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===Highest score===
[[File:Percent ACT Composite Scores of 36.svg|thumb|400px|Percent of high school seniors scoring a composite of 36 on their ACT test from 1997 to 2023]]
The table below summarizes how many students achieved a composite score of 36 on the ACT between the years of 1997 and 2024.<ref name="a1">{{cite web |url=http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/ |title=The ACT® Data |access-date=September 15, 2011 |publisher=ACT Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173540/http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/ |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="a4">{{cite web |url=https://www.act.org/content/act/en/research/reports/act-publications.html |access-date=December 19, 2021 |title=ACT Research Publications |publisher=ACT, Inc.}}</ref><ref name="a3">{{cite web |url=https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/university-school-students-receive-perfect-act-score/ |title=University School student receives perfect ACT score |access-date=December 19, 2021 |publisher=Nextstar Media |website=WJHL News Channel 11}}</ref><ref name=NationalReport />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
 ! Year !! Number of students who achieved a composite score of 36 !! Number of students overall!! % of students who achieved a 36
|- align="center"
 | 2024 || 3,041 || 1,374,791 || 0.2212
|- align="center"
 | 2023 || 2,542 || 1,386,335 || 0.1834
|- align="center"
 | 2022 || 3,376 || 1,349,644 || 0.2501
|- align="center"
 | 2021 || 4,055 || 1,295,349 || 0.3130
|- align="center"
 | 2020 || 5,579 || 1,670,497 || 0.3340
|- align="center"
 | 2019 || 4,879 || 1,782,820 || 0.2737
|- align="center"
 | 2018 || 3,741 || 1,914,817 || 0.1954
|- align="center"
 | 2017 || 2,760 || 2,030,038 || 0.1359
|- align="center"
 | 2016 || 2,235 || 2,090,342 || 0.1069
|- align="center"
 | 2015 || 1,598 || 1,924,436 || 0.0830
|- align="center"
 | 2014 || 1,407 || 1,845,787 || 0.07622
 |- align="center"
 | 2013 || 1,162 || 1,799,243 || 0.06458
 |- align="center"
 | 2012 || 781 || 1,666,017 || 0.04687
 |- align="center"
 | 2011 || 704 || 1,623,112 || 0.04337
 |- align="center"
 | 2010 || 588 || 1,568,835 || 0.03748
 |- align="center"
 | 2009 || 638 || 1,480,469 || 0.04309
 |- align="center"
 | 2008 || 428 || 1,421,941 || 0.03010
 |- align="center"
 | 2007 || 314 || 1,300,599 || 0.02414
 |- align="center"
 | 2006 || 216 || 1,206,455 || 0.01790
 |- align="center"
 | 2005 || 193 || 1,186,251 || 0.01627
 |- align="center"
 | 2004 || 224 || 1,171,460 || 0.01912
 |- align="center"
 | 2003 || 195 || 1,175,059 || 0.01659
 |- align="center"
 | 2002 || 134 || 1,116,082 || 0.01201
 |- align="center"
 | 2001 || 89 || 1,069,772 || 0.00832
 |- align="center"
 | 2000 || 131 || 1,065,138 || 0.01230
 |- align="center"
 | 1999 || 85 || 1,019,053 || 0.00834
 |- align="center"
 | 1998 || 71 || 995,039 || 0.00714
 |- align="center"
 | 1997 || 74 || 959,301 || 0.00771
|}