Table 226.60.

Average ACT scores and percentage of graduates taking the ACT, by state: 2013 and 2017

State	2013					2017					Percent taking ACT1
		Subject-area scores					Subject-area scores
	Composite score	English score	Mathematics score	Reading score	Science score	Composite score	English score	Mathematics score	Reading score	Science score	2013	2017
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	20.9	20.2	20.9	21.1	20.7	21.0	20.3	20.7	21.4	21.0	52	56
Alabama	20.4	20.5	19.5	21.0	20.2	19.2	18.9	18.4	19.7	19.4	78	100
Alaska	21.1	20.1	21.2	21.7	21.0	19.8	18.7	19.8	20.4	19.9	37	65
Arizona	19.6	18.5	20.3	19.6	19.4	19.7	18.6	19.8	20.1	19.8	50	62
Arkansas	20.2	19.9	19.9	20.5	20.1	19.4	18.9	19.0	19.7	19.5	90	100
California	22.2	21.6	22.8	22.3	21.5	22.8	22.5	22.7	23.1	22.2	26	31
Colorado	20.4	19.9	20.4	20.5	20.5	20.8	20.1	20.3	21.2	20.9	100	100
Connecticut	24.0	24.0	23.9	24.4	23.3	25.2	25.5	24.6	25.6	24.6	27	31
Delaware	22.9	22.5	22.8	23.4	22.4	24.1	24.1	23.4	24.8	23.6	15	18
District of Columbia	20.4	19.8	20.5	21.0	19.7	24.2	24.4	23.5	24.9	23.5	38	32
Florida	19.6	18.7	19.7	20.4	19.1	19.8	19.0	19.4	21.0	19.4	74	73
Georgia	20.7	20.2	20.3	21.2	20.5	21.4	21.0	20.9	22.0	21.3	51	55
Hawaii	20.1	19.0	20.8	20.0	19.9	19.0	17.8	19.2	19.2	19.3	40	90
Idaho	22.1	21.5	21.8	22.7	21.8	22.3	21.9	21.8	23.0	22.1	49	38
Illinois	20.6	20.2	20.7	20.4	20.5	21.4	21.0	21.2	21.6	21.3	100	93
Indiana	21.7	21.0	21.9	22.1	21.4	22.6	22.0	22.4	23.2	22.3	38	35
Iowa	22.1	21.5	21.6	22.5	22.2	21.9	21.2	21.3	22.6	22.1	66	67
Kansas	21.8	21.2	21.7	22.3	21.7	21.7	21.1	21.3	22.3	21.7	75	73
Kentucky	19.6	19.2	19.2	19.9	19.7	20.0	19.6	19.4	20.5	20.1	100	100
Louisiana	19.5	19.4	19.2	19.7	19.2	19.5	19.4	18.8	19.8	19.6	100	100
Maine	23.5	23.4	23.3	23.8	22.9	24.3	24.2	24.0	24.8	23.7	8	8
Maryland	22.3	21.8	22.3	22.7	21.9	23.6	23.3	23.1	24.2	23.2	21	28
Massachusetts	24.1	23.8	24.4	24.4	23.2	25.4	25.4	25.3	25.9	24.7	22	29
Michigan	19.9	19.1	19.9	20.0	20.2	24.1	24.1	23.7	24.5	23.8	100	29
Minnesota	23.0	22.2	23.1	23.1	22.9	21.5	20.4	21.5	21.8	21.6	74	100
Mississippi	18.9	18.8	18.3	19.1	18.8	18.6	18.2	18.1	18.8	18.8	95	100
Missouri	21.6	21.4	21.0	21.9	21.6	20.4	19.8	19.9	20.8	20.5	74	100
Montana	21.3	20.2	21.4	21.9	21.2	20.3	19.0	20.2	21.0	20.5	72	100
Nebraska	21.5	21.1	21.1	21.8	21.5	21.4	20.9	20.9	21.9	21.5	84	84
Nevada	21.3	20.4	21.3	21.7	21.1	17.8	16.3	18.0	18.1	18.2	32	100
New Hampshire	23.8	23.6	23.6	24.2	23.2	25.5	25.4	25.1	26.0	24.9	19	18
New Jersey	23.0	22.5	23.6	23.1	22.2	23.9	23.8	23.8	24.1	23.2	23	34
New Mexico	19.9	19.0	19.7	20.4	20.1	19.7	18.6	19.4	20.4	20.0	70	66
New York	23.4	22.6	23.8	23.7	23.1	24.2	23.8	24.0	24.6	23.9	26	31
North Carolina	18.7	17.1	19.6	18.8	18.7	19.1	17.8	19.3	19.6	19.3	100	100
North Dakota	20.5	19.5	20.8	20.5	20.7	20.3	19.0	20.4	20.5	20.6	98	98
Ohio	21.8	21.2	21.5	22.2	21.8	22.0	21.2	21.6	22.5	22.0	72	75
Oklahoma	20.8	20.4	20.1	21.4	20.8	19.4	18.5	18.8	20.1	19.6	75	100
Oregon	21.5	20.8	21.6	21.9	21.3	21.8	21.2	21.5	22.4	21.7	34	40
Pennsylvania	22.7	22.2	23.0	23.0	22.2	23.7	23.4	23.4	24.2	23.3	18	23
Rhode Island	22.7	22.4	22.4	23.3	22.0	24.0	24.0	23.3	24.7	23.4	14	21
South Carolina	20.4	19.7	20.3	20.8	20.3	18.7	17.5	18.6	19.1	18.9	51	100
South Dakota	21.9	20.9	21.8	22.1	22.1	21.8	20.7	21.5	22.3	22.0	78	80
Tennessee	19.5	19.3	19.1	19.8	19.4	19.8	19.5	19.2	20.1	19.9	100	100
Texas	20.9	19.8	21.5	21.0	20.9	20.7	19.5	20.7	21.1	20.9	37	45
Utah	20.7	19.9	20.2	21.3	20.8	20.3	19.5	19.9	20.8	20.6	100	100
Vermont	23.0	22.7	22.8	23.4	22.6	23.6	23.3	23.1	24.4	23.2	26	29
Virginia	22.6	22.3	22.5	23.1	22.2	23.8	23.5	23.3	24.6	23.5	26	29
Washington	22.8	22.1	22.8	23.3	22.5	21.9	20.9	21.9	22.1	22.0	21	29
West Virginia	20.6	20.5	19.5	21.3	20.6	20.4	20.0	19.4	21.2	20.5	63	69
Wisconsin	22.1	21.5	22.0	22.3	22.2	20.5	19.7	20.4	20.6	20.9	71	100
Wyoming	19.8	18.6	19.7	20.2	20.0	20.2	19.4	19.8	20.8	20.6	100	100

1 Members of the graduating class who had taken the ACT test as a percentage of the total number of high school graduates. For example, the 2017 column shows test-taking members of the class of 2017 as a percentage of all 2016-17 high school graduates. State percentages were calculated by ACT based on the number of high school graduates in each state as projected by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Total percentages for the United States were calculated by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) based on the total number of U.S. high school graduates as reported by NCES (for 2017, the number of graduates is projected; for 2013, the number is actual).

NOTE: The minimum score on the ACT is 1 and the maximum score is 36. Data are for high school graduates who took the ACT test during their sophomore, junior, or senior year. If a student took the ACT test more than once, the composite and subject-area scores from the most recent test were used.

SOURCE: ACT, The Condition of College and Career Readiness, 2013 and 2017. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2012-13; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2013; and National High School Graduates Projection Model, 1972-73 through 2027-28. (This table was prepared November 2017.)