LT Scores Big! :::

Testing Triumph

LT’s 2007 ACT score is the highest in LT history!

LT’s composite ACT score of 23.8 is up four-tenths of a point over last year. LT continues to outpace ACT state and national averages; the district’s composite score rose for the fourth consecutive year. Nationally, the average ACT composite score inched to 21.2, up from 21.1 last year, while the state’s composite score stayed stagnant at 20.5.

It’s important to note that LT’s composite ACT score surpassed where it was six years ago when only the scores of college-bound students who elected to take the test were reported. Beginning in 2001, all juniors were required to take the ACT as part of the Prairie State Achievement exam. Since then, LT has increased it total overall score.

 The ACT primarily serves as a measure of a student's preparation for college coursework in the first year of college. ACT scores are curriculum-based achievement tests designed to assess critical reasoning and high-order thinking skills in English, mathematics, reading, and science. They reflect students’ skills and achievement as a result of their high school coursework. ACT scores are reported on a scale of 1-36.

SAT All-Time High

The SAT consists of critical reading, math and writing tests. The exam is designed to test general reasoning abilities, to measure knowledge in specific content areas, and to test the ability to apply that knowledge.

LT's SAT composite score of reading and math for 2007 is 1274, above the state average of 1205 and significantly higher than the national average of 1017. The number of students taking the SAT continues to shrink – 99 in 2007; 139 in  2006; 173 in 2005; as the ACT grows in popularity and is accepted at more and more universities around the country.

AP Accolades

92% of Advanced Placement tests taken earned a 3 or better, potentially earning college-level credit. 

In the spring of 2007, students scored 3 or above on 92% of the Advanced Placement tests taken. Scores of 3 or higher are often granted college level credit by many college/universities. In total, 562 students took 1053 AP exams.

Over the past decade, the number of students tested and the number of tests taken have more than doubled, and the number of tests scoring a 5, the highest possible grade, more than tripled.

Students that receive college credit as a result of the AP score have an opportunity to accelerate not only the pace at which they can take advanced courses but also may finish college early, potentially saving thousands of dollars in tuition.

AP exams were offered in 25 disciplines, each consisting of multiple-choice, essay, or problem-solving questions. AP exams are graded on a 1-5 point scale (5 is the highest). Most of the nation's colleges and universities award credit and/or placement for grades of 3 or higher, and more than 1,300 institutions award one year of credit to students with a sufficient number of qualifying grades.

Congratulations on Perfection!

Three LT students earned perfect scores on the spring ACT – more than any other school in Illinois!

Three seniors achieved a perfect composite score of 36 on the April 2007 Prairie State Achievement Exam administration of the ACT. No other school in Illinois had more students achieve a perfect score on this April ACT testing date.

Last school year, more than 140,000 Illinois students from the class of 2007 took the ACT on a variety of testing dates throughout the year. Those testing dates garnered just 68 perfect composite scores.

 The ACT primarily serves as a measure of a student's preparation for college coursework in the first year of college. ACT scores are curriculum-based achievement tests designed to assess critical reasoning and high-order thinking skills in English, mathematics, reading, and science.


Leaders of the Pack

22 seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists.  LT has the fifth highest number of Semifinalists in Illinois.
Not since 1974, when the graduating class exceeded 1,100 students, has LT had more National Merit Semifinalists.

More than 1.4 million students entered the Merit Program as juniors by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. High scorers were designated Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of the state’s graduating class. In total, just over 16,000 academically talented high school seniors qualified nationwide.

LT’s 22 National Merit Semifinalists will advance to the Finalist level upon completion of additional requirements. They must maintain an outstanding academic record throughout their senior year, be endorsed and recommended by their principal, submit SAT I scores that confirm their earlier qualifying test, and complete a scholarship application detailing their leadership and community activities.