A C T High School Profile - National Report - 2004 Executive Summary - Average ACT Scores by Academic Preparation

Oct 9, 2026

National report executive summary presenting average ACT scores for students completing or planning to complete the recommended core college preparatory curriculum versus those who did not. The tables break results down by academic preparation level, showing numbers and percentages for core/less categories, and provide average scores for English, Math, Reading, Science, and Composite across school years 1999-00 through 2003-04. Quartile values are interpolated from calculated percentile ranks.

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Executive Summary - Average ACT Scores by Level of Academic Preparation

Executive Summary - Average ACT Scores for Total Group

Executive Summary - ACT Score Quartile Values for Total Group

A C T HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE H S GRADUATING CLASS 2004 HS GRADUATING CLASS HS CODE 990-000 PAGE - 1 NATIONAL REPORT THE TABLE BELOW COMPARES AVERAGE ACT SCORES FOR STUDENTS WHO REPORTED THEY COMPLETED OR PLANNED TO COMPLETE THE RECOMMENDED CORE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM WITH THOSE WHO HAD NOT . PLEASE NOTE THAT STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSES AND MAY, THEREFORE, PUBLISH REPORTS SHOWING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DATA . SEE APPENDIX FOR DEFINITION OF CORE . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - AVERAGE ACT SCORES BY LEVEL OF ACADEMIC PREPARATION | | NUMBER CORE/LESS | PERCENT
CORE/LESS | | ENGLISH
CORE/LESS | MATH CORE/LESS | READING
CORE/LESS | SCIENCE
CORE/LESS | COMPOSITE
CORE/LESS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1999-00 | 645513 376645 | 61/ | 35 | 21 .5/18 .8 | 21 .8/19 .0 | 22 .4/19 .8 | 21 .9/19 .7 | 22 .0/19 .5 | | 2000-01 | 645258 369921 | 60/ | 35 | 21 .5/18 .8 | 21 .7/19 .0 | 22 .2/19 .8 | 21 .8/19 .8 | 21 .9/19 .5 | | 2001-02 | 643596 397544 | 58/ | 36 | 21 .4/18 .4 | 21 .6/18 .8 | 22 .2/19 .5 | 21 .7/19 .4 | 21 .8/19 .2 | | 2002-03 | 667526 410753 | 57/ | 35 | 21 .4/18 .5 | 21 .6/18 .9 | 22 .2/19 .7 | 21 .7/19 .5 | 21 .8/19 .3 | | 2003-04 | 661290 405328 | 56/ | 35 | 21 .5/18 .7 | 21 .7/19 .1 | 22 .3/19 .8 | 21 .7/19 .6 | 21 .9/19 .4 | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - AVERAGE ACT SCORES FOR TOTAL GROUP | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER | | | ENGLISH | MATH | READING | SCIENCE | COMPOSITE | | 1999-00 | 1065138 | | | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | | 2000-01 | 1069772 | | | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 21.0 | | 2001-02 | 1116082 | | | 20.2 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 20.8 | | 2002-03 | 1175059 | | | 20.3 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.8 | | 2003-04 | 1171460 | | | 20.4 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.9 | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - ACT SCORE QUARTILE VALUES FOR TOTAL GROUP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ENGLISH | MATH | READING | SCIENCE | COMPOSITE | QUARTILE VALUES ARE INTERPOLATED AND ARE BASED UPON CALCULATED STUDENT PERCENTILE RANKS WHICH MAY DIFFER FROM THE CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGES REPORTED IN TABLES 4 AND 5 OF THIS REPORT .

FAQs

What does the report compare in the executive summary?

It compares average ACT scores for students who reported completing or planning to complete the recommended core college preparatory curriculum versus those who had not.

Which score categories are included in the tables?

The tables list average scores for English, Math, Reading, Science, and Composite.

How are quartile values determined?

Quartile values are interpolated and based on calculated student percentile ranks, which may differ from cumulative percentages reported in other tables of the report.

Oct 9, 2026

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