
Staff Writer Halle Parker can be reached at or 857-2204. "We look forward to the intentional work of preparing our students for their colleges and careers, embracing our responsibility to form our students so that they are prepared to continue the mission of the Catholic Church as adult members of society.”

A student newspaper reporter believes the population mean ACT. “A Christ-centered environment that fosters academic success is the collaborative effort of all of our schools," said Troxclair in the news release. The sample mean is found to be x22.9 and the sample standard deviation is found to be s 4.79. The class averaged a score of 22.7 in science and 24.4 in reading.Ĭompared to 2018, the Catholic schools' average ACT scores remained the same while the state's dropped from 19.2 to 18.8 points. They exceeded the state average by 6 points in the English section with a score of 24.7. The state averaged 18.2 and the national average was 20.5. Students averaged the lowest on the math section with a score of 21.9. White Catholic High School in Thibodaux and Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma took the ACT exam.Īt the section level, the students' average remained at least 3 points above the state average and 1 point above the national average. View the average SAT and ACT scores and high school GPA for entering freshmen for the University of California system. The highest score possible is 36.Īll 344 graduating seniors in E.D. A 'good' score depends on the individual since each person usually has a goal score to achieve to get into the school they plan to apply for. The average of all of the exam's sections is called the composite score. Therefore if you receive a 21 composite score, you performed better than half of the students you took the exam. The ACT tests a student's competency in English, math, reading and science, measuring whether students are prepared for college-level work. “These results are the tangible proof of the dedication and hard work of a great many teacher-ministers, staff and students,” said Suzanne Delaune Troxclair, the superintendent of the Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, in a news release.

The Catholic schools' graduating classes averaged a composite score of 23.5 while Louisiana as a whole averaged a score of 18.8. The 2019 graduating class of private Catholic schools in the area scored above the state and national average on the ACT exam.
