Table 4.9b. Average ACT scores by race/ethnicity and subject: 1996–97 through 2006

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Table 4.9b. Average ACT scores by race/ethnicity and subject: 1996–97 through 2006–07

School year ending	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Mexican- American	Puerto Rican/ Other Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
	English
1997	20.3	21.2	16.4	—	17.8	18.1	20.4	18.0
1998	20.4	21.2	16.4	—	17.5	18.7	20.5	18.1
1999	20.5	21.3	16.4	—	17.6	18.8	20.5	18.1
2000	20.5	21.3	16.4	—	17.6	18.7	20.5	18.0
2001	20.5	21.3	16.2	—	17.5	18.6	20.7	17.8
2002	20.2	21.2	16.2	—	17.1	17.9	20.5	17.6
2003	20.3	21.3	16.2	—	17.2	18.1	20.7	17.7
2004	20.4	21.4	16.3	—	17.3	17.9	21.0	17.8
2005	20.4	21.5	16.2	—	17.3	18.0	21.3	17.6
2006	20.6	21.7	16.3	—	17.4	18.1	21.5	17.8
2007	20.7	21.8	16.1	17.6	—	—	21.7	17.9
	Mathematics
1997	20.6	21.2	16.9	—	18.9	19.1	23.3	18.5
1998	20.8	21.4	16.9	—	18.6	19.7	23.4	18.6
1999	20.7	21.3	16.9	—	18.7	19.6	23.1	18.5
2000	20.7	21.3	16.8	—	18.7	19.5	23.2	18.5
2001	20.7	21.3	16.8	—	18.7	19.4	23.1	18.4
2002	20.6	21.3	16.7	—	18.4	18.9	22.9	18.4
2003	20.6	21.3	16.7	—	18.3	18.9	22.9	18.3
2004	20.7	21.4	16.9	—	18.5	18.9	23.0	18.6
2005	20.7	21.5	16.8	—	18.6	19.0	23.1	18.4
2006	20.8	21.6	17.0	—	18.7	19.1	23.4	18.6
2007	21.0	21.7	17.0	19.0	—	—	23.6	18.7

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NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: ACT, High School Profile Report, selected years, 1997 through 2007.

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