2002 National and State Scores
Executive Summary
| Average ACT Scores by Level of Academic Preparation | |||||||||
| Year | No. of Students | Percent | English | Math | Reading | Science | Composite | ||
| Core* | Less* | Core/Less | Core/Less | Core/Less | Core/Less | Core/Less | Core/Less | ||
| 1997-98 | 606406 | 354306 | 61/ 36 | 21.5/18.6 | 22.0/18.9 | 22.4/19.7 | 22.0/19.6 | 22.1/19.3 | |
| 1998-99 | 615545 | 367537 | 60/ 36 | 21.6/18.7 | 21.8/18.9 | 22.4/19.8 | 21.9/19.6 | 22.0/19.4 | |
| 1999-00 | 645513 | 376645 | 61/ 35 | 21.5/18.8 | 21.8/19.0 | 22.4/19.8 | 21.9/19.7 | 22.0/19.5 | |
| 2000-01 | 645258 | 369921 | 60/ 35 | 21.5/18.8 | 21.7/19.0 | 22.2/19.8 | 21.8/19.8 | 21.9/19.5 | |
| 2001-02 | 643596 | 397544 | 58/ 36 | 21.4/18.4 | 21.6/18.8 | 22.2/19.5 | 21.7/19.4 | 21.8/19.2 | |
| * 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 | Science | Composite | |
| 1997-98 | 995039 | 20.4 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 21.0 | |
| 1998-99 | 1019053 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | |
| 1999-00 | 1065138 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | |
| 2000-01 | 1069772 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 21.0 | |
| 2001-02 | 1116082 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 20.8 | |
| ACT Quartile Values | ||||||
| Quartile* | ACT Score | |||||
| English | Math | Reading | Science | Composite | ||
| 75th Percentile | 24.1 | 24.3 | 25.7 | 23.6 | 24.1 | |
| 50th Percentile – Median | 20.1 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 20.4 | 20.5 | |
| 25th Percentile | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 17.2 | |
| * 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. | ||||||
| Return to the Selections from the 2002 National Score Report | ||||||