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Lemont High School senior Kinga Strzalka achieved a perfect score of 36 on the ACT during the April 2025 exam. She is the ninth student in Lemont High School history to reach this milestone and the first since 2023.
Strzalka has maintained one of the highest grade point averages in her class, with a weighted GPA above 4.60. She has pursued a demanding academic schedule and participated in several extracurricular activities. Her academic achievements include AP Scholar with Distinction honors and recognition as a National Merit Semifinalist.
The ACT exam includes sections on English, mathematics, reading, and science, each scored from 1 to 36. The composite score is an average of these four sections. Fewer than two-tenths of one percent of test takers earn a perfect score.
Strzalka began taking accelerated math classes at Lemont High School while still attending Old Quarry Middle School as a seventh and eighth grader. She has been part of the girls’ swimming program for four years and competes with Mathletes, Scholastic Bowl, Academic Challenge teams, and participates in Leo Club.
She is also a member of the National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, and Mu Alpha Theta math honor society. Strzalka has completed six Advanced Placement courses and an advanced college-level math course; she is currently enrolled in four AP classes and a dual credit English course.
Other Lemont students who have earned a perfect ACT score are Taylor Campos (2016), Marjorie Dallmann (2012), Anna Ford (2018), Sarah Hagen (2017), Natalie Hartl (2018), Taylor Shimkus (2020), Molly Thornber (2022) and Nora Thornber (2025).
Lemont Township High School serves grades nine through twelve with an enrollment of 1,378 students during the 2019-2020 school year according to data from the Illinois Report Card: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/. In that year, about 24 percent of students were seniors while grade eleven had the largest group at over 26 percent: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/. The school's student body was made up primarily of white students at just over 81 percent; Hispanic students accounted for more than 11 percent; Asian students represented nearly five percent; black students comprised less than one percent: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
