Students from the Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies in Metairie had the highest average composite ACT score in Louisiana's Class of 2022 with an average of 29.6 out of 36, putting them in the nation's 92nd-percentile rank. The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts and Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy [...]

In the 2023 graduating class, 97,770 North Carolina students took the ACT. The Early College at Guilford had the highest average composite ACT score of 31.4, putting it in the 95th percentile rank of the nation's ACT scores. Additionally, Wake STEM Early College High School, Nesbitt Discovery Academy, and Raleigh Charter High School all [...]

The best Mississippi public high schools by ACT scores are the two residential programs Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science and the Mississippi School of the Arts, plus Madison Central High School in central Mississippi. Other top schools include Oxford High School and Lewisburg Highs School in the suburbs of Memphis and gulf schools [...]

Jackson Hole High School was previously named the top Wyoming high school; based on its most recent ACT results, students there can continue to hold their heads high! (Spoiler alert: their average scores were top in the state.) A high school’s average ACT scores can reveal a lot—they are usually a reliable indicator of [...]

A high school’s average ACT scores can reveal a lot—they are usually a reliable indicator of college- and career-readiness, and the best high schools are those which adequately prepare their students for college or a career. If you’re wondering which are the best Utah high schools, then, it’s a good idea to look at [...]

If you’re looking to attend one of the top Kentucky high schools, make sure you check out those associated with a university: the top two high schools with the highest average ACT scores were both magnet high schools affiliated with an institution of higher learning. Although it’s only one metric, a school’s average ACT [...]

Looking for the best high schools in Tennessee? Check for the word “Magnet” in the school’s name: the top three high schools in 2020 with the highest average ACT scores were all Magnet Schools. Although it’s only one metric, a school’s average ACT scores can reveal a lot. They are usually a reliable indicator [...]

It has a sad name, but Alabama's Loveless High School edges out Mountainbrook and Vestavia in claiming the title of Alabama's Best High School for ACT results. Definitively determining which are the “best” high schools requires a detailed assessment along many metrics. Of those, one important factor to consider is standardized test scores; since [...]

In the 2020 graduating class, 108,350 North Carolina students took the ACT; their mean composite score was an 18.8 out of a possible 36. For comparison, 2019’s graduating class had about 2,000 more students and scored slightly higher, with a mean composite of 19.0. Nationally, the average composite score was a 20.6 (down from [...]

The best high schools should also have the highest ACT and SAT scores given that their purpose is to prepare graduating students for a college or career. So what do we know of the over 50,000 students who make up Louisiana’s graduating Class of 2020? Only 42 scored a perfect 36 on the ACT; [...]