The Class of 2024 maintained Fayette County’s high average composite score on the ACT, again outscoring the state and nation on the college readiness test.
Fayette’s 2024 average composite score is 22.8, the third highest in the state among school systems with over 250 test takers. Fayette had 605 test takers.
The county’s average score is 1.6 points higher than the state average of 21.2 and 3.4 points higher than the national average of 19.4. Broken down by discipline, the county outscored the state and nation in all four categories (English, math, reading, science) by at least 1 point.
Nearly 300 Georgia high schools registered ACT scores, some testing fewer than 100 students, McIntosh High had the 13th best score in the state, with Starr’s Mill High 17th, Whitewater High 35th, Sandy Creek High 52nd, and Fayette County High 68th.
Georgia students’ average composite score was 21.2 – a minor decrease compared to 2023, when the average was 21.3, but still exceeding the pre-pandemic average of 20.7. Georgia’s schools in every individual subject area exceed the national average.
“The class of 2024 continues to make us proud here in Georgia – from beating the nation on both the SAT and ACT to achieving an all-time-high graduation rate for our state,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said.
“It’s encouraging to see that investing in academic recovery, despite the challenges of the last several years, has paid off for our students and their futures,” Woods said. “I offer my congratulations to the class of 2024 and their teachers, parents, and communities who made this possible.”
College Readiness Benchmarks are scores on the ACT subject-area tests that represent the level of achievement required for students to have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher, or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher, in corresponding credit-bearing first-year college courses.
The ACT consists of curriculum-based tests of educational development in English, math, reading, and science designed to measure the skills needed for success in first-year college coursework.
