ACT scores - from Omaha World Herald                          

The ACT is the major college admissions test in this part of the country. The maximum score is 36.
ACT average: Average scores for the 2003 and 2004 graduating classes.
Percent taking ACT: Percentage of 2004 seniors who took the test.
Ready for college: Percentages of test-takers who scored at or above benchmark "college readiness" levels, as determained by ACT researchers. Those benchmarks are the ACT scores needed to have a 75 percent chance of earning a C or above in certain college classes. For college English composition, ACT says, students should score at least 18 on the English portion of the test. For college algebra, student should score at least 22 on the math subtest. For college biology, student should score at least 24 on the science subtest.


ACT average

Ready for college

2003
2004
% taking
English
Math
Science
United States
20.8
20.9
-
68%
40%
26%
Nebraska
21.7
21.7
72%
74%
46%
31%
Iowa
22.0
22.0
64%
77%
49%
34%
Bellevue East
22.5
22.2
69%
79%
43%
32%
Bellevue West
22.4
21.9
73%
81%
48%
33%
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
21.1
21.0
57%
83%
34%
25%
Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
21.0
19.8
49%
60%
29%
14%
Elkhorn
22.7
22.4
74%
81%
52%
32%
Fremont
21.6
22.0
66%
79%
47%
35%
Gretna
22.3
21.4
84%
73%
39%
27%
Grand Island
22.4
21.3
60%
73%
38%
29%
Kearney
22.1
22.4
68%
77%
52%
38%
Lincoln East
23.3
23.7
77%
85%
66%
45%
Lincoln High
21.8
21.8
50%
71%
51%
31%
Lincoln Northeast
21.9
21.3
52%
66%
57%
32%
Lincoln North Star
-
20.3
-
66%
42%
26%
Lincoln Southeast
23.6
23.3
69%
84%
64%
39%
Lincoln Southwest
21.0
23.0
69%
82%
60%
38%
Millard North
23.4
23.3
84%
85%
65%
41%
Millard South
21.6
21.9
72%
72%
47%
32%
Millard West
22.6
22.9
86%
79%
59%
39%
Norfolk
21.9
21.4
65%
72%
49%
28%
Omaha Benson
18.9
18.3
56%
45%
20%
12%
Omaha Bryan
19.2
18.8
52%
49%
19%
15%
Omaha Burke
21.7
22.6
74%
79%
52%
34%
Omaha Central
21.2
21.4
68%
73%
39%
26%
Omaha North
20.2
20.3
63%
64%
34%
21%
Omaha Northwest
20.4
20.4
56%
68%
32%
21%
Omaha South
19.0
18.2
55%
42%
18%
11%
Papillion-La Vista
22.3
21.6
72%
74%
51%
29%
Papillion-La Vista South
-
22.3
-
77%
49%
35%
Ralston
21.6
21.3
67%
72%
53%
24%
South Sarpy District 46
22.0
21.6
74%
74%
43%
36%
Westside
23.2
23.4
88%
85%
56%
42%

Sources: ACT, the school districts