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 | |

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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