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The LSAT score is a single number from 120 to 180 that reflects how many scored questions you answered correctly, converted to LSAC standardized scale. It comes only from the scored Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension sections. Each score also maps to a percentile showing how you rank against other recent test takers.
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.
The LSAT score is a scaled number between 120 and 180, where 120 is the lowest possible and 180 is the highest. It is derived from your raw score, the count of scored questions you got right, which LSAC converts onto the fixed 120 to 180 scale. Only the scored Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension questions contribute to it.
Every LSAT score corresponds to a percentile that shows the share of recent test takers you scored above. A higher percentile means a more competitive score for admissions. The exact score-to-percentile mapping is updated by LSAC, so the current percentile for any given score is the LSAC percentile tables (for example a 150 is about the 37th percentile, 160 the 71st, 165 the 85th, and 170 the 94th).
Your LSAT score is, with your undergraduate GPA, one of the two figures that most influence law school admission. Schools publish the median LSAT of their entering class, and being at or above a school median strongly improves your odds there. Because of that weight, even a few extra scaled points can change which schools are realistic for you.
A common misconception is that there is a passing score; the LSAT is not pass or fail, and competitiveness depends on the schools you target. Another is that raw and scaled scores are the same; they are not, because LSAC converts raw counts to the 120 to 180 scale. The unscored variable section never affects the number.
A good LSAT score is one at or above the median of the schools you want to attend, since medians vary widely across law schools. In general, higher scores open more options and more scholarship money. Rather than chasing a universal number, compare your score with each target school published median LSAT. about 196 ABA-approved law schools
LSAT scores range from 120 at the low end to 180 at the high end, a span set by LSAC scaled-scoring system. Every reported LSAT score falls somewhere on that 120 to 180 scale. There is no score below 120 or above 180, and the midpoint sits around 150, though the competitive range depends on your target schools.
Your LSAT score starts as a raw score, the number of scored questions you answer correctly, with no penalty for wrong answers. LSAC then converts that raw score to the 120 to 180 scale using a process that equates difficulty across test forms. Only scored Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension questions count toward the calculation.
No. The LSAT is not pass or fail and has no official passing score. What counts as a strong score depends entirely on the law schools you are targeting and their published medians. A score that is competitive for one school may be below another school median, so the target, not a fixed cutoff, defines success.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026