ACT scores up in 196

Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:06 AM CDT

District 196 high school students scored above state and national average composite scores on the American College Test (ACT) entrance exam in 2009, according to recently released test data.

ACT scores range from 1 to 36. The ACT average composite score for the District 196 class of 2009 was 23.9, up 0.1 from the previous year. At 22.7, the state average is highest in the nation among states where more than half of all college-bound students took the test. The ACT was taken by 79 percent of the district's class of 2009.

Average composite scores for individual District 196 high schools in 2009: Apple Valley High School, 23.1; Eagan High School, 24.5; Eastview High School, 24.6; Rosemount High School, 23.7 and School of Environmental Studies, 23.5.

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