When it Comes to the ACTs, this Milwaukee-Area School District is Tops

WHITEFISH BAY — The last ACT exam of the spring session is coming up on June 11, when High School students hunker down and take the hours-long test in preparation for continuing their education in college or otherwise.

The test factors into a lot of things for students: in many cases, test scores can factor into getting into the right school, securing advance-placement credits, securing scholarships and other grants.

Here is some food for thought:

The average ACT score composite at University of Wisconsin -Madison is a 28. The 25th percentile ACT score is 26, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 30. In other words, a 26 places you below average, while a 30 will move you up to above average.

Here is how the Metro Milwaukee area students fared in the 2014-15 school year (district average):

1. 25.9 Mequon-Thiensville
2. 25.8 Whitefish Bay
3. 25.5 Elmbrook (Brookfield East 25.7; Brookfield Central 25.3)
4. 24.9 Shorewood
5. 24.5 Greendale
6. 24.5 Hamilton
7. 24.1 New Berlin (Eisenhower 24.7; West 23.3)
8. 24.0 Nicolet
9. 23.7 Port Washington-Saukville
10. 23.7 Germantown
11. 23.7 Wauwatosa (East 24.1; West 23.3)
12. 23.5 Menomonee Falls
13. 23.2 Muskego-Norway
14. 22.7 Waukesha ( West 23.2.; North 22.5; South 22.3)
15. 22.2 Whitnall
16. 21.9 Greenfield
17. 21.9 South Milwaukee
18. 21.7 Oak Creek-Franklin (Franklin 23.6; Oak Creek 21.7)
19. 20.6 Cudahy
20. 20.1 Brown Deer
21. 20.0 St. Francis
22. 19.9 Racine Unified (Case 20.7, Horlick 19.0, Park 19.8, REAL School 18.1, Walden 21.9)
23. 16.2 Milwaukee (individual schools not avail.)

Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction