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2001 National and State Scores

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

Total Number of Students = 1,069,772
% = Percent At or Below


Score English Mathematics Reading Science Reasoning Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
36 963 99 1615 99 7395 99 2859 99 89 99
35 2655 99 1647 99 13105 99 1209 99 811 99
34 5590 99 4801 99 15241 98 6996 99 2499 99
33 9079 99 6121 99 7272 97 2260 99 5208 99
32 9478 98 9330 99 19984 96 10937 99 8849 99
31 12085 97 18306 98 23638 94 9937 98 13345 98
30 24495 96 20110 96 28285 92 9588 97 19374 97
29 26250 94 22572 94 24307 89 20600 96 24622 95
28 36317 92 30654 92 43040 87 28037 94 32727 93
27 37415 88 39582 89 41052 83 32679 91 40442 90
26 40755 85 53975 86 44730 79 34996 88 48208 86
25 55212 81 51594 80 54883 75 76813 85 56636 82
Score English Mathematics Reading Science Reasoning Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
24 57738 76 49698 76 47237 70 60591 78 65250 76
23 57768 70 54082 71 66907 65 81889 72 71648 70
22 73840 65 56208 66 79137 59 89765 65 78650 64
21 61437 58 61976 61 54764 52 88644 56 83580 56
20 80329 52 73994 55 68562 47 107504 48 86198 48
19 84421 45 78971 48 56893 40 80681 38 83427 40
18 59132 37 95775 41 58053 35 94089 30 79636 33
17 67839 31 98539 32 54772 29 70399 21 71815 25
16 55963 25 90110 22 47019 24 50172 15 62138 18
15 54280 20 72085 14 49243 20 33772 10 50692 13
14 43502 15 45707 7 51618 15 30634 7 38177 8
13 28318 11 20768 3 51599 11 18032 4 25859 4
Score English Mathematics Reading Science Reasoning Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
12 24161 8 8111 1 35046 6 11086 2 13641 2
11 22617 6 2575 1 15157 2 9718 1 4801 1
10 15143 4 575 1 6256 1 3571 1 1092 1
9 11935 2 166 1 1863 1 1471 1 255 1
8 7708 1 47 1 1474 1 518 1 70 1
7 2466 1 46 1 702 1 187 1 18 1
6 627 1 11 1 233 1 64 1 11 1
5 171 1 11 1 191 1 39 1 1 1
4 60 1 0 1 61 1 7 1 2 1
3 16 1 7 1 22 1 21 1 1 1
2 6 1 0 1 24 1 0 1 0 1
1 1 1 3 1 7 1 7 1 0 1

Frequencies and Percentages of Scores in the Standards for Transition Score Intervals
Score English Mathematics Reading Science Reasoning Composite
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
33–36 18287 2 14184 1 43013 4 13324 1 8607 1
28–32 108625 10 100972 9 139254 13 79099 7 98917 9
24–27 191120 18 194849 18 187902 18 205079 19 210536 20
20–23 273374 26 246260 23 269370 25 367802 34 320076 30
16–19 267355 25 363395 34 216737 20 295341 28 297016 28
01–15 211011 20 150112 14 213496 20 109127 10 134620 13
Mean (Standard Deviation) 20.5
(5.6)		 20.7
(5.0)		 21.3
(6.0)		 21.0
(4.6)		 21.0
(4.7)

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