| ACT test scores | |||||||||
| The ACT is the major college admissions test taken in this part of the country. The maximum score is 36. | |||||||||
| ACT average: Average scores for the 2001 and 2001 graduating classes. | |||||||||
| % taking ACT: Percentage of 2002 seniors who took the test. | |||||||||
| HIGH SCORERS: Seniors scoring 29 or above, the typical range for highly selective schools such as Northwestern University. | |||||||||
| The number is expressed in two ways: as a percentage of students taking the test and of all those seniors in the school. | |||||||||
| ABOVE AVERAGE: Seniors scoring 23 or above, the typical range for selective schools such as Creighton University. | |||||||||
| MET NU MINIMUM: Seniors scoring 20 or above, the minimum requirement for the University of Nebraska system. | |||||||||
| ACT average | % taking ACT | HIGH SCORERS | ABOVE AVERAGE | MET NU MINIMUM | |||||
| 2001 | 2002 | Test-takers | All seniors | Test-takers | All seniors | Test-takers | All seniors | ||
| United States | 21.0 | 20.8 | - | 7% | - | 35% | - | 58% | - |
| Nebraska | 21.6 | 21.7 | 71% | 8% | 5.5% | 41% | 29% | 66% | 47% |
| Iowa | 22.0 | 22.0 | 65% | 8% | 5.4% | 43% | 28% | 69% | 45% |
| Bellevue East | 21.9 | 22.3 | 58% | 7% | 4.1% | 50% | 29% | 70% | 41% |
| Bellevue West | 22.4 | 23.2 | 68% | 13% | 8.5% | 56% | 38% | 79% | 54% |
| Archdiocese of Omaha* | 22.8 | 22.8 | |||||||
| C.B. Abraham Lincoln | 20.8 | 21.1 | 47% | 6% | 2.7% | 32% | 15% | 63% | 30% |
| C.B. Thomas Jefferson | 19.0 | 20.0 | 35% | 4% | 1.4% | 24% | 8% | 54% | 19% |
| Elkhorn | 21.9 | 22.4 | 79% | 9% | 7.1% | 46% | 36% | 73% | 58% |
| Fremont | 21.7 | 22.1 | 64% | 7% | 4.7% | 45% | 29% | 71% | 46% |
| Gretna | 22.4 | 21.2 | 77% | 4% | 3.0% | 39% | 30% | 64% | 49% |
| Grand Island | 21.2 | 21.4 | 66% | 8% | 5.4% | 36% | 23% | 64% | 42% |
| Kearney | 21.2 | 22.1 | 63% | 10% | 6.4% | 44% | 28% | 68% | 43% |
| Lincoln East | 23.6 | 23.2 | 74% | 15% | 11.1% | 51% | 38% | 77% | 57% |
| Lincoln High | 22.0 | 21.5 | 47% | 10% | 4.5% | 41% | 20% | 62% | 29% |
| Lincoln Northeast | 21.2 | 21.5 | 46% | 6% | 3.0% | 41% | 19% | 64% | 30% |
| Lincoln Southeast | 23.3 | 23.4 | 66% | 17% | 11.1% | 55% | 36% | 77% | 51% |
| Millard North | 23.2 | 23.2 | 85% | 13% | 11.3% | 54% | 46% | 78% | 66% |
| Millard South | 21.6 | 22.0 | 73% | 8% | 5.6% | 44% | 32% | 67% | 49% |
| Millard West | 22.8 | 22.7 | 82% | 10% | 7.9% | 47% | 38% | 77% | 63% |
| Norfolk | 21.5 | 21.7 | 63% | 10% | 6.2% | 42% | 26% | 67% | 42% |
| North Platte | 21.2 | 21.1 | 59% | 3% | 1.8% | 38% | 23% | 61% | 36% |
| Omaha Benson | 19.9 | 18.7 | 48% | 5% | 2.1% | 17% | 8% | 40% | 19% |
| Omaha Bryan | 19.4 | 19.4 | 53% | 3% | 1.7% | 24% | 13% | 46% | 24% |
| Omaha Burke | 22.0 | 21.8 | 78% | 8% | 6.3% | 43% | 34% | 69% | 54% |
| Omaha Central | 21.6 | 21.2 | 65% | 11% | 7.4% | 38% | 25% | 58% | 38% |
| Omaha North | 20.7 | 21.0 | 61% | 8% | 5.1% | 41% | 25% | 58% | 35% |
| Omaha Northwest | 20.4 | 20.2 | 58% | 6% | 3.4% | 25% | 15% | 54% | 32% |
| Omaha South | 19.2 | 18.4 | 43% | 4% | 1.5% | 16% | 7% | 33% | 14% |
| Papillion-LaVista | 22.4 | 23.1 | 71% | 11% | 7.9% | 56% | 40% | 76% | 54% |
| Ralston | 21.3 | 21.6 | 71% | 5% | 3.3% | 38% | 27% | 68% | 48% |
| South Sarpy District 46 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 68% | 3% | 2.0% | 31% | 21% | 51% | 35% |
| Valley | 21.1 | 21.2 | 58% | 6% | 3.3% | 31% | 18% | 66% | 38% |
| Westside | 23.0 | 23.3 | 88% | 13% | 11.4% | 56% | 49% | 83% | 72% |
| * Archdiocese declined to provide detailed information. | |||||||||