The Tennessee Department of Education (department) released the ACT state results and participation rate for the graduating class of 2025. Thanks to the efforts of schools and districts encouraging student participation on the ACT, the overall statewide participation rate for the 2025 graduating class was 99 percent. The state average composite ACT score was 19.3 in 2025, remaining unchanged from 2024.
The ACT provides important measures to understand students’ college and career readiness and how the state prepares the next generation to transition to postsecondary opportunities. Tennessee’s award-winning ACT Senior Retake program offers public high school students the opportunity to take the ACT twice for free during normal school hours.
Each year, the department releases statewide ACT results for the most recent graduating class, representing each student’s highest ACT score. The 2024-25 graduating class’s ACT results are available on the department’s Data Downloads webpage.
Average composite ACT for area school systems:
Bledsoe County 19.1
Grundy County 18.7
Marion County 18.2 (3 high schools)
Richard City 17.4
Sequatchie County 19.3
