[TheRealVille]

Some Eastern Kentucky schools scored above the state average on the ACT test.
"We just feel like it's really important to get our students ready for college. So we do a lot of ACT student prep with them, so I have to give all the credit to them," Paintsville High School principal Chuck McClure said.
All that credit results in what educators say are impressive test scores.
The average Paintsville student scored 21.3 on the ACT.
This ranks the district in third place, statewide.
"We just work extremely hard. One of our main goals is to make sure our kids go on from here and they are as prepared as they can be for college. We have a 95% rate of our kids going on to college after high school," McClure said.
Pikeville High School also scored above the state average with an average score of 20.1.
"It's something our kids take a lot of pride in. They know it means money for college and those kinds of things. We are pleased, we would like to do better, and we are always looking to improve. But compared to the state average, we are pretty pleased," Pikesville High School principal Royce Mayo said.
Mayo says testing students early is key.
"Our district provides opportunities for seventh graders and ninth graders to take those tests so our students have been exposed to ACT-type materials since the seventh grade. We feel like that has prepared this very well, and gets them very familiar with ACT-type questions," Mayo said.
Some other Eastern Kentucky high schools scored high as well.
Somerset High School's score average was 20.
Harlan High School scored closed to 20, along with Jackson City High School.
Hazard High School scored an average of 19.2.

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