Sevastopol junior Ezra Linnan just accomplished something you thought was impossible and statistically, you are not that far off. Linnan is one of just 3,376 students to earn a perfect score of 36 on the ACT, which is used as a college readiness exam in the subjects of English, math, science, and reading. That puts him in the less than 0.25 percent of ACT exam participants who were able to accomplish the feat. Linnan says he felt confident that he got a good score, but was still shocked by the 36 he received.

Linnan is the second Sevastopol junior to score a 36 in recent years, but he also had some classmates that were not far off the mark. Kylee Duessler (30), Samantha Herrell (30), Inho Lee (33), Jolene Luedtke (31), and Merrick Mann all scored 30s on the ACT. Like many schools across the country, Sevastopol runs an ACT preparatory course to help students prepare for the exam.