Jesuit HS Senior Earns Top Score on ACT

Drew Robinett, son of Gary and Kelly Robinett and a rising senior at , earned a top composite score of 36 on a recent ACT test.

Nationally, while the actual number of students earning a composite score of 36 varies from year to year, roughly one-tenth of one percent receive a top score. Among test takers in the high school graduating class of 2010 (the most recent year for which information was available), only 588 of nearly 1.6 million students earned a composite score of 36, and only 54 of the 90,371 test takers in California achieved that composite score.

The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science. Each test is scored on a scale of 1-36, and a student's composite score is the average of the four test scores.  

“Drew is an amazing student and young man who can do it all – and with humility and good humor," said Ellen Gemma, Jesuit's assistant principal for curriculum and assessment. "He excels in everything he does, and he is a delight to know.”

This past year, Drew has been actively involved in , Science Olympiad, , California Scholarship Federation, the Plunge and the where he performed on the stage of Carnegie Hall in April. 

He is volunteering this summer as a camp counselor at Camp ReCreation, a residential summer camp program for persons with developmental disabilities.

Drew hopes to study literature or humanities in college next fall.  He will begin the college application process this October.

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Submitted by Jordan Blair, director of communications, Jesuit High School