Table 226.60.

Average ACT scores and percentage of graduates taking the ACT, by state: 2018 and 2022

State	2018					2022					Percent taking ACT1
	Composite score	Subject-area scores				Composite score	Subject-area scores
		English score	Mathematics score	Reading score	Science score		English score	Mathematics score	Reading score	Science score	2018	2022
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	20.8	20.2	20.5	21.3	20.7	19.8	19.0	19.3	20.4	19.9	51	36
Alabama	19.1	18.9	18.3	19.6	19.0	18.0	17.3	17.4	18.5	18.2	100	100
Alaska	20.8	19.8	20.6	21.6	20.7	20.4	19.3	20.0	21.4	20.4	33	14
Arizona	19.2	18.2	19.4	19.5	19.2	18.4	17.3	18.5	18.8	18.5	66	64
Arkansas	19.4	19.1	18.9	19.7	19.4	18.8	18.3	18.1	19.2	19.1	100	93
California	22.7	22.5	22.5	23.0	22.1	26.5	26.9	25.6	27.3	25.8	27	4
Colorado	23.9	23.9	23.2	24.4	23.5	23.2	23.0	22.4	24.0	23.0	30	15
Connecticut	25.6	26.0	24.8	26.1	24.9	26.3	26.8	25.3	27.1	25.7	26	9
Delaware	23.8	23.7	23.1	24.5	23.4	24.9	25.3	23.6	26.1	24.3	17	5
District of Columbia	23.6	23.7	22.7	24.4	23.0	26.9	27.4	25.2	28.2	26.0	32	18
Florida	19.9	19.2	19.3	21.1	19.5	19.0	18.5	18.4	20.0	18.8	66	46
Georgia	21.4	20.9	20.7	22.1	21.2	21.6	21.0	20.8	22.5	21.5	53	30
Hawaii	18.9	18.2	19.0	19.1	19.0	18.8	17.6	18.6	19.4	19.1	89	53
Idaho	22.3	21.9	21.6	23.2	22.1	22.8	22.3	22.2	23.7	22.6	36	15
Illinois	23.9	24.1	23.4	24.2	23.4	24.5	24.8	23.7	25.2	24.0	43	18
Indiana	22.5	21.9	22.3	23.1	22.2	22.8	22.1	22.5	23.7	22.5	32	13
Iowa	21.8	21.0	21.2	22.5	22.0	21.4	20.4	20.6	22.3	21.6	68	49
Kansas	21.6	21.0	21.1	22.3	21.5	19.9	18.9	19.4	20.6	20.1	71	73
Kentucky	20.2	19.9	19.7	20.8	20.1	18.6	17.8	18.0	19.2	18.7	100	96
Louisiana	19.2	19.0	18.5	19.6	19.1	18.1	17.6	17.4	18.6	18.3	100	100
Maine	24.0	23.8	23.6	24.7	23.4	25.1	25.2	23.7	26.2	24.6	7	2
Maryland	22.5	22.1	22.0	23.1	22.2	24.4	24.6	23.0	25.4	23.9	31	8
Massachusetts	25.5	25.5	25.2	25.9	24.7	26.5	26.6	25.6	27.3	25.8	25	9
Michigan	24.4	24.5	23.9	24.7	23.9	24.6	24.7	23.9	25.2	24.2	22	8
Minnesota	21.3	20.2	21.4	21.7	21.4	21.0	19.7	20.7	21.7	21.4	99	69
Mississippi	18.6	18.2	18.1	18.9	18.6	17.8	17.2	17.4	18.2	18.0	100	100
Missouri	20.0	19.5	19.7	20.5	20.0	20.2	19.5	19.5	21.0	20.4	100	66
Montana	20.0	18.7	19.9	20.7	20.0	19.3	18.0	19.0	20.1	19.5	100	94
Nebraska	20.1	19.4	19.8	20.4	20.1	19.4	18.6	19.1	19.8	19.6	100	94
Nevada	17.7	16.6	17.8	18.0	17.9	17.3	16.1	17.1	17.8	17.6	100	100
New Hampshire	25.1	25.1	24.7	25.6	24.4	25.7	25.7	25.0	26.5	25.2	16	5
New Jersey	23.7	23.8	23.6	24.0	23.0	24.6	24.9	23.9	25.1	24.0	31	12
New Mexico	19.4	18.3	19.1	20.1	19.7	19.8	18.7	19.1	20.9	20.1	67	20
New York	24.5	24.2	24.2	24.9	24.2	25.3	25.2	24.6	26.0	25.0	27	10
North Carolina	19.1	18.0	19.3	19.5	19.2	18.5	17.1	18.5	19.2	18.8	100	88
North Dakota	20.3	19.1	20.3	20.7	20.5	19.2	17.9	19.1	19.7	19.6	98	96
Ohio	20.3	19.3	20.3	20.8	20.4	19.4	18.2	19.2	20.0	19.7	100	82
Oklahoma	19.3	18.4	18.8	20.1	19.4	17.9	17.0	17.3	18.6	18.2	100	94
Oregon	21.3	20.6	20.9	21.9	21.1	23.0	22.5	22.0	24.2	22.8	42	7
Pennsylvania	23.5	23.3	23.2	24.0	23.1	24.4	24.3	23.7	25.2	24.0	20	7
Rhode Island	24.2	24.4	23.6	25.0	23.5	25.2	25.3	24.0	26.2	24.7	15	5
South Carolina	18.3	17.3	18.2	18.6	18.5	18.9	17.8	18.5	19.6	19.1	100	40
South Dakota	21.9	20.8	21.6	22.4	22.2	21.5	20.5	21.2	22.2	21.7	77	58
Tennessee	19.6	19.4	19.1	19.9	19.6	18.6	18.0	18.1	19.0	18.6	100	100
Texas	20.6	19.6	20.6	21.1	20.8	19.8	18.7	19.5	20.4	19.9	41	22
Utah	20.4	19.7	19.9	20.9	20.5	19.9	18.9	19.4	20.6	20.2	100	91
Vermont	24.1	23.9	23.4	24.9	23.8	23.7	23.4	22.4	25.0	23.5	24	8
Virginia	23.9	23.8	23.3	24.7	23.5	24.6	24.6	23.5	25.7	24.3	24	9
Washington	22.2	21.4	22.2	22.7	22.0	24.6	24.3	23.6	25.6	24.3	24	7
West Virginia	20.3	19.8	19.4	21.3	20.4	20.5	20.2	19.4	21.4	20.4	65	28
Wisconsin	20.5	19.8	20.3	20.6	20.8	19.4	18.3	19.3	19.7	19.8	100	93
Wyoming	20.0	19.0	19.7	20.6	20.3	19.2	18.1	18.9	20.0	19.5	100	100

1Members 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, 2018 and 2022. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National High School Graduates Projection Model, through 2031-32. (This table was prepared April 2023.)