Du Quoin ACT Scores Approximate State Averages

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Results of ACT college-admission tests indicate more than three-quarters of Illinois high school graduates aren't completely prepared for college.

Test results to be released Wednesday show only 23 percent of Illinois' 2011 graduating class from public and private high met college readiness standards in English, reading, math and science.

The graduates appear to be least prepared for college science courses. Only 28 percent of the 2011 Illinois graduating class scored high enough to predict they may get a C or better in the typical college freshmen biology course.

Du Quoin Scores

Here are the Du Quoin High School ACT averages from 2011. English: 19.1 (state average: 20.6), Mathematics: 20.3 (state average: 20.9), Reading: 19.8 (state average: 20.8), Science: 19.6 (state average: 20.7).

The DHS composite average for 2011 was 19.8 (state average 20.9), according to DHS guidance staff member Eric Kirkpatrick.

The newspaper will publish averages for Pinckneyville Community High School, Elverado High School and Trico Community High School as the newspaper receives them.