Students at Walton and Wheeler high schools in East Cobb had the highest composite scores in the ACT in the Cobb County School District for 2021.
The district sent out a release Tuesday morning saying that Walton students in the Class of 2021 had an ACT composite of 27.6 and Wheeler students were at 27.1.
The overall Cobb school district’s composite score was 24.3 across 16 high schools, higher than the Georgia average of 22.6 and the national average of 20.3.
The Cobb score is 1.1 percent higher than 2020. The district explained how the ACT works:
“The composite ACT score is based on curriculum-based tests in English, math, reading, and science. Cobb students scored 24.0 in English, 23.7 in math, 25.1 in reading, and 23.9 in science – all above the Georgia and national averages.”
The district statement said that Wheeler students had two-point gains in English, reading, math and science over 2020, and Sprayberry students scored 2.3 percent higher in science in 2021 from the previous year.
There were 15 students with perfect individual composite scores of 36 on the ACT. Four graduated from Wheeler, two from Lassiter and one each were from Pope and Sprayberry.
More from the district release; here are the ACT breakdowns at the six East Cobb high schools. The number in parenthesis next to the school name is the number of students at that school taking the test:
Avg. Composite
Avg. English
Avg. Math
Avg. Reading
Avg. Science
Kell (79)
21.7
20.6
21.3
22.3
22.1
Lassiter (194))
25.5
25.2
25.2
26.3
24.8
Pope (180)
25.6
26.0
25.2
26.3
24.7
Sprayberry (52)
22.5
22.2
21.2
23.2
22.8
Walton (300)
27.6
28.1
27.0
28.0
27.0
Wheeler (107)
27.1
27.1
26.6
27.7
26.7
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