Walton, Pope and Lassiter High School students paced the Cobb ACT results for 2018, as the Cobb County School District surpassed the Georgia and national averages for the 13th consecutive year.
The district released the scores Wednesday, and they’re results from students in the Class of 2018. Across the CCSD, students averaged a composite score of 22.8 out of a maximum possible 36 points.
That’s 1.4 points higher than the state average of 21.4 and nearly two points above the national average of 20.4.
Walton’s composite score of 26.7 led all of Cobb schools, while Pope was second at 25.7. Lassiter was third, at 24.8.
Wheeler’s composite score for last year’s seniors was 23.4, followed by Sprayberry at 21.0 and Kell at 20.6.
“Seeing our students outperform their peers in the state and across the nation for more than a decade is a testament to our team’s focus on helping each and every student succeed,” Cobb schools superintendent Chris Ragsdale said in a statement.
Cobb had the second-best composite ACT score in the metro Atlanta area, trailing only Fulton County at 23.7.
Cobb schools said 51 percent of the Class of 2018 took the ACT, or a little more than 4,000 students. Ten students received perfect scores of 36, including seven from East Cobb schools: three from Lassiter and two each from Wheeler and Walton.
The ACT is a standardized test that tests high school students’ aptitude in a broad range of subjects: English, math, reading and science. It’s considered one of the major tests, along with the SAT, for college-bound students.
More than 56,000 Georgia students took the ACT in 2018, and nearly 2 million nationwide.
Walton had 441 students take the ACT this year, more than any Cobb school by far.
The CCSD chart below breaks down how each Cobb school performed in each of those categories.
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