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LHS shows long-term ACT improvement
Scores drop slightly for 2008 test-takers
By Kristen Waggener, kwaggener@miconews.com
Despite a slight drop in the average composite score of ACT test takers, Louisburg High School students were still above the state and national averages in every category in 2008.
Seventy-three Louisburg High School students took the ACT, scoring an average composite score of 22.7. The state average for 2008 was 22.0, and the national average was 21.1.
The ACT, a national optional standardized test often used in the college admissions process, scores students in a range from one to 36. Students are tested and given individual scores in English, math, reading and science, and their scores from each test are averaged for their composite score.
In English, LHS students scored an average of 22.5, while the state average was 21.5 and national average was 20.6. In math, LHS averaged 22.9, compared to 21.8 for the state and 21.0 for the nation. LHS students averaged 22.9 for reading, compared with 22.6 and 21.4 for state and national averages, respectively. In science, Louisburg averaged 22.3 while the state averaged 21.8 and the national average was 20.8.
“We have always scored well,” LHS principal Sally Lundblad said.
School counselor Tom Lundblad said even though Louisburg’s scores dropped slightly from the year before, it’s important to look at five- and 10-year trends, which show gradual increases in scores for Louisburg.
In 2004, LHS scored an average of 20.5 in English, 21.5 in math, 21.5 in reading and 20.6 in science, and a composite of 21.2.
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Seventy-three Louisburg High School students took the ACT, scoring an average composite score of 22.7. The state average for 2008 was 22.0, and the national average was 21.1.
The ACT, a national optional standardized test often used in the college admissions process, scores students in a range from one to 36. Students are tested and given individual scores in English, math, reading and science, and their scores from each test are averaged for their composite score.
In English, LHS students scored an average of 22.5, while the state average was 21.5 and national average was 20.6. In math, LHS averaged 22.9, compared to 21.8 for the state and 21.0 for the nation. LHS students averaged 22.9 for reading, compared with 22.6 and 21.4 for state and national averages, respectively. In science, Louisburg averaged 22.3 while the state averaged 21.8 and the national average was 20.8.
“We have always scored well,” LHS principal Sally Lundblad said.
School counselor Tom Lundblad said even though Louisburg’s scores dropped slightly from the year before, it’s important to look at five- and 10-year trends, which show gradual increases in scores for Louisburg.
In 2004, LHS scored an average of 20.5 in English, 21.5 in math, 21.5 in reading and 20.6 in science, and a composite of 21.2.