Mississippi student scores 27 on ACT in sixth-grade [View all]

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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- A Huey Porter Middle School student is breaking the internet after she scored a 27 on her ACT last year.

12 News’ Lanaya Lewis takes us to Canton where she sits down with 12-year-old Kristen Rhodes.

“I plan on taking it again. I want to aim higher.”

After scoring 27 on her ACT, as a sixth-grader, Kristen Rhodes says this is just the beginning.

Last year Kristen’s teacher encouraged Rhodes to test her knowledge on the college test- after seeing how strong she was in class.

Melany Sanders, “Having her in the classroom actually helped my students. It was a competitive classroom and she made them better.”

Rhodes says she’s been reading books since she was 2-years-old and since then she’s had a love for studying.

“I’m pretty sure some of them actually study, but usually like I’ll write my notes. After I write them, I’m just good. I don’t really have to go over them again.”

She says her classmates knew she would well and her mother thought it was “awesome.” but she explains there were a good amount of questions she didn’t know.