For the fifth year in a row, Georgia students beat the national average on the ACT, with the state’s average score increasing even as the national average dropped.

Georgia’s class of 2021 recorded an average composite score of 22.6, compared to the national average of 20.3.

Locally,  twenty-seven Chattooga students and fort-five Trion students took the ACT.  Both schools were just below the national average composite score with Chattooga at 20.1 and Trion at 20.2.   Floyd County schools came in at 21.5, Rome City Schools at 21.2 and Walker County at 21.

College Readiness benchmarks are scores on the ACT subject-area tests that represent the level of achievement required for students to have a 50-percent chance of obtaining a B or higher, or about a 75-percent chance of obtaining a C or higher, in corresponding credit-bearing first-year college courses.