Mineral Point’s 2015 graduates find themselves in the middle of the pack in Iowa County, CESA #3, and the SWAL Conference, in terms of their ACT scores.
The composite for the Pointers was 21.6 with the state average being 22.2 out of 36. This state average tied Wisconsin with Iowa for second place in the nation behind Minnesota (22.7) among states where 50 percent or more of students take the assessment.
Mineral Point had a very high participation rate among its students compared to several districts in the area.
With virtually all of Wisconsin’s public school 11th graders having taken the ACT this past spring as part of statewide assessments, ACT participation will rise dramatically next year and scores, statewide, are expected to decline. Although, because Mineral Point already had a high participation rate, it is hoped the local results stay steady or improve. Those results for last year’s 11th graders will be reported later in the fall.
Below, find the composite score for each district, along with how many students took the exam, and the percentage of total eligible students to take the exam, in parenthesis.
Iowa County
Dodgeville: 23.8 (57 students tested or 68.7%); Highland 23.5 (8 students or 53.3%); Mineral Point 21.6 (40 students or 71.4%); Iowa-Grant 21.4 (40 students or 66.7%); Barneveld 21.1 (20 students or 69%).
SWAL Conference
Darlington 23.5 (38 students tested or 76%); Southwestern 23.1 (19 students or 47.5%); Boscobel 22.9 (31 students or 54.4%); Fennimore 22.9 (24 students or 51.1%); Cuba City 22.4 (53 students or 88.3%); Mineral Point 21.6 (40 students or 71.4%); Iowa-Grant 21.4 (40 students or 66.7%); Riverdale 20.5 (36 students or 58.1%).
MP and its neighborsÂ
Dodgeville 23.8 (57 students tested or 68.7%); Darlington 23.5 (38 students or 76%); Belmont 21.6 (10 students or 47.6%); Mineral Point 21.6 (40 students or 71.4%); Pecatonica 21.5 (16 students or 59.3%); Iowa-Grant 21.4 (40 students or 66.7%).
CESA #3
Dodgeville 23.8 (57 students tested or 68.7%); Darlington 23.5 (38 students or 76%); Highland 23.5 (8 students or 53.3%); Platteville 23.5 (79 students or 72.5%); River Valley 23.2 (69 students or 60.5%); Southwestern 23.1 (19 students or 47.5%); Argyle 22.9 (16 students or 66.7%); Boscobel 22.9 (31 students or 54.4%); Fennimore 22.9 (24 students or 51.1%); Lancaster 22.7 (45 students or 77.6%); Cuba City 22.4 (53 students or 88.3%); Kickapoo 22.0 (21 students or 67.7%); Richland Center 22.0 (43 students or 45.3%); Cassville 21.9 (8 students or 38.1%); Benton 21.8 (16 students or 69.6%); River Ridge 21.8 (25 students or 65.8%); Black Hawk 21.7 (14 students or 63.6%); Belmont 21.6 (10 students or 47.6%); Mineral Point 21.6 (40 students or 71.4%); Pecatonica 21.5 (16 students or 59.3%); Iowa-Grant 21.4 (40 students or 66.7%); North Crawford 21.4 (16 students or 64%); Seneca 21.4 (14 students or 77.8%); Shullsburg 21.4 (17 students or 53.1%); Potosi 21.3 (17 students or 58.6%); Prairie du Chien 21.3 (83 students or 92.2%); Barneveld 21.2 (20 students or 69%); Riverdale 20.5 (36 students or 58.1%); Ithaca 20.1 (15 students or 71.4%); Wauzeka-Steuben 20.1 (13 students or 41.9%); Weston 20.1 (11 students or 47.8%).
The highest score in the state came from the Kettle Moraine Global School for Global Leadership and Innovation with a 27.1 composite.
About 73 percent of Wisconsin public and private high school graduates took the ACT in 2015. Nationally, about 59 percent of the nation’s graduates took the ACT. The national average score was 21.0 for the second straight year.
Looking at the last ten years for Mineral Point, the highest average composite belonged to the Class of 2013 with a 23.1.
When broken down by subject area, the following CESA #3 results were obtained showing the highest, state average, and Mineral Point placements:
Reading: Dodgeville 24.2; State Average 22.4; Mineral Point 21.9
English: Argyle and Boscobel 23.5; State Average 21.4; Mineral Point 20.7
Math: Platteville 24.8; State Average 21.9; Mineral Point 21.5
Science: Dodgeville 23.6; State Average 22.2; Mineral Point 21.9
“Let’s celebrate the class of 2015,” State Superintendent Tony Evers said in a statement. “These college-bound students did a fine job on the ACT assessment, demonstrating their overall preparedness for the next steps in their education and careers. By setting a new course and administering the ACT to all high school juniors, we’re helping way more students consider further education after high school.”