Dwight Moore Jr.

Christian Brothers High School

A 15-year-old high school sophomore got a perfect score on the ACT exam, reports Blavity.com.


Dwight Moore, a student at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tenn., scored a 36 out of 36 on the college-entrance exam, putting him in rare company: Less than 1 percent of the 1.9 million test takers received a perfect score in 2015.

His school put out a statement this week congratulating him, reading in part:

The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science. Each test is scored on a scale of 1–36, and a student's composite score is the average of the four test scores. Some students also take the optional ACT writing test, but the score for that test is reported separately and is not included within the ACT Composite score.



“Please join me in congratulating sophomore Dwight Moore for his perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT,” said CBHS principal Chris Fay. “Dwight is an incredibly polite and humble young man, who is respected by both his peers and teachers. He is a model student at CBHS.”


Moore reportedly said that he thought the score was a mistake when he first saw it.

“I sat there in shock for a second. There is no way this is right,” he said. “It didn’t have the writing score, so I thought this was just a placeholder for later so I am not getting my hopes up; when the writing score came out, too, I actually got a 36.”

And he’s only in his second year! Bravo, young man, bravo!

Read more at Blavity.com.