OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEVV) — An Owensboro High School student is celebrating something most students don’t.

OHS senior Savannah Bellamy received a perfect score of 36 on her ACT.

The assessment tests students in English, math, reading, and science. To get a composite score of 36, Bellamy aced all of them.

"I pulled it up on my phone, and there was just like this big 36 on the screen. That was really, really cool to see,” Bellamy says.

The national average ACT score for students in 2024 was 19.4.

Savannah’s perfect 36 shows off her years of hard work and academic excellence that place her among the very top of her class nationwide.

She says she achieved this score by applying herself in every subject, not just the ones she felt the most confident in. “I really did try to do as well as I c

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