Interest and Achievement by State

   

State Percent of All Graduates Tested* Percent of ALL ACT-Tested Graduates Interested In STEM Percent of STEM Students Meeting Benchmarks
English Reading Math Science
Alabama 100 52 58 38 28 29
Alaska 39 53 71 57 55 45
Arizona 56 47 61 44 46 39
Arkansas 93 48 67 47 41 38
California 30 52 75 57 62 52
Colorado 100 45 69 49 49 48
Connecticut 32 45 88 71 73 67
Delaware 21 56 80 67 64 59
District of Columbia 42 36 63 50 51 44
Florida 79 47 60 47 40 36
Georgia 58 51 66 49 43 40
Hawaii 93 45 52 36 37 29
Idaho 42 54 80 64 61 54
Illinois 100 42 69 47 49 45
Indiana 41 51 76 59 60 52
Iowa 67 48 80 61 56 56
Kansas 74 49 75 57 56 51
Kentucky 100 49 64 43 37 38
Louisiana 100 51 64 39 32 32
Maine 10 55 86 70 71 66
Maryland 25 51 76 60 62 57
Massachusetts 28 47 86 69 76 67
Michigan 100 47 64 46 42 42
Minnesota 78 50 78 63 66 60
Mississippi 100 52 57 35 26 25
Missouri 77 49 74 55 51 48
Montana 100 48 63 49 48 44
Nebraska 88 48 73 54 51 49
Nevada 40 52 66 49 49 43
New Hampshire 23 49 88 71 75 69
New Jersey 29 46 80 63 70 59
New Mexico 71 57 56 42 37 34
New York 28 48 82 67 73 66
North Carolina 100 50 52 37 38 31
North Dakota 100 45 67 46 51 47
Ohio 73 49 75 58 56 53
Oklahoma 80 51 68 51 39 39
Oregon 38 45 72 56 56 52
Pennsylvania 22 53 80 63 66 59
Rhode Island 19 50 81 66 65 59
South Carolina 62 52 64 46 43 39
South Dakota 76 55 74 58 56 51
Tennessee 100 48 64 43 36 36
Texas 41 53 63 48 50 43
Utah 100 45 64 50 42 42
Vermont 29 50 81 67 66 62
Virginia 30 52 80 64 64 58
Washington 25 50 75 63 66 59
West Virginia 66 56 72 51 40 40
Wisconsin 73 50 78 59 60 58
Wyoming 100 47 65 45 43 41
National 59 49 68 50 49 45
 

* Totals for graduating seniors were obtained from Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates, 8th edition. © December 2012 by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.