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An LSAT score chart lines up each scaled score from 120 to 180 with the raw score (questions answered correctly) and the percentile it represents. Because LSAC re-curves every test form, the raw count tied to a given scaled score shifts between administrations, so a chart shows the pattern rather than a fixed rule. not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately).
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
An LSAT score chart connects three numbers for each point on the 120 to 180 scale: the scaled score itself, the raw score (questions answered correctly) that produces it, and the percentile rank that shows how you compare to other test-takers. The scaled score and percentile appear on your official report, while the raw score is the count from your answer sheet. Together they explain both how many questions a score requires and where that score stands nationally.
You read an LSAT score chart by finding a scaled score and following its row across to the raw and percentile columns. The table below shows the general shape, with each live figure verified against a recent official form and the current LSAC percentile table.
Scaled scoreApproximate raw scorePercentile180not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)about the 99.85th percentile170not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)about the 94th percentile160not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)about the 71st percentile150not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)about the 37th percentile
The raw column of an LSAT score chart changes because LSAC equates every form to the same scale. A harder form gets a more forgiving curve, so a slightly lower raw score still earns a given scaled score. The percentile column moves too, because LSAC recalculates percentiles over the three most recent testing years, meaning the standing tied to a 165 can drift slightly as the test-taker pool changes.
An LSAT score chart lets you turn a practice raw score into an estimated scaled score and percentile, so you can measure progress in the terms law schools actually use. Use the chart from the specific PrepTest you took for the most accurate estimate. Comparing your percentile against the medians your target schools report in their ABA 509 data tells you how much further you need to climb.
A good LSAT score is one at or above the median of your target schools. Each ABA-approved law school publishes its 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT scores in its Standard 509 report, so a strong score at one school can be below median at a more selective one. 120 to 180. Read your score against those medians.
The average scaled LSAT score falls a little below the midpoint of the 120 to 180 scale, since the test is centered so most people score in the middle. The precise mean varies 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). On a score chart, the average sits near the center rows of the table.
The LSAT is scored on a 120 to 180 scale. You earn one raw point per correct answer with no penalty for wrong ones, and LSAC converts that raw total into a scaled score, then assigns a percentile. Since August 2024 the scored sections are two Logical Reasoning and one Reading Comprehension, plus an unscored variable section, after Logic Games were retired.
The percentile for an LSAT score is the share of recent test-takers who scored at or below it, and LSAC publishes a percentile table covering the three most recent testing years. A mid-range score sits near the 50th percentile, while high scores climb steeply toward the 99th. the LSAC percentile tables (for example a 150 is about the 37th percentile, 160 the 71st, 165 the 85th, and 170 the 94th) gives the exact figures to use.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026