Lake Forest Student Among Seven to Earn Perfect ACT Scores
Stevenson High School juniors scored perfect 36s on the college entrance exam this spring.
A Lake Forest student is among seven Stevenson High School students to earn perfect scores on the ACT college-entrance exam this spring. Adele Padgett posted a perfect score of 36. The other students included: Five students received the top composite score of 36 on the ACT that was given on the first day of the Illinois-mandated Prairie State Achievement Examination on April 24. The other two perfect scores were registered on April 14, one of six nationally scheduled test dates during the 2011-12 academic year. Nationally, while the actual number of students earning a composite score of 36 varies from year to year, roughly one-tenth of 1 percent receive a top score. Among test takers in the high school graduating class of 2011, only 704 …
