Horry County Schools’ 2007 performance on the American College Testing (ACT)
took a disappointing decline during the same year 26 percent more
students took the test. District-wide, 633, or 30 percent, of the
district’s 2,128 seniors took the test, an increase of 130 students
from last year.
Student
performance decreased four-tenths of a percentage point in the
composite score of four content areas. The average score for students
was 19.5, down from 19.9 in 2006. The district’s 2007 composite score
dips below the state composite score of 19.6, which increased one-tenth
of a point over last year. The national composite score of 21.2 is up
one-tenth from 21.1 in 2006.
The
ACT is a test of curriculum-based and classroom-based achievement. Four
tests are included in the ACT: English, mathematics, reading and
science reasoning. Scores are reported in each of those tests as well
as the overall composite. The ACT measures achievement on a 36-point
scale.
Listed below are the ACT composite scores of the district’s high schools:
- Academy
for Arts, Science and Technology, 21.6 in 2007, an increase of 2.1
points from 19.5 in 2006; nine more students took the test for a total
of 21;
- Aynor High School, 19.9 in 2007, down five-tenths from 20.4 in 2006; 13 more students the test for a total of 37;
- Carolina
Forest High School, 21.5 in 2007, a decrease of five-tenths from 22 in
2006, seven fewer students took the test for a total of 53;
- Conway High School, 17.6 in 2007, a decrease of 1.1 from 18.7 in 2006; three more students took the test for a total of 96;
- Green
Sea Floyds High School, 18.1 in 2007, a decrease of two-tenths from
18.3 in 2006, seven more students took the test for a total of 24;
- Loris High School, 17.8 in 2007, a decrease of one-tenth from 17.9 in 2006, 10 more students took the test for a total of 47;
- Myrtle
Beach High School, 20.1 in 2007, a decrease of three-tenths from 20.4
in 2006, 37 more students took the test for a total of 140;
- North
Myrtle Beach High School, 19.4 in 2007, a decrease of four-tenths from
19.8 in 2006, 19 more students took the test for a total of 57;
- St.
James High School, 19.7 in 2007, an increase of nine-tenths from 18.8
in 2006, 34 more students took the test for a total of 92;
- Socastee
High School, 20.4 in 2007, a decrease of nine-tenths from 21.3 in 2006,
five more students took the test for a total of 66.