By Fox23.com News Staff
OKLAHOMA — The average ACT scores of high school seniors in 2025 has been released to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
The annual report was shared during the OSRHE Dec. 4 meeting.
OSRHE said ACT scores can serve as a measure of first-year college success and as indicators of student preparation for postsecondary education.
In this year’s graduating class, 53,198 students took the test, which is an estimated 100 percent of seniors. The number increased from 2024, which had 48,850 seniors taking the test.
Oklahoma’s composite score came in at nearly two points below the national average. Data shows the state’s average score at 17.5, with the national average at 19.
The annual report shows Oklahoma students scored lower than the national average in every section of the test:
- English: Oklahoma – 16.7, National Average – 18.4
- Math: Oklahoma – 16.8, National Average – 18.9
- Reading: Oklahoma – 18, National Average – 20
- Science: Oklahoma – 17.9, National Average – 19.6
The report also provides the percentage of Oklahoma students who met benchmark scores, which were created to indicate likely success in college courses for each subject:
- English: 40 percent of students
- Math: 15 percent of students
- Reading: 28 percent of students
- Science 17 percent of students
- All subject areas: 10 percent of students
For the class of 2025, 15 states in the country tested 90 percent or more of their high school graduates on the ACT. Oklahoma was one of nine states that tested an estimated 100 percent.
