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 | 64 | 20.1 | 65 | 21.4 | 33 | 17.7 | 2 | 19.0 |
Alaska | 37 | 21.3 | 43 | 24.0 | 25 | 20.9 | 32 | 18.0 |
Arizona | 29 | 21.4 | 70 | 22.1 | 27 | 19.7 | 3 | 20.4 |
Arkansas | 68 | 20.4 | 75 | 21.1 | 20 | 18.0 | 5 | 18.8 |
California | 12 | 21.2 | 65 | 22.0 | 31 | 19.3 | 4 | 21.1 |
Colorado | 63 | 21.6 | 58 | 22.7 | 39 | 19.9 | 3 | 21.0 |
Connecticut | 3 | 21.8 | 40 | 22.4 | 41 | 21.3 | 20 | 21.5 |
Delaware | 4 | 21.3 | 67 | 22.2 | 31 | 19.2 | 2 | 22.2 |
Washington DC | 10 | 17.6 | 66 | 17.7 | 28 | 17.0 | 7 | 19.8 |
Florida | 39 | 20.8 | 71 | 21.7 | 24 | 18.2 | 5 | 19.9 |
Georgia | 16 | 20.2 | 76 | 20.9 | 19 | 17.7 | 5 | 19.6 |
Hawaii | 18 | 21.6 | 68 | 22.4 | 26 | 19.9 | 6 | 20.9 |
Idaho | 63 | 21.5 | 50 | 22.8 | 47 | 20.1 | 3 | 21.3 |
Illinois | 69 | 21.4 | 52 | 22.9 | 46 | 19.7 | 2 | 20.4 |
Indiana | 20 | 21.4 | 60 | 22.6 | 35 | 19.4 | 5 | 21.6 |
Iowa | 65 | 22.1 | 68 | 23.2 | 31 | 20.0 | 2 | 21.1 |
Kansas | 74 | 21.7 | 55 | 23.2 | 43 | 19.8 | 2 | 21.3 |
Kentucky | 67 | 20.2 | 43 | 21.1 | 55 | 19.6 | 2 | 19.5 |
Louisiana | 76 | 19.5 | 69 | 20.5 | 28 | 17.0 | 3 | 19.7 |
Maine | 4 | 22.0 | 38 | 22.7 | 51 | 21.6 | 11 | 20.7 |
Maryland | 10 | 20.9 | 71 | 21.3 | 24 | 19.6 | 5 | 20.5 |
Massachusetts | 5 | 21.6 | 45 | 21.9 | 41 | 21.3 | 13 | 21.3 |
Michigan | 68 | 21.3 | 58 | 22.5 | 40 | 19.6 | 2 | 19.9 |
Minnesota | 63 | 22.2 | 71 | 22.8 | 26 | 20.4 | 3 | 21.9 |
Mississippi | 81 | 18.7 | 62 | 19.9 | 36 | 16.7 | 2 | 17.9 |
Missouri | 66 | 21.5 | 61 | 22.8 | 36 | 19.5 | 3 | 21.0 |
Montana | 56 | 21.9 | 58 | 23.2 | 40 | 20.1 | 2 | 20.6 |
Nebraska | 71 | 21.8 | 67 | 22.8 | 32 | 19.8 | 2 | 20.3 |
Nevada | 43 | 21.4 | 64 | 22.2 | 33 | 19.7 | 3 | 21.2 |
New Hampshire | 4 | 22.5 | 51 | 23.1 | 34 | 21.9 | 15 | 21.7 |
New Jersey | 4 | 20.7 | 36 | 21.4 | 57 | 20.4 | 7 | 20.5 |
New Mexico | 65 | 20.1 | 53 | 21.4 | 44 | 18.7 | 3 | 18.9 |
New York | 15 | 22.0 | 64 | 23.3 | 29 | 19.4 | 7 | 21.2 |
North Carolina | 12 | 19.4 | 65 | 20.3 | 31 | 17.5 | 4 | 18.3 |
North Dakota | 78 | 21.4 | 64 | 22.7 | 34 | 19.1 | 3 | 19.8 |
Ohio | 60 | 21.4 | 63 | 22.6 | 35 | 19.4 | 2 | 20.8 |
Oklahoma | 69 | 20.5 | 53 | 21.9 | 44 | 19.0 | 4 | 19.4 |
Oregon | 12 | 22.7 | 60 | 23.8 | 37 | 21.0 | 3 | 21.4 |
Pennsylvania | 7 | 21.4 | 68 | 22.2 | 27 | 19.8 | 5 | 19.2 |
Rhode Island | 2 | 22.2 | 45 | 22.5 | 47 | 21.9 | 8 | 21.5 |
South Carolina | 14 | 19.0 | 70 | 19.8 | 26 | 16.9 | 5 | 18.8 |
South Dakota | 70 | 21.4 | 65 | 22.2 | 33 | 19.7 | 2 | 19.8 |
Tennessee | 77 | 19.8 | 63 | 20.9 | 35 | 18.0 | 2 | 18.4 |
Texas | 32 | 20.3 | 69 | 21.2 | 28 | 18.0 | 3 | 19.3 |
Utah | 68 | 21.6 | 45 | 22.6 | 53 | 20.8 | 2 | 20.8 |
Vermont | 7 | 22.0 | 44 | 22.7 | 47 | 21.3 | 9 | 21.6 |
Virginia | 6 | 20.7 | 66 | 21.4 | 26 | 19.0 | 7 | 19.9 |
Washington | 18 | 22.6 | 57 | 23.4 | 41 | 21.4 | 2 | 21.7 |
West Virginia | 60 | 20.1 | 45 | 21.2 | 53 | 19.2 | 2 | 18.8 |
Wisconsin | 66 | 22.3 | 62 | 23.1 | 36 | 21.0 | 2 | 21.7 |
Wyoming | 65 | 21.4 | 55 | 22.6 | 43 | 20.0 | 2 | 20.5 |
National | 37 | 21.0 | 61 | 22.1 | 36 | 19.3 | 3 | 20.3 |
* Totals for state and national graduating seniors were obtained from Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity 1996-2012, Copyright © by Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, February, 1998.
1998 ACT Composite Averages by State, © 1998 by ACT, Inc.
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