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An LSAT score conversion chart maps each raw score (number of questions correct) to a scaled score from 120 to 180 for one specific test form. LSAC re-curves every form, so the raw total behind a scaled score varies between tests. not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately). Always use the chart printed with your PrepTest.
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 conversion chart is the key that turns a raw score into a scaled score for one particular test form. Your raw score is the number of questions you answered correctly, and the chart pairs that count with a scaled score between 120 and 180. Every official LSAT form has its own conversion chart, printed alongside the answer key, because LSAC tunes the curve to that form's difficulty.
To convert, you locate your raw score on the chart and read across to the matching scaled score. The relationship is not linear across the whole range: near the middle, a single extra correct answer can move your scaled score more than it does at the extremes. The table shows the typical pattern, with each figure verified against a recent official form.
Scaled scoreApproximate raw score needed180not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)170not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)160not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)150not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)
There is no single official LSAT conversion chart that applies to every test. LSAC publishes a distinct chart for each form, and the differences exist so that a scaled score means the same thing regardless of which form you took. A generic chart pulled from the internet can misstate your score by several points if it does not match your form, so it is worth using the correct one.
When you finish a practice LSAT, count your correct answers to get a raw score, then apply the conversion chart printed with that PrepTest to find your scaled score. Doing this after each test lets you track scaled-score progress rather than raw counts, which are hard to compare across forms. If you are averaging several points below your target school's median, focus your review on the sections costing you the most raw points.
A good LSAT score depends on where you are applying, because law schools admit around their own medians. Each school lists its median LSAT in its ABA Standard 509 report, so a score that clears the median at one school may fall short at a more competitive one. 120 to 180. Target a score at or above each school's median.
The mean scaled LSAT score sits just below the center of the 120 to 180 range, because the scale is built so most test-takers score near the middle. The exact figure 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). On a conversion chart, that average corresponds to a raw score near the middle of the range.
The LSAT is scored from 120 to 180. Each correct answer adds one raw point, wrong answers cost nothing, and LSAC converts your raw total to a scaled score using the chart for your form. Since August 2024 the scored content is two Logical Reasoning sections and one Reading Comprehension section, plus an unscored variable section, with Logic Games removed.
No. Each LSAT form has its own conversion chart, because LSAC equates forms to hold the meaning of a scaled score constant. A harder form uses a more lenient chart, so a slightly lower raw score still reaches a given scaled score. For an accurate estimate, always convert your practice score with the chart tied to that specific test rather than a one-size-fits-all version.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026