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To turn an LSAT score into a percentile, look it up on LSAC's percentile table, which lists the share of recent test-takers scoring at or below each 120 to 180 point. Mid-scale scores fall near the 50th percentile and high scores near the top. see the linked source (see the linked source).
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.
You convert an LSAT scaled score to a percentile by reading it off the LSAC percentile table, which pairs each 120 to 180 score with the percentage of recent examinees who scored at or below it. There is no formula you calculate yourself, because the percentile depends on the actual distribution of scores. LSAC already prints your percentile on your official report next to your scaled score.
Because the percentile curve is steep near the top, equal jumps in scaled score produce unequal jumps in percentile. The table below shows how key scores map to percentiles, with each figure verified against the current LSAC percentile table.
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.
The LSAT percentile curve is steep at the top because relatively few test-takers reach the highest scaled scores, so each additional point separates you from a larger share of the remaining field. Near the middle of the scale, scores are densely packed, and a few points move your percentile less. This is why high scorers gain so much competitive value from small scaled-score improvements at the upper end.
Use your LSAT percentile to see how you stack up nationally, then compare it against the class profiles law schools publish as 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores in their ABA 509 data. Your national percentile and a school's internal percentiles are different measures, so always check both. Clearing a school's median, its 50th percentile, is the key threshold for admission and merit aid.
A good LSAT score is one at or above the median LSAT at your target schools, the 50th percentile of each entering class. Because each ABA-approved school reports that median in its Standard 509 data, the bar depends on where you apply. 120 to 180. Measure your score against those school medians.
The average scaled LSAT score falls just below the midpoint of the 120 to 180 range, so it lands near the 50th percentile nationally. The exact 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). Converting the average to a percentile puts it close to the middle of the LSAC percentile table.
The LSAT is scored on a 120 to 180 scale and reported with a percentile. You earn raw points for correct answers, with no penalty for wrong ones, and LSAC converts your raw total into a scaled score and then 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.
A 160 on the LSAT places you above a solid majority of test-takers, though the exact percentile is set by LSAC across the three most recent testing years. about the 71st percentile. A 160 clears the median at many law schools but sits below the medians of the most selective programs, where higher scores are typical.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026