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About the Midwest: Education

ACT Scores

National average: 21.1, 43% of graduates tested

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Average
ACT Score

% of students
tested

9

Minnesota

2.6

69

11

Iowa

22.4

60

12

Wisconsin

22.3

67



State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Average
ACT Score

% of students
tested

1

Massachusetts

23.6

17

2

Connecticut

23.3

19

3

New York

23.1

23

3

New Hampshire

23.1

15

5

Washington

23.1

17

6

Vermont

22.7

26

7

Maine

22.7

9

7

New Jersey

22.7

13

9

Minnesota

22.6

69

9

Delaware

22.6

11

11

Iowa

22.4

60

12

Wisconsin

22.3

67

13

Pennsylvania

22.2

13

13

California

22.2

17

15

Nebraska

22.1

72

16

Indiana

22.0

22

16

Montana

22.0

56

16

South Dakota

22.0

77

16

Kansas

22.0

74

16

Maryland

22.0

16

21

Rhode Island

21.9

10

21

Arizona

21.9

15

23

Utah

21.8

68

23

Virginia

21.8

19

25

Ohio

21.7

65

26

Hawaii

21.6

23

26

North Dakota

21.6

81

28

Missouri

21.6

69

29

Idaho

21.5

58

30

North Carolina

21.3

14

30

Nevada

21.3

30

32

Oregon

21.2

30

33

Alaska

21.2

25

33

Wyoming

21.1

80

35

Kentucky

20.9

72

36

West Virginia

20.7

64

36

Oklahoma

20.7

70

36

Illinois

20.7

98

36

Texas

20.7

29

36

Tennessee

20.7

88

41

Georgia

20.6

38

41

Arkansas

20.6

74

43

Colorado

20.5

100

44

Alabama

20.4

77

45

Louisiana

20.3

88

45

New Mexico

20.3

80

47

South Carolina

19.9

44

48

Florida

19.8

52

49

Michigan

19.6

100

50

Mississippi

18.9

92



Source: 2008 ACT Composite Averages by State, ACT, Inc., Retrieved 12/31/2008.