To more fully contextualize this, it’s important to acknowledge that states with higher testing levels tend to have lower average scores. Of the states with 100% participation, Utah had the highest average score (20.2), and Nevada had the lowest (17.9). In 2020, it was one of 15 states where an estimated 100% of graduates took the ACT among these, it ranked sixth. Consequently, the state’s data is remarkably complete.
(Top image caption-the Central Magnet School in Rutherford County has Tennessee’s highest average ACT scores)įor over 10 years, Tennessee has administered the ACT to all high school juniors. Nationally, the average composite score in 2020 was 20.6 (down slightly from 2019’s mean composite of 20.7). For reference, 2019’s graduating class (the largest on record) had about 5,000 more students and scored slightly higher, with a mean composite of 19.4. Tennessee’s Class of 2020 included 80,372 students who took the ACT they scored a mean composite of 19.3 out of a possible 36. This article looks at general trends in Tennessee’s 2020 ACT scores with a focus on the top-scoring high schools across the state. They are usually a reliable indicator of college- and career-readiness, and the “best” high schools are those which adequately prepare their students for college or a career. Although it’s only one metric, a school’s average ACT scores can reveal a lot. Looking for the best high schools in Tennessee? Check for the word “Magnet” in the school’s name: the top three high schools in 2020 with the highest average ACT scores were all Magnet Schools.
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