Penncrest HS Average ACT Score Among PA's Best

MEDIA, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently released its list of 2016 ACT scores for public high schools in the state. While some schools are cheering, others are probably figuring out what they can do to improve the scored. Penncrest High School in Media is definitely cheering.

According to data from the department, Penncrest earned an average ACT score of 26.

Ninety-seven Penncrest students took the test in 2016. In the test categories – English, reading, writing, math, and science – Penncrest averaged 25 26, 8, 26, and 25, respectively.

Julia R. Masterman School earned the highest average ACT score with 30 and Roxborough High School had the lowest in PA with 13.

The ACT is scored from of a low of 1 to a top score of 36 and are the average of sectional scores in English, math, reading and science.

The average ACT score in Pennsylvania is 20.8.

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