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Your LSAT raw score is the number of scored questions you answer correctly. LSAC converts that raw total into the scaled 120 to 180 score law schools see, using a distinct conversion table for each test form so a given scaled score reflects the same ability regardless of how hard that form was.
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.
Your LSAT raw score is the total number of scored questions you answer correctly across the scored Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension sections. LSAC then applies a conversion table, unique to your test form, that translates that raw total into a scaled score from 120 to 180. There is no penalty for wrong answers on the LSAT, so every question you mark counts toward your raw score whether you are confident or guessing.
The raw total needed for a given scaled score shifts slightly from one form to the next, because LSAC recalibrates the curve to the difficulty of each form. The table below shows the general shape of the conversion, with each raw band verified against a recent official form.
The current ranking is best read directly from the source. See the U.S. News Best Law Schools list for the up-to-date order, and each school's ABA Standard 509 report for its median LSAT, GPA, and acceptance rate.
LSAC adjusts the conversion so that a scaled score means the same thing no matter which form you took. When a particular form runs harder, the curve is more forgiving and a slightly lower raw score still earns a given scaled score. This equating process is why no single fixed chart applies to every test, and why the correct answers needed for a 160 can differ by a few questions between administrations.
Convert every practice test using the score-conversion table printed with that specific PrepTest, not a generic chart, so your estimate reflects the right curve. Track your raw score section by section to see where you are losing points, then target the question types that cost you the most. Because the scale runs 120 to 180, small gains in raw score can move your scaled score several points through the middle of the range.
A good LSAT score is one at or above the median of the schools you want to attend. Every ABA-approved law school publishes its 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT scores in its Standard 509 report, so good is relative: a score that clears the median at one school may sit below it at a more selective one. 120 to 180
The average scaled LSAT score sits a little below the center of the 120 to 180 range, because the test is built so most takers land in the middle. The exact mean shifts slightly each testing year. the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables). Your raw score converts to a scaled score that is then compared against that mean.
The LSAT is scored on a 120 to 180 scale. Since August 2024 the test has two scored Logical Reasoning sections, one scored Reading Comprehension section, and one unscored variable section used to pretest questions, with Logic Games retired. Your raw score, the count of correct answers, is converted to the 120 to 180 scale using that form's LSAC conversion table.
No. The LSAT has no penalty for wrong answers, so your raw score is simply the number of questions you answer correctly. Because blanks and wrong answers count the same, you should answer every question, guessing on anything you cannot finish. Filling in every bubble before time expires can only help your raw score, never hurt it.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026