Average your four ACT section scores into a composite, rounded exactly the way ACT rounds it.
Result
How to use this tool
Enter whole-number scores from 1 to 36 for English, Math, Reading and Science.
Read the exact mean of the four sections.
Read the composite after ACT rounding, halves up.
Compare the composite with the published ranges of your target colleges.
Formula & worked example
English 28, Math 30, Reading 26 and Science 28 sum to 112, average exactly 28, so the composite is 28.
Limitations — read this before you rely on it
Scores section results only; it cannot convert raw correct-answer counts to scaled scores, and it carries no percentile or admissions prediction.
Frequently asked questions
The four section scores are averaged and rounded to the nearest whole number; a .5 average rounds up, following ACT reporting rules.
No. Enter the four scaled section scores (1 to 36); raw-to-scaled conversion depends on the test form and is not published as one table.
Yes, an equally weighted average of the four sections, rounded as described.
No. The optional writing score is reported separately and is not part of the composite.
That depends on the colleges you target; compare against their published middle 50% ranges rather than a single number.