Local ASMS Student Achieves Perfect ACT Score

Lucas Miller, a rising senior at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science (ASMS), earned the highest possible ACT Composite score of 36 on the ACT test.

Lucas is in the top one-quarter of 1% of students who take the ACT and earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2024, only 3,041 out of 1.37 million students who took the ACT earned a top composite score of 36.

“When a student earns a top score of 36 on the ACT test, it opens doors to a promising future, demonstrating for colleges and universities that they are ready for the challenges ahead,” ACT CEO Janet Godwin said. “This remarkable achievement is something we celebrate along with the student and their family.”

ACT test scores are accepted by major four-year colleges and universities across the U.S., and they are one of the many criteria that inform admissions, scholarship award, and course placement decisions. The ACT test is a curriculum-based achievement exam that measures what students should have had the opportunity to learn in school. Students who earn a top Composite score have likely mastered all the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in first-year college courses in the core subject areas.

As a student at ASMS, Lucas is taking some of the most advanced high school classes offered in the state of Alabama, including Nuclear Chemistry, Introduction to Research Methods, and Differential Equations. As a participant in the ASMS Research Fellows program, Lucas investigated a new color pigment with the support of his research team and chemistry professor, Dr. Matthew Davenport. He recently presented his findings at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference.

This summer ahead of his senior year, Lucas is completing an internship with the Alabama Aerospace Fellowship at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. The Fellowship is an offering of the Rocket Center’s Space Camp Institute, focusing on workforce and professional development. This valuable program builds upon an internship initiative created by Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth in collaboration with Lockheed Martin. Lucas has an exclusive front-row seat to the remarkable aerospace ecosystem across Alabama.

Congratulations to Lucas and his family!