Table 226.60.

Average ACT scores and percentage of graduates taking the ACT, by state: 2014 and 2018

State	2014					2018					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	2014	2018
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	21.0	20.3	20.9	21.3	20.8	20.8	20.2	20.5	21.3	20.7	53	52
Alabama	20.6	20.7	19.5	21.3	20.4	19.1	18.9	18.3	19.6	19.0	80	100
Alaska	21.0	19.9	21.1	21.6	20.8	20.8	19.8	20.6	21.6	20.7	37	33
Arizona	19.7	18.8	20.2	20.0	19.5	19.2	18.2	19.4	19.5	19.2	55	66
Arkansas	20.4	20.1	19.9	20.8	20.3	19.4	19.1	18.9	19.7	19.4	93	100
California	22.3	21.8	22.8	22.3	21.7	22.7	22.5	22.5	23.0	22.1	29	27
Colorado	20.6	20.1	20.4	20.9	20.6	23.9	23.9	23.2	24.4	23.5	100	30
Connecticut	24.2	24.2	24.1	24.5	23.6	25.6	26.0	24.8	26.1	24.9	29	26
Delaware	23.2	22.7	23.2	23.7	22.9	23.8	23.7	23.1	24.5	23.4	18	17
District of Columbia	21.6	21.2	21.5	22.0	21.1	23.6	23.7	22.7	24.4	23.0	37	32
Florida	19.6	18.7	19.5	20.7	19.1	19.9	19.2	19.3	21.1	19.5	81	66
Georgia	20.8	20.3	20.5	21.4	20.7	21.4	20.9	20.7	22.1	21.2	53	53
Hawaii	18.2	16.9	19.0	18.3	18.1	18.9	18.2	19.0	19.1	19.0	90	89
Idaho	22.4	21.9	22.0	23.0	22.1	22.3	21.9	21.6	23.2	22.1	45	36
Illinois	20.7	20.3	20.7	20.8	20.5	23.9	24.1	23.4	24.2	23.4	100	43
Indiana	21.9	21.1	21.9	22.3	21.6	22.5	21.9	22.3	23.1	22.2	40	32
Iowa	22.0	21.5	21.4	22.5	22.2	21.8	21.0	21.2	22.5	22.0	68	68
Kansas	22.0	21.4	21.7	22.5	21.8	21.6	21.0	21.1	22.3	21.5	75	71
Kentucky	19.9	19.4	19.4	20.3	20.0	20.2	19.9	19.7	20.8	20.1	100	100
Louisiana	19.2	18.9	18.9	19.5	19.1	19.2	19.0	18.5	19.6	19.1	100	100
Maine	23.6	23.3	23.6	24.1	22.8	24.0	23.8	23.6	24.7	23.4	9	7
Maryland	22.6	22.1	22.5	23.0	22.2	22.5	22.1	22.0	23.1	22.2	22	31
Massachusetts	24.3	24.0	24.6	24.5	23.5	25.5	25.5	25.2	25.9	24.7	23	25
Michigan	20.1	19.3	19.9	20.2	20.4	24.4	24.5	23.9	24.7	23.9	100	22
Minnesota	22.9	22.1	23.0	23.1	22.9	21.3	20.2	21.4	21.7	21.4	76	99
Mississippi	19.0	18.8	18.3	19.4	18.9	18.6	18.2	18.1	18.9	18.6	100	100
Missouri	21.8	21.6	21.1	22.3	21.7	20.0	19.5	19.7	20.5	20.0	76	100
Montana	20.5	19.3	20.5	21.1	20.4	20.0	18.7	19.9	20.7	20.0	100	100
Nebraska	21.7	21.3	21.1	22.0	21.7	20.1	19.4	19.8	20.4	20.1	86	100
Nevada	21.2	20.2	21.2	21.7	21.1	17.7	16.6	17.8	18.0	17.9	36	100
New Hampshire	24.2	23.9	24.2	24.5	23.6	25.1	25.1	24.7	25.6	24.4	20	16
New Jersey	23.1	22.8	23.7	23.1	22.4	23.7	23.8	23.6	24.0	23.0	25	31
New Mexico	19.9	18.9	19.7	20.5	20.1	19.4	18.3	19.1	20.1	19.7	69	67
New York	23.4	22.7	23.8	23.6	23.2	24.5	24.2	24.2	24.9	24.2	27	27
North Carolina	18.9	17.5	19.6	19.0	18.9	19.1	18.0	19.3	19.5	19.2	100	100
North Dakota	20.6	19.6	20.7	20.8	20.6	20.3	19.1	20.3	20.7	20.5	100	98
Ohio	22.0	21.4	21.7	22.4	22.0	20.3	19.3	20.3	20.8	20.4	72	100
Oklahoma	20.7	20.3	19.9	21.5	20.8	19.3	18.4	18.8	20.1	19.4	75	100
Oregon	21.4	20.8	21.4	21.9	21.1	21.3	20.6	20.9	21.9	21.1	36	42
Pennsylvania	22.7	22.1	22.8	23.0	22.2	23.5	23.3	23.2	24.0	23.1	19	20
Rhode Island	22.9	22.7	22.8	23.6	22.0	24.2	24.4	23.6	25.0	23.5	16	15
South Carolina	20.4	19.7	20.3	20.9	20.4	18.3	17.3	18.2	18.6	18.5	58	100
South Dakota	21.9	21.0	21.8	22.3	22.1	21.9	20.8	21.6	22.4	22.2	78	77
Tennessee	19.8	19.6	19.2	20.1	19.6	19.6	19.4	19.1	19.9	19.6	100	100
Texas	20.9	19.8	21.4	21.1	21.0	20.6	19.6	20.6	21.1	20.8	40	41
Utah	20.8	20.0	20.3	21.3	20.9	20.4	19.7	19.9	20.9	20.5	100	100
Vermont	23.2	22.8	23.0	23.7	22.8	24.1	23.9	23.4	24.9	23.8	29	24
Virginia	22.8	22.4	22.7	23.4	22.4	23.9	23.8	23.3	24.7	23.5	28	24
Washington	23.0	22.3	23.3	23.4	22.7	22.2	21.4	22.2	22.7	22.0	22	24
West Virginia	20.6	20.4	19.5	21.4	20.6	20.3	19.8	19.4	21.3	20.4	65	65
Wisconsin	22.2	21.6	22.0	22.4	22.3	20.5	19.8	20.3	20.6	20.8	73	100
Wyoming	20.1	19.3	19.9	20.6	20.2	20.0	19.0	19.7	20.6	20.3	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 2018 column shows test-taking members of the class of 2018 as a percentage of all 2017-18 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 projected by NCES.

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, 2014 and 2018. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2014; and National High School Graduates Projection Model, 1972-73 through 2028-29. (This table was prepared March 2019.)