2016 Triangle ACT Scores (Raleigh, Durham, Cary: chapel, neighborhoods, high school)

[michgc]

2016 Triangle Area ACT Scores Percent Proficient (those meeting a minimum composite score of 17 which is the UNC system's minimum requirement for admission)

Green=Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Red=Chatham County
Brown=Durham County
Pink=Johnston County
Orange=Orange County
Blue=Wake County
Purple=Charter

Raleigh Charter 95.0
Woods Charter 95.0
East Chapel Hill High 92.6
Johnston County Early College Academy 92.4
Green Hope High 90.3
Wake STEM Early College High School 90.2
Panther Creek High 87.0
Clement Early College High School 86.4
CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO 86.3
Carrboro High 85.9
Durham School of the Arts 84.6
Apex High 83.6
Middle College High School @DTCC 82.8
Chapel Hill High 82.7
Wake Early College of Health and Science 82.6
City of Medicine Academy 80.9
Wake Young Women Leadership 78.6
Chatham Central High 76.8
Holly Springs High 76.2
Middle Creek High 75.8
Leesville Road High 75.4
Hawbridge Charter 75.0
Cedar Ridge 74.0
Needham Broughton 73.4
Northwood High 73.2
Cleveland High 72.9
Enloe High 72.4
Millbrook High 72.2
Corinth Holders 71.2
Wakefield High 70.7
Wake Forest High 70.6
Heritage High 69.6
WAKE COUNTY 69.4
CHATHAM COUNTY 69.3
Vernon Malone College and Career Academy 68.4
Athens Drive High 67.7
ORANGE COUNTY 67.4
Clayton High 66.4
Fuquay-Varina High 65.8
JOHNSTON COUNTY 64.3
Cary High 63.1
West Johnston High 61.7
Orange High 61.1
Jordan Matthews 60.7
NORTH CAROLINA 59.9
Jordan High 58.3
North Johnston High 58.2
South Johnston High 57.4
Wake Young Men Leadership 57.1
Garner High 57.0
Hillside New Tech High 56.3
Princeton High 55.2
Riverside High 53.4
Southern School of Engergy and Sustainability 53.3
DURHAM COUNTY 52.9
Rolesville High 51.2
Northern High 46.2
Smithfield-Selma 45.8
Knightdale High 41.8
East Wake High 40.8
Southeast Raleigh High 35.2
Hillside High 33.2
Philips High 10.9

Source:NC School Report Cards: https://ncreportcards.ondemand.sas.c...C+Report+Cards
Any errors or omissions are my own

ETA: I belive the schools which show 95% are actually "95% or more."

[poppydog]

Thanks for compiling this, Michgc. Always interesting.

I got an error on your link to the SAS viewer. Not sure why but you can go there from here: NC School Report Cards

The ACT scores in an Excel file can be accessed here: The ACT and ACT WorkKeys Results

Are the numbers the percentage of kids at each school who score a 17 or above?

[poppydog]

Hey Michgc, I downloaded the Excel file and it looks to me like different numbers, based on the benchmarks of 18 for English, 22 for Math, 22 for Reading, 23 for Science and 18 for Writing. Using 17 as a benchmark does make us get higher scores across the board, though. BTW, wonder why the English and Writing benchmarks are so much lower?

And WOW for Early College at Guilford — their composite average is 30.1 (compared to 25.8 for East Chapel Hill, and 24.1 for Green Hope, 24.7 for Wake STEM Early College, 25.1 for Woods Charter, 27.5 for Raleigh Charter, 22 for Durham School of the Arts).

[michgc]

Originally Posted by poppydog

Thanks for compiling this, Michgc. Always interesting.

I got an error on your link to the SAS viewer. Not sure why but you can go there from here: NC School Report Cards

The ACT scores in an Excel file can be accessed here: The ACT and ACT WorkKeys Results

Are the numbers the percentage of kids at each school who score a 17 or above?

Thanks, I fixed the link, I think. Yes, I believe that the percentage shown represents the percentage of 11th grade students at each school who scored a composite score of 17 or better.

[LLN]

Don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but what/where/why is Philips High? That is scary!

[michgc]

Originally Posted by poppydog

Hey Michgc, I downloaded the Excel file and it looks to me like different numbers, based on the benchmarks of 18 for English, 22 for Math, 22 for Reading, 23 for Science and 18 for Writing. Using 17 as a benchmark does make us get higher scores across the board, though. BTW, wonder why the English and Writing benchmarks are so much lower?

I don't know how they pick their benchmarks. I did not use the Excel file you downloaded but the other link that NC Report Cards provides which shows the proficiency rates. I think my link is corrected in my first post and if you click on school reports and then ACT, you can choose which district and schools you want to look at, and then you can see where I got my data.

[michgc]

Originally Posted by LLN

Don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but what/where/why is Philips High? That is scary!

I believe someone last year said that it is an "alternative" school.

[michgc]

Originally Posted by poppydog

Hey Michgc, I downloaded the Excel file and it looks to me like different numbers, based on the benchmarks of 18 for English, 22 for Math, 22 for Reading, 23 for Science and 18 for Writing. Using 17 as a benchmark does make us get higher scores across the board, though. BTW, wonder why the English and Writing benchmarks are so much lower?

The percentages shown by subject are the percentage who met the "ACT college-readiness benchmarks on each of the subject tests along with total percent of benchmarks met." I believe the ACT college readiness benchmarks for these subjects are different than the percentage shown who meet the minimum composite of 17 to be considered for admittance into the UNC system because the percentage reaching the subject college readiness benchmarks are much lower than the overall who met the composite minimum benchmark of 17. For an example, I looked at Albermarle High School. They have a school percentage proficiency score of 42.9% which I believe means that 42.9% of their 11th grade students had a composite score of 17 or better on the ACT but only 8% met the college readiness benchmark in all four subjects (doesn't include writing) with 25% pecent proficient in English (with a benchmark of 18), 15% in math (benchmark of 22), 20% in reading (benchmark of 22), 14% in science (benchmark of 23), and 13% in writing (benchmark of 18).

[poppydog]

Gotcha! Thanks again for posting. I really don't care that much about test scores for my kids (not a Tiger Mom), but I'm always interested to see how the different schools are doing and the state as a whole.

[TarHeelNick]

Originally Posted by LLN

Don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but what/where/why is Philips High? That is scary!

Phillips High is the "last chance" school for students who have been expelled from other Wake County schools. No neighborhoods are assigned to Phillips High.