  17 64820 33 104243 34 61432 32 65666 22 75469 27
  16 56341 27 101129 25 47669 26 55892 16 67180 20
  15 65925 22 81804 16 61728 22 32125 11 56137 14
  14 40628 16 54984 8 53054 17 34712 9 44246 9
  13 33940 13 25674 3 51249 12 23969 5 31955 5
  Score English Mathematics Reading Science Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
  12 28844 10 9052 1 43243 7 14929 3 19016 3
  11 23630 7 2944 1 21884 3 12686 2 7725 1
  10 19868 5 676 1 8378 1 5381 1 1806 1
  9 18228 3 214 1 3075 1 2404 1 405 1
  8 10738 1 25 1 1624 1 963 1 111 1
  7 3737 1 70 1 786 1 318 1 31 1
  6 1109 1 14 1 427 1 163 1 10 1
  5 296 1 21 1 271 1 67 1 6 1
  4 72 1 1 1 117 1 6 1 4 1
  3 27 1 13 1 43 1 30 1 0 1
  2 9 1 0 1 30 1 0 1 1 1
  1 6 1 2 1 8 1 9 1 0 1
 
  Number and percentage in the Standards for Transitions® Score Ranges
  Score English Mathematics Reading Science Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
  33–36 22405 2 17944 2 47018 4 13170 1 9248 1
  28–32 106933 10 100200 9 136443 12 66478 6 97850 9
  24–27 184445 17 203602 18 205327 18 205466 18 213197 19
  20–23 289406 26 241225 22 260200 23 374826 34 324579 29
  16–19 265836 24 377617 34 221177 20 328380 29 309755 28
  01–15 247057 22 175494 16 245917 22 127762 11 161453 14
  Mean (Standard Deviation) 20.2
(5.8)		 20.6
(5.0)		 21.1
(6.1)		 20.8
(4.6)		 20.8
(4.8)
 
The numbers in the columns titled "%", for each ACT test and composite are cumulative percents. Cumulative percents represent the percent of students scoring at or below a selected score.
 
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