Although a majority of Wisconsin’s 2019 high school graduates plan to attend college—and many hope to stay close to home—they are, on average, performing at the lowest rates in recent years. This is a key takeaway from an analysis of Wisconsin students’ 2019 ACT Scores. In the 2019 graduating class, 66,729 Wisconsin students took [...]

Kansas’ Class of 2019 is better prepared for college than their peers nationwide, analysis of their ACT scores reveals. In the 2019 graduating class, 25,684 Kansas students took the ACT; their mean composite score was a 21.2 out of a possible 36. For comparison, 2018’s graduating class had about 500 fewer students and scored [...]

What do we know about Nebraska’s Class of 2019? They are overwhelmingly white, and only slightly less prepared for college than their peers nationwide. Their college-readiness, as determined by their ACT scores, is directly correlated with their socio-economic status. And when they do go to college, many opt to stay in the familiar surroundings [...]

Mississippi seniors remain among the least-prepared in the nation according to the class of 2019's ACT scores; as much as 50% of Mississippi’s graduating class may not be ready for college. In fact, out of 240 public high schools, only one school—the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science—graduated a majority of seniors whose test [...]

The kids in Columbus, Mississippi are clearly smart. However, the 89% rest of the state is struggling to prepare for college, but they nonetheless aspire to go to Mississippi State University; these are the key takeaways from the ACT scores of Mississippi's graduating class of 2017. (Scroll down for table of ACT results for [...]

census data Massachusetts graduating seniors are the smartest in the country according to ACT's recently released report, "The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2016." Nevadans were the worst off with an average score of just 17.7, which is over 3 points lower than the national average of 21 (the complete list of states [...]