Table 1. Test scores on the ACT college entrance examinations. Data were obtained from the Jackson Public School District Administrative offices for the 19921993 academic year. Values from Murrah High School students, the averages for the entire state of Mississippi and for the United States are presented. These data represented the scores at the time of inception of the Base Pair program.
ACT Test Scores (19921993)
| Subject | Murrah High School | State | National |
| English | 19.8 | 18.8 | 20.3 |
| Mathematics | 17.9 | 18.2 | 20.1 |
| Reading | 19.3 | 18.9 | 21.2 |
| Science | 19.1 | 18.7 | 20.8 |
| Composite | 19.1 | 18.8 | 20.7 |