Although a majority of Wisconsin’s 2019 high school graduates plan to attend college—and many hope to stay close to home—they are, on average, performing at the lowest rates in recent years. This is a key takeaway from an analysis of Wisconsin students’ 2019 ACT Scores. In the 2019 graduating class, 66,729 Wisconsin students took [...]

Kansas’ Class of 2019 is better prepared for college than their peers nationwide, analysis of their ACT scores reveals. In the 2019 graduating class, 25,684 Kansas students took the ACT; their mean composite score was a 21.2 out of a possible 36. For comparison, 2018’s graduating class had about 500 fewer students and scored [...]

What do we know about Nebraska’s Class of 2019? They are overwhelmingly white, and only slightly less prepared for college than their peers nationwide. Their college-readiness, as determined by their ACT scores, is directly correlated with their socio-economic status. And when they do go to college, many opt to stay in the familiar surroundings [...]

Mississippi seniors remain among the least-prepared in the nation according to the class of 2019's ACT scores; as much as 50% of Mississippi’s graduating class may not be ready for college. In fact, out of 240 public high schools, only one school—the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science—graduated a majority of seniors whose test [...]