Editing ACT (test) (section)

==Score cumulative percentages and comparison with pre-2016 SAT==
The data in this section pertains to the SAT prior to the 2016 redesign. Comparisons to SAT scores are not valid after the 2017 graduating class.

Sixty percent—about 2.03 million students—of the 2017 high school graduating class took the ACT. For the graduating class of 2017, the average composite score was a 21.0. Of these test-takers, 46% were male and 52% were female, with 2% not reporting a gender. 2,760 students in the graduating class of 2017 received the highest ACT composite score of 36.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.act.org/content/act/en/research/condition-of-college-and-career-readiness-2017.html |title=Condition of College and Career Readiness 2017 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |publisher=ACT Inc. }}</ref>
[[Image:actgraph.jpg|thumb|right|350px|2005 distribution of ACT scores]]

The following chart shows, for each ACT score from 11 to 36, the corresponding ACT percentile and equivalent total SAT score or score range.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/higher-ed-brief-sat-concordance.pdf | title=Higher Ed Brief: SAT Concordance |access-date=November 18, 2017 |publisher=College Board }}</ref>{{Not in refs|date=September 2019}} (Concordance data for ACT scores less than 11 is not yet available for the current version of the SAT.) Note that ACT percentiles are defined as the percentage of test takers scoring at or below the given score.
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
 ! SAT combined score (Math + Reading/Writing) 
 ! ACT composite score
 ! The percentile of students at or below this score for the ACT (not SAT)
 |-
 | 1600|| 36 || 100%
 |-
 | 1560–1590|| 35 || 99.9%
 |-
 | 1520–1550|| 34 || 99%
 |-
 | 1490–1510|| 33 || 98%
 |-
 | 1450–1480|| 32 || 97%
 |-
 | 1420–1440|| 31 || 96%
 |-
 | 1390–1410|| 30 || 94%
 |-
 | 1350–1380|| 29 || 92%
 |-
 | 1310–1340|| 28 || 89%
 |-
 | 1280–1300|| 27 || 86%
 |-
 | 1240–1270|| 26 || 82%
 |-
 | 1200–1230|| 25 || 78%
 |-
 | 1160–1190|| 24 || 74%
 |-
 | 1130–1150|| 23 || 69%
 |-
 | 1100–1120|| 22 || 63%
 |-
 | 1060–1090|| 21 || 57%
 |-
 | 1020–1050|| 20 || 51%
 |-
 | 980–1010|| 19 || 44%
 |-
 | 940–970|| 18 || 38%
 |-
 | 900–930|| 17 || 31%
 |-
 | 860–890|| 16 || 25%
 |-
 | 810–850|| 15 || 19%
 |-
 | 760–800|| 14 || 13%
 |-
 | 720–750|| 13 || 8%
 |-
 | 630–710|| 12 || 4%
 |-
 | 560–620|| 11 || 1%
 |}

=== Score vs Percentile for English Section ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 ! Score
 ! The percentile of students 
at or below this score
 |-
| 36 || 100%
 |-
| 35 || 99%
 |-
| 34 || 99%
 |-
| 33 || 97%
 |-
| 32 || 96%
 |-
| 31 || 94%
 |-
| 30 || 93%
 |-
| 29 || 91%
 |-
| 28 || 88%
 |-
| 27 || 85%
 |-
| 26 || 82%
 |-
| 25 || 78%
 |-
| 24 || 73%
 |-
| 23 || 68%
 |-
| 22 || 63%
 |-
| 21 || 57%
 |-
| 20 || 50%
 |-
| 19 || 43%
 |-
| 18 || 38%
 |-
| 17 || 33%
 |-
| 16 || 29%
 |-
| 15 || 24%
 |-
| 14 || 18%
 |-
| 13 || 14%
 |-
| 12 || 11%
 |-
| 11 || 9%
 |}

=== Score vs Percentile for Mathematics Section ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 ! Score
 ! The percentile of students 
at or below this score
 |-
| 36 || 99%
 |-
| 35 || 99%
 |-
| 34 || 99%
 |-
| 33 || 98%
 |-
| 32 || 97%
 |-
| 31 || 96%
 |-
| 30 || 94%
 |-
| 29 || 93%
 |-
| 28 || 91%
 |-
| 27 || 88%
 |-
| 26 || 84%
 |-
| 25 || 79%
 |-
| 24 || 74%
 |-
| 23 || 67%
 |-
| 22 || 61%
 |-
| 21 || 57%
 |-
| 20 || 52%
 |-
| 19 || 47%
 |-
| 18 || 41%
 |-
| 17 || 34%
 |-
| 16 || 26%
 |-
| 15 || 14%
 |-
| 14 || 6%
 |-
| 13 || 2%
 |-
| 12 || 1%
 |-
| 11 || 1%
 |}

=== Score vs Percentile for Reading Section ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" 
 ! Score
 ! The percentile of students 
at or below this score
 |-
| 36 || 99%
 |-
| 35 || 99%
 |-
| 34 || 99%
 |-
| 33 || 97%
 |-
| 32 || 95%
 |-
| 31 || 93%
 |-
| 30 || 91%
 |-
| 29 || 87%
 |-
| 28 || 85%
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| 27 || 82%
 |-
| 26 || 78%
 |-
| 25 || 75%
 |-
| 24 || 71%
 |-
| 23 || 66%
 |-
| 22 || 60%
 |-
| 21 || 54%
 |-
| 20 || 48%
 |-
| 19 || 42%
 |-
| 18 || 39%
 |-
| 17 || 30%
 |-
| 16 || 25%
 |-
| 15 || 19%
 |-
| 14 || 15%
 |-
| 13 || 10%
 |-
| 12 || 6%
 |-
| 11 || 3%
 |}

=== Score vs Percentile for Science Section ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
 ! Score
 ! The percentile of students 
at or below this score
 |-
| 36 || 99%
 |-
| 35 || 99%
 |-
| 34 || 99%
 |-
| 33 || 99%
 |-
| 32 || 98%
 |-
| 31 || 97%
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| 30 || 96%
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| 29 || 95%
 |-
| 28 || 93%
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| 27 || 91%
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| 26 || 87%
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| 25 || 83%
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| 24 || 77%
 |-
| 23 || 70%
 |-
| 22 || 62%
 |-
| 21 || 56%
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| 20 || 47%
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| 19 || 38%
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| 18 || 34%
 |-
| 17 || 21%
 |-
| 16 || 19%
 |-
| 15 || 15%
 |-
| 14 || 11%
 |-
| 13 || 8%
 |-
| 12 || 5%
 |-
| 11 || 3%
 |}
Sources:<ref name="universityofcalifornia.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html |title=UC Admissions |access-date=2009-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420111808/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html |archive-date=April 20, 2009 }} Univ. of California Eligibility by Examination Alone</ref>{{Not in refs|date=November 2021}}