Rome High School students raised the bar on the ACT this year, outperforming both state and national averages in every subject while boosting their composite score for the third consecutive year. The latest ACT results show Rome High students earned an average composite score of 21.9, a full point above Georgia’s average of 20.9 and 2.7 points higher than the national average of 19.2. The school’s composite score also increased from 20.7 the previous year and 20.3 two years ago. The results reflect the performance of 76 students during the 2025-26 school year, compared with 67 the previous year. Students demonstrated particularly strong growth in science, where the average score climbed from 21.4 to 24.3, an increase of 2.9 points. That score also exceeded Georgia’s science average of 21.2 by 3.1 points and the national average of 19.4 by 4.9 points. Rome High students outperformed state and national averages in the other three subjects as well. In English, students averaged 21.0, compared with Georgia’s 19.9 and the national average of 18.2. Math scores averaged 21.9, ahead of the state average of 20.5 and the national average of 19.0. In reading, Rome High students averaged 22.9, topping Georgia’s 21.8 and the national average of 19.8. Students also exceeded national averages in three additional ACT measures. Rome High averaged 23.8 in STEM, compared with the national average of 19.4, while writing scores averaged 7.5, compared with 6.2 nationally. The school’s English…
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