Liberty High School junior Pranad Balla has earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.
Liberty High School junior Pranad Balla has earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. Nationally, while the actual number of students earning the top score varies from year to year, on average, only around one-quarter of 1% of students who take the ACT earn a top score.
Among test takers in the U.S. in 2023, just over 2,500 of nearly 1.39 million students earned an ACT composite score of 36. Balla has a weighted GPA of 4.457, is ranked first in his class, and is enrolled in four Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
He has participated in Key Club for the past three years and currently serves as secretary of the MO-ARK board of Key Club. Balla is also a three-year HOSA member and currently serves as the treasurer; a three-year member of Coding Club, where he serves as the treasurer; is the president and co-founder of Math Club; is a two-year member of FBLA; and serves as the historian of National Honor Society.
In addition, Balla has been a member of the JV tennis team, attended Missouri Scholars Academy last summer, and has been selected to attend Missouri Boys State this June.
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. The score for ACT’s optional writing test is reported separately and is not included within the ACT composite score.
