Table 226.60.

Average ACT scores and percentage of graduates taking the ACT, by state: 2017 and 2021

State	2017					2021					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	2017	2021
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	21.0	20.3	20.7	21.4	21.0	20.3	19.6	19.9	20.9	20.4	56	35
Alabama	19.2	18.9	18.4	19.7	19.4	18.7	18.4	18.0	19.2	18.8	100	100
Alaska	19.8	18.7	19.8	20.4	19.9	20.6	19.4	20.5	21.6	20.6	65	16
Arizona	19.7	18.6	19.8	20.1	19.8	19.8	18.6	19.8	20.3	19.9	62	35
Arkansas	19.4	18.9	19.0	19.7	19.5	19.0	18.6	18.3	19.3	19.2	100	99
California	22.8	22.5	22.7	23.1	22.2	26.1	26.2	25.6	26.6	25.5	31	5
Colorado	20.8	20.1	20.3	21.2	20.9	23.6	23.3	23.0	24.3	23.4	100	16
Connecticut	25.2	25.5	24.6	25.6	24.6	27.2	27.5	26.2	28.0	26.4	31	9
Delaware	24.1	24.1	23.4	24.8	23.6	25.7	25.9	24.5	27.0	25.0	18	5
District of Columbia	24.2	24.4	23.5	24.9	23.5	25.6	25.8	24.5	26.8	25.0	32	19
Florida	19.8	19.0	19.4	21.0	19.4	20.4	19.9	19.6	21.4	20.1	73	34
Georgia	21.4	21.0	20.9	22.0	21.3	22.6	22.1	21.9	23.4	22.4	55	24
Hawaii	19.0	17.8	19.2	19.2	19.3	18.2	16.8	18.1	18.6	18.7	90	67
Idaho	22.3	21.9	21.8	23.0	22.1	23.0	22.3	22.3	24.1	22.7	38	16
Illinois	21.4	21.0	21.2	21.6	21.3	25.2	25.3	24.5	25.8	24.6	93	19
Indiana	22.6	22.0	22.4	23.2	22.3	23.1	22.2	22.8	23.9	22.8	35	14
Iowa	21.9	21.2	21.3	22.6	22.1	21.5	20.4	20.8	22.4	21.8	67	47
Kansas	21.7	21.1	21.3	22.3	21.7	19.9	18.9	19.5	20.6	20.2	73	79
Kentucky	20.0	19.6	19.4	20.5	20.1	19.2	18.7	18.8	19.7	19.3	100	100
Louisiana	19.5	19.4	18.8	19.8	19.6	18.4	18.1	17.8	18.8	18.6	100	98
Maine	24.3	24.2	24.0	24.8	23.7	25.6	25.7	24.4	26.8	25.0	8	2
Maryland	23.6	23.3	23.1	24.2	23.2	25.5	25.7	24.5	26.5	24.9	28	8
Massachusetts	25.4	25.4	25.3	25.9	24.7	27.6	27.6	26.9	28.4	26.8	29	7
Michigan	24.1	24.1	23.7	24.5	23.8	25.1	25.1	24.5	25.7	24.6	29	9
Minnesota	21.5	20.4	21.5	21.8	21.6	21.6	20.2	21.5	22.2	22.0	100	60
Mississippi	18.6	18.2	18.1	18.8	18.8	18.1	17.5	17.6	18.4	18.3	100	100
Missouri	20.4	19.8	19.9	20.8	20.5	20.6	19.9	19.9	21.3	20.7	100	63
Montana	20.3	19.0	20.2	21.0	20.5	20.4	19.2	20.0	21.1	20.7	100	70
Nebraska	21.4	20.9	20.9	21.9	21.5	20.0	19.1	19.6	20.7	20.2	84	86
Nevada	17.8	16.3	18.0	18.1	18.2	17.8	16.7	17.7	18.2	18.2	100	100
New Hampshire	25.5	25.4	25.1	26.0	24.9	26.6	26.5	25.9	27.4	26.1	18	4
New Jersey	23.9	23.8	23.8	24.1	23.2	25.1	25.3	24.7	25.7	24.4	34	12
New Mexico	19.7	18.6	19.4	20.4	20.0	20.7	19.7	20.1	21.6	20.9	66	23
New York	24.2	23.8	24.0	24.6	23.9	26.3	26.1	25.7	27.0	25.9	31	9
North Carolina	19.1	17.8	19.3	19.6	19.3	18.9	17.3	19.0	19.4	19.3	100	92
North Dakota	20.3	19.0	20.4	20.5	20.6	19.6	18.2	19.7	20.0	20.1	98	100
Ohio	22.0	21.2	21.6	22.5	22.0	19.6	18.5	19.5	20.2	19.8	75	85
Oklahoma	19.4	18.5	18.8	20.1	19.6	19.7	19.1	18.7	20.7	19.8	100	58
Oregon	21.8	21.2	21.5	22.4	21.7	20.6	19.6	20.3	21.3	20.8	40	20
Pennsylvania	23.7	23.4	23.4	24.2	23.3	25.0	24.8	24.3	25.8	24.5	23	7
Rhode Island	24.0	24.0	23.3	24.7	23.4	25.8	25.7	24.8	27.0	25.2	21	4
South Carolina	18.7	17.5	18.6	19.1	18.9	18.6	17.4	18.4	19.2	18.9	100	50
South Dakota	21.8	20.7	21.5	22.3	22.0	21.6	20.5	21.2	22.4	21.9	80	55
Tennessee	19.8	19.5	19.2	20.1	19.9	19.1	18.7	18.5	19.7	19.1	100	100
Texas	20.7	19.5	20.7	21.1	20.9	20.1	18.9	20.0	20.6	20.3	45	23
Utah	20.3	19.5	19.9	20.8	20.6	20.6	19.7	20.1	21.3	20.8	100	86
Vermont	23.6	23.3	23.1	24.4	23.2	24.7	24.2	23.4	26.2	24.5	29	4
Virginia	23.8	23.5	23.3	24.6	23.5	25.5	25.5	24.5	26.5	25.1	29	9
Washington	21.9	20.9	21.9	22.1	22.0	23.6	22.9	23.1	24.4	23.4	29	7
West Virginia	20.4	20.0	19.4	21.2	20.5	20.8	20.6	19.6	21.8	20.8	69	30
Wisconsin	20.5	19.7	20.4	20.6	20.9	20.0	18.9	19.9	20.3	20.4	100	96
Wyoming	20.2	19.4	19.8	20.8	20.6	19.8	18.6	19.4	20.7	20.2	100	91

1 Members of the graduating class who had taken the ACT as a percentage of all students who graduated in that school year. 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 NCES projections of the total number of U.S. high school graduates.

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, 2017 and 2021. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National High School Graduates Projection Model, through 2030-31. (This table was prepared December 2021.)