Posted by Staff Reports | Oct 20, 2026 | Floyd News, Top Local News | 0 | Students in both Rome City Schools and Floyd County Schools posted outstanding college entrance exam results this year. Rome High School students continued a three-year rise in ACT performance, posting an average composite score of 21.9 on the ACT. That score was one point higher than Georgia’s average of 20.9 and 2.7 points above the national average of 19.2. Rome students outperformed state and national averages in all four subject areas, with particularly strong gains in science, where scores jumped nearly three points to 24.3. Meanwhile, Floyd County Schools students extended a remarkable seven-year streak of outperforming state and national averages on the SAT. The Class of 2026 earned an average SAT score of 1103, which was 72 points higher than Georgia’s average and 92 points above the national public school average. Floyd County also improved its overall SAT score by 26 points from the previous year despite an increase in the number of students taking the exam. Because the ACT and SAT use different scoring systems, a direct comparison between the two districts is difficult. However, when measured against their respective benchmarks, Floyd County’s margin above state and national averages was larger than Rome’s. Floyd students scored approximately 7 percent above the state average and 9 percent above the national average on the SAT, while Rome students scored about 5 percent above the state…
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