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LSAT scores conversion is the process of turning your raw score, the number of questions answered correctly, into the scaled 120 to 180 score law schools see. LSAC applies a form-specific conversion table so each scaled score carries the same meaning across tests. 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.
LSAT scores conversion starts with your raw score, the plain count of questions you answered correctly, and ends with a scaled score between 120 and 180. LSAC runs the raw total through a conversion table built for your specific form, and that scaled score is what appears on your report and reaches law schools. The raw score is never reported on its own, because it is not comparable across forms of different difficulty.
The raw score behind a scaled score depends on the form, since LSAC equates each test to the same scale. The table shows the general relationship at common milestones, with each raw band verified against a recent official form.
Scaled scoreApproximate raw score170not 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)140not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately)
LSAT scores conversion differs by test because LSAC equates every form so that a scaled score means the same thing regardless of which one you took. A harder form is paired with a more forgiving conversion, letting a slightly lower raw score reach a given scaled score. This is why the correct answers needed for a 165 can vary by a question or two between administrations, and why a single universal conversion does not exist.
To convert a practice LSAT, tally your correct answers into a raw score, then read that raw total against the conversion table included with that PrepTest. Converting after every test keeps your progress measured in scaled-score terms, which are far more comparable than raw counts. If your converted scores sit below your target school's median, direct your review toward the sections where you are dropping the most raw points.
A good LSAT score is measured against your target schools, not a fixed national number. Each ABA-approved law school reports its median LSAT in its Standard 509 data, so a score at or above that median makes your file competitive there. 120 to 180. Aim to clear the median at every school on your list.
The average scaled LSAT score falls slightly under the middle of the 120 to 180 range, because the scale is centered so most takers score near the middle. The exact mean shifts a little 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). After conversion, individual scores are compared against that average and the percentile table.
The LSAT is scored from 120 to 180. You earn a raw point for each correct answer, wrong answers carry no penalty, and LSAC converts your raw total to a scaled score using the table for your form. Since August 2024 the scored sections are two Logical Reasoning and one Reading Comprehension, plus an unscored variable section, with Logic Games retired.
You can convert old PrepTest scores using each test's own conversion table, and the resulting scaled score is still on the same 120 to 180 scale used today. Keep in mind that PrepTests before August 2024 include Logic Games, which the current LSAT no longer has, so raw-score comparisons across the format change are imperfect even though the scaled range is unchanged.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026