East Baton Rouge was the only local public school system where students improved their average ACT scores from 2008 to 2009, according to information from the Louisiana Department of Education. East Baton Rouge students scored a 19.7 on the test in 2009, compared with a 19.5 in 2008. A perfect score on the test is 36. Zachary students scored 20.3 on the test in 2009, the same as the year before. High school students in Ascension and Livingston parishes had an average of 20.3; in 2008 students in both parishes had an average score of 20.7. Central students fell from a 20.9 in 2008 to a 20.1 in 2009 and Baker students dropped from 17.5 to 17.4. State ACT scores fell from 20.3 to 20.1, while national scores remained at 21.1. Overall, 89% of high school graduates in Louisiana took the ACT, a 1% increase from 2008.
EBR only local system to improve ACT scores
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