Harding Academy’s ACT scores rise

Scores higher than state, national average


Harding Academy received great news recently for their academic program. The 2007 class had an ACT score average of 24.4. This is 3.9 points higher than the state average and 3.2 points higher than the national average.

Darren Mathews, Dean of the High School, stated, “We use the ACT score as one of our main indicators for our academic program. Since all of our students are required to take the ACT, we can draw some significant conclusions concerning our academic program.”

Over the past several years Harding Academy has used the Stanford test as well as the PSAT and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills to monitor their academic performance.

“Six years ago we analyzed our total program from Kindergarten to the twelfth grade and decided that reading would become a priority. The class of 2007 was the first class to participate in this effort and their reading score (25.8) is 4.9 points higher than the state average (20.9).”