Last Updated on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 5:01 AM
Many Kentucky students participate in ACT and SAT assessments, which provide indicators of college and university placement. The data below reflects both public and nonpublic school students' scores.
ACT Scores – Public School Seniors
Kentucky/National Averages
2009: 19.1/21.1
NOTE: 2009 was the first year for which data was reported for Kentucky public school students only. The national data for 2009 includes both public and nonpublic school students.
ACT Scores – All High School Seniors
(Kentucky's number of 12th-grade ACT test-takers grew from 24,942 in 1990 to 31,728 in 2008.)
Kentucky/National Averages
2009: 19.4/21.1
2008: 20.9/21.1
2007: 20.7/21.2
2006: 20.6/21.1
2005: 20.4/20.3
2004: 20.3/20.9
2003: 20.2/20.8
2002: 20.0/20.8
2001: 20.1/21.0
2000: 20.1/21.0
1999: 20.1/21.0
1998: 20.2/21.0
1997: 20.1/21.0
1996: 20.1/20.9
1995: 20.1/20.8
1994: 20.1/20.8
1993: 20.1/20.7
1992: 20.0/20.6
1991: 20.0/20.6
1990: 19.9/20.6
SAT Scores
2009
Kentucky's average verbal score: 575
Kentucky's average math score: 581
Kentucky's average writing score: 560
Kentucky participation: 4% (graduating public school seniors)
2008
Kentucky's average verbal score: 566
Kentucky's average math score: 573
Kentucky's average writing score: 550
Kentucky participation: 6% (graduating public school seniors)
2007
Kentucky's average verbal score: 562
Kentucky's average math score: 566
Kentucky's average writing score: 547
Kentucky participation: 7%
2006
Kentucky's average verbal score: 559
Kentucky's average math score: 564
Kentucky's average writing score: 549
Kentucky participation: 8%
(2006 was the first year in which SAT assessed writing.)
2005
Kentucky's average verbal/math score: 558/560
Kentucky participation: 8%
2004
Kentucky's average verbal/math score: 555/558
Kentucky participation: 9%
2003
Kentucky's average verbal/math score: 554/552
Kentucky participation: 13%
2002
Kentucky's average verbal/math score: 550/552
Kentucky participation: 12%
2001
Kentucky's average verbal/math score: 550/550
Kentucky participation: 8%