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LSAT scoring starts with your raw score, the number of questions you answer correctly, with no penalty for wrong guesses. That raw total is converted to a scaled score from 120 to 180 using an equating curve unique to each test form not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately). The curve keeps scores comparable across test dates.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Figures on this page were verified in August 2026 or point readers to the current source.
LSAT scoring works in two steps. First, the test counts your correct answers to produce a raw score, with no penalty for wrong answers or blanks. Second, that raw score is converted to a scaled score from 120 to 180 using an equating curve built for your specific test form not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately).
Equating is the statistical adjustment that keeps LSAT scores comparable across different test dates and forms. Because some forms are slightly harder than others, equating sets the raw-to-scaled conversion so that a given scaled score reflects the same ability on any form see the linked source (see the linked source). This is why a fixed number of correct answers does not always yield the same scaled score.
Since August 2024, the LSAT scores two Logical Reasoning sections and one Reading Comprehension section, while one variable section is unscored and used to pretest future questions. Logic Games were retired in that change. Your scaled score comes only from the scored sections not published by LSAC as a fixed number (it varies by form).
A good LSAT score is one at or above the median of your target schools. Scores above the low-150s national average are competitive for many law schools, while the T14 expect high 160s to 170s each school's median LSAT (see its 509 report). Because scoring is equated, that standard holds across test dates.
The average LSAT score is in the low 150s on the 120 to 180 scale the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables). Equating keeps this average stable across forms, so a low-150s score means roughly the same relative standing whether you tested in one administration or another.
The LSAT is scored by counting your correct answers into a raw score, then converting that raw score onto the 120 to 180 scale with a per-form equating curve. Wrong answers are not penalized, so you should answer every question. Only the scored sections, not the unscored variable section, count toward your final score.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026