“Seeing Kentucky students perform near the top of their peer group is always a positive,” said Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher. “As with any assessment, the results paint a complex picture, but there’s certainly room for encouragement and room for improvement.”
Graph courtesy of the Kentucky Department of Education.
According to Glasgow High School Principal Joey Norman, the 123 high school students who took the test scored 19, which is 0.4 points higher than the state average. Barren County students scored 19.6, which is a full point higher than Kentucky’s average.
Save for the 2023 state average, the overall ACT score has been steadily decreasing from 19.8 in 2019 to 18.6 currently.
Graph courtesy of the Kentucky Department of Education.
A majority of Kentucky students — 66 percent — took the ACT more than once, and this report for graduates uses the most recent exam taken by the student. Students who retested improved their ACT superscore – which is the average of the highest scores in each subject from every test attempt – by an average of 2.5 points.
