Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced a total of 63,829 students from Tennessee's 2019 graduating class took the ACT, earning an average composite score of 20. This represents a 98 percent participation rate, which is an all-time high in the state.
Of those students, 41.7 percent earned a score of 21 or higher, making them eligible for the HOPE scholarship.
2019 - The average ACT score for the public school graduating class of 2019 in each subject area was:
• 19.6 in English, 0.1 point decrease from 2018,
• 19.4 in math, 0.1 point decrease,
• 20.5 in reading, 0.2 point decrease;
• 20.0 in science, 0.3 point decrease.
2018 - The average ACT score for the public school graduating class of 2018 in each subject area was:
• 19.7 in English, up 0.2 points from 2017,
• 19.5 in math, up 0.1 points from 2017,
• 20.7 in reading, up 0.3 points; and
• 20.3 in science, same as 2017.
63,104 public school graduates took the ACT in 2018.
