Table 4

Trends in ACT Composite scores, by race and ethnicity, 1993-2017

ACT Composite scores Black students White students Asian students Hispanic students
Year Scores Tested Scores Tested Scores Tested Scores Tested
1993 17.1 21.4 21.6
1997 17.1 90,617 21.7 663,878 21.7 28,542 18.9 48,352
1998 17.1 100,537 21.7 707,496 21.8 30,988 18.9 52,117
1999 17.1 103,932 21.7 732,025 21.7 33,251 18.9 53,330
2000 17 110,617 21.8 762,017 21.7 35,479 18.9 57,815
2001 16.9 112,924 21.8 763,377 21.7 36,267 18.8 59,716
2002 16.8 120,311 21.7 773,933 21.6 36,732 18.4 66,770
2003 16.9 129,507 21.7 804,858 21.8 39,102 18.5 75,449
2004 17.1 131,925 21.8 787,870 21.9 39,337 18.5 78,584
2005 17 138,964 21.9 781,581 22.1 39,284 18.6 83,447
2006 17.1 139,118 22 760,084 22.3 39,867 18.6 85,796
2007 17 152,412 22.1 779,147 22.6 42,257 18.7 93,137
2008 16.9 178,417 22.1 895,588 22.9 51,368 18.7 114,697
2009 16.9 196,149 22.2 941,206 23.2 59,093 18.7 133,569
2010 16.9 215,000 22.3 979,000 23.4 65,000 18.6 158,000
2011 17 223,383 22.4 981,585 23.6 66,650 18.7 200,661
2012 17 222,237 22.4 983,148 23.6 68,080 18.9 234,456
2013 16.9 239,598 22.2 1,034,712 23.5 71,677 18.8 259,741
2014 17 241,678 22.3 1,038,435 23.5 80,370 18.8 281,216
2015 17.1 252,566 22.4 1,057,803 23.9 87,499 18.9 299,920
2016 17 272,363 22.2 1,119,398 24 93,493 18.7 337,280
2017 17.1 256,756 22.4 1,062,439 24.3 96,097 18.9 347,906
Economic Policy Institute

Source: For 1993, see Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 1994, National Science Foundation, Washington DC, Appendix table 3-7 (available online at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpdse94/chap3/gifs/5.htm). From 1997 onwards, numbers are obtained from the Annual High School Profile Reports published by the ACT, http://www.act.org/content/act/en/research.html

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