A high school group is assessed for Mean Percentage Score in English. Which term describes this metric?

• A. Mode
• B. Median
• C. Mean Percentage Score
• D. Standard deviation

Answer: (C)

Mean percentage score captures the average performance of the whole group in percentage terms. It’s the arithmetic mean of all students’ English percentages—add up every student’s percentage and divide by how many students there are. This single number shows the typical level of achievement and makes it easy to compare groups or track progress over time. Other terms describe different ideas: the mode is the most frequent score, the median is the middle value when scores are ordered, and standard deviation tells how spread out the scores are around the average. So the metric that best describes the overall average performance is the mean percentage score.