PHOENIX — Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year’s high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years with Nevada receiving the lowest average composite score in the nation — the latest evidence of the enormity of learning disruption during the pandemic.
The class of 2022′s average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score was below 20. What’s more, an increasing number of high school students failed to meet any of the subject-area benchmarks set by the ACT — showing a decline in preparedness for college-level coursework.
Nevada’s score — 17.3 — fell well below the nationwide average and was the lowest among six states where an estimated 100% of graduates tested last year. Students in the Silver State are required to take the college entrance exam as a high school graduation requirement.
