Marshalltown High School ACT scores from 2015 have been released.
The scores indicate MHS students had an average composite score of 22.1, up from the previous year average composite score of 21.3. The state average composite score for 2015 was 22.2.
Test scores saw the biggest jump in the area of science as the average science score among the 102 MHS students taking the test was 23.2, which is up from 21.8 the previous year.
Marshalltown scores also saw gains in English, mathematics and reading portions of the test from the previous year.
The ACT measures college readiness among high school students. Marshalltown Community School District students took this test this past April or June and most who took the test were in the junior class last school year.
2015 ACT SCORES
MCSD State
English 20.9 21.6
Mathematics 21.9 21.5
Reading 21.8 22.7
Science 23.2 22.3
Composite 22.1 22.2
2014 ACT SCORES
MCSD State
English 20.3 21.5
Mathematics 20.9 21.4
Reading 21.6 22.5
Science 21.8 22.2
Composite 21.3 22.0
