Cobb School District Beats State, National ACT Scores

COBB COUNTY, GA — Cobb County students topped the Georgia and national averages for the ACT in 2019, according to a release from the county's school district. This follows the trend of Cobb students excelling at the SAT, graduation rate and Georgia Milestones, the release says.

What's more, 18 students from Cobb got perfect ACT scores of 36, the release says.

The district's average composite ACT score is 23, 1.6 points higher than the state's average and 2.3 points higher than the national average.

The high performance is marked by a 0.2 point increase in Cobb students' scores from last year.

“Once again I get the chance to say how proud I am of our students and point to our staff as the reason why. We have seen steady improvement in almost every way possible over the last five years and there’s one simple reason: our teachers. They’re using student data to better support students and it works,” Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said in the release.

Here's a look at how Cobb compared to Georgia and the United States on the ACT this year:

According to the district, Cobb students beat out Georgia and United States students in every category: English, math, reading and science.

The release says of the 18 students from seven schools who got perfect scores, six are from Walton High School, four are from Kennesaw Mountain High School, four are from Wheeler High school, and Campbell, Kell, Lassiter and Pope high schools each had one student with a perfect score.

Below is a chart comparing Cobb scores to Georgia and United States averages.