Midway High School junior Esther Kim received the highest possible score on the ACT exam—a perfect 36.
She is among the nation’s top performers on the ACT, with less than 1% of test takers earning a perfect score.
The ACT exam has four multiple-choice sections: English, reading, math, and science. Each section is scored on a scale from 1 to 36.
The Composite score is the average of the four section scores, and earning a perfect 36 is rare. In the 2023 graduating class, over 1.3 million high school students took the ACT with an average composite score of 19.5.
In addition to scoring a perfect 36 on the ACT, Esther is a TMEA All-State Sinfonietta Orchestra Concertmaster, a National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist, and a Congressional Award Bronze Medal recipient. She is also the co-author of an international conference manuscript about non-invasive respiratory rate detection using thermal imaging and facial recognition.
At Midway High School, Esther serves as the Student Council Junior President, competes in academic UIL on calculator applications, science, and number sense teams, and is a member of the orchestra and National Honor Society.
