New statistics say that the state’s graduating high school seniors are doing a little better on their ACTs.

The Illinois State Board of Education says that seniors averaged 20.8 out of 36 points. It’s a marginal increase of a tenth of a percent. ISBE Division of Student Assessment Administrator Angela Foxall says that they still want to see scores increase.

The state’s students also did as well or better than the national average on the english, math and science portions of the exam.