Fayette’s 2016 graduates posted the highest average composite score on the ACT than they have in five years, even with the number of test takers jumping a record-setting six percent from 2015.
Fayette’s average composite score of 23.6 rose seven tenths of a percentage point from 2015. The county’s average score is higher than the state average of 21.1, and the national average of 20.8. All five high schools landed in the top 30 percent of Georgia high schools.
Individual school scores increased or remained the same from 2015. Fayette County High and Starr’s Mill High each had a one percent increase in their scores, the highest increase of all high schools. McIntosh High’s score increased seven tenths of a percentage point, Sandy Creek High’s score increased two tenths of a percentage point, and Whitewater High’s score remained the same. Compared to the 387 Georgia high schools with ACT scores, some testing fewer than 100 students, McIntosh is 10th in the state, Starr’s Mill is 11th in the state, Whitewater is 38th in the state, Sandy Creek is 72nd in the state, and Fayette County High is 117th in the state.
A total of 1,155 students in Fayette took the 2015 ACT, a six percent jump from last year, and the largest increase in five years. Although test takers have been steadily increasing, until this year, the increases have been between one and two and a half percent.
The ACT consists of curriculum-based tests of educational development in English, math, reading, and science designed to measure the skills needed for success in first-year college coursework.
