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The LSAT is scored by counting how many scored questions you answer correctly, then converting that raw count to a 120 to 180 scaled score through a per-form equating curve not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately). Wrong answers never subtract points. Since August 2024 the scored sections are two Logical Reasoning and one Reading Comprehension.
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.
The LSAT is scored by tallying your correct answers into a raw score, then translating that raw score onto the 120 to 180 scale. There is no deduction for incorrect answers, so leaving a question blank only forfeits a possible point. The final number law schools see is the scaled score, not the raw count not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately).
Your raw score is the plain count of questions you answered correctly, while your scaled score is that raw total mapped onto the 120 to 180 range through a per-form curve. The scaled score exists so results stay comparable across test dates of differing difficulty see the linked source (see the linked source). Only the scaled score appears on your official report.
On the current LSAT, two Logical Reasoning sections and one Reading Comprehension section are scored, and one unscored variable section is included for pretesting. This structure took effect in August 2024 when Logic Games were removed. Your percentile and 120 to 180 score derive solely from the scored sections see the linked source (see the linked source).
A good LSAT score is one that meets or beats your target schools' medians. Above the low-150s national average is competitive for many programs, while the most selective schools want high 160s to 170s each school's median LSAT (see its 509 report). There is no single passing mark on the 120 to 180 scale.
The average LSAT score falls 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). Since scoring is equated across forms, this average reflects a consistent level of performance no matter which administration a test-taker sat.
Because the LSAT never penalizes wrong answers, you should fill in an answer for every question, even when you must guess. Each correct guess can add to your raw score, and blanks simply forfeit possible points. This is why finishing every section, even hurriedly, protects your scaled score on the 120 to 180 scale.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026