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LSAT scores range from 120 to 180, with your scaled score set by how many questions you answer correctly, and there is no penalty for wrong answers. This LSAT Scores hub explains what counts as a good score, how percentiles work, how long a score stays valid, retake limits, and how law schools treat multiple scores. 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.
Every LSAT is reported on a scale from 120 to 180. Your scaled score is derived from your raw score, which is simply the number of questions you answer correctly across the scored sections, and there is no deduction for wrong answers. Because the raw-to-scaled conversion is set for each form, guessing on every remaining question can only help you. see the linked source (see the linked source).
A good LSAT score is best judged against the medians of the schools you want to attend rather than a fixed cutoff, because a competitive score for one school sits below median at another. The table shows common score bands, their approximate percentiles, and what each signals. The midpoint of the scale is 150, but the average scaled score of test-takers differs from that midpoint.
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.
An LSAT score is valid for five years. LSAC reports every score inside that window to the law schools you apply to through the Credential Assembly Service, so a score earned today can support applications across five admissions cycles. see the linked source (see the linked source).
LSAC caps how often you can sit for the LSAT within a single testing year, across five years, and over your lifetime. Every score inside the five-year window still appears on your report, so schools can see each attempt. no per-testing-year cap, five times within the current five-year reportable period, and seven times over a lifetime.
Most law schools consider your highest LSAT score rather than averaging your attempts, and the LSAT is not superscored the way some college entrance exams are, so schools do not combine sections from different sittings. They still see every reported score in your five-year window. Because rankings reward the highest score, retaking to raise a single sitting can help your file.
This hub connects the core questions applicants ask about LSAT scores. It covers how the 120 to 180 scale is built, what a good score looks like against school medians, how percentiles translate a scaled score into a rank, how long a score stays reportable, the retake limits, and how schools weigh multiple scores. Each subtopic has a dedicated page with the current figures.
Use your LSAT score alongside your GPA to sort target schools into reach, match, and likely categories by comparing both numbers to each school's published medians. A score at or above a school's 75th percentile makes it a likely admit, while a score below its 25th percentile makes it a reach. your target schools' published 25th-50th-75th percentile figures.
A good LSAT score is one at or above the median of the law schools you are targeting, since the LSAT runs from 120 to 180 and a competitive score varies by school. Rather than a single cutoff, compare your score to each school's published 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT figures in its ABA 509 report to judge where you stand.
An LSAT score is valid for five years. Through LSAC's Credential Assembly Service, every score from the current testing year and the five prior years is reported to the law schools you apply to, so a score you earn now stays usable across five admissions cycles. Once a score ages past that window, LSAC no longer reports it.
LSAC limits LSAT attempts within a single testing year, across a rolling five-year span, and over your lifetime. no per-testing-year cap, five times within the current five-year reportable period, and seven times over a lifetime. Every score inside your five-year reporting window appears on the report law schools receive, so each attempt remains visible to admissions offices.
Most law schools do not average your LSAT scores; they consider your highest single score. The LSAT is not superscored the way some undergraduate admissions tests are, so schools never combine sections from separate sittings. Every score in your five-year window still shows on your report, but the highest one typically carries the most weight in admissions.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026