Yes, 160 is a solid LSAT score that sits above the national average on the 120 to 180 scale about the 71st percentile. Whether it is good enough depends on your targets: 160 meets or beats the median at many law schools but falls below the T14 medians your target schools' published 25th-50th-75th percentile figures.
By Ali Unar, Founder, Lovare Institut; JD/MSFS Candidate, Georgetown University. Last updated August 2026. Figures on this page were verified in August 2026 or point readers to the current source.
A 160 is considered good because it sits comfortably above the national average of the low 150s and lands in the upper portion of the 120 to 180 scale about the 71st percentile. At many ABA-approved law schools, a 160 meets or exceeds the median, which makes you a competitive applicant.
Whether 160 is good enough depends entirely on your target schools. A 160 clears the median at a broad range of regional and mid-ranked schools but falls below the medians of the T14, which sit in the high 160s and 170s each school's median LSAT (see its 509 report). Paired with a high GPA, a 160 can still earn merit scholarships at many programs.
With a 160, build a balanced school list where your score meets or beats each school's median, and weigh whether a retake could lift you into a higher tier. If a few more points would clear a target school's median or trigger scholarship money, a retake is often worth it your target schools' published 25th-50th-75th percentile figures. Otherwise, apply where 160 is competitive.
A good LSAT score is one at or above your target schools' medians. A 160 sits above the low-150s national average and clears the median at many programs, while the T14 expect high 160s to 170s each school's median LSAT (see its 509 report). Good is best judged school by school.
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). A 160 sits several points above this average, which is why it ranks in the upper portion of the scale and competes at a wide range of law schools.
The LSAT is scored by converting your raw number of correct answers into a 120 to 180 scaled score through a per-form equating curve, with no penalty for wrong answers. A 160 reflects a strong but not perfect performance, comfortably above the middle of the scale where most test-takers land.
Verified August 2026.
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