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The LSAT is scored out of 180, on a scale that runs from a low of 120 to a high of 180. There is no score above 180 or below 120. The midpoint is around 150, and each scaled score maps to a percentile that shows how you compare with 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 is scored out of 180, so 180 is the highest possible score and 120 is the lowest. That means the usable scale is a 61-point band from 120 to 180. Unlike percentage-based tests, the LSAT does not report a score out of 100, so 180 rather than 100 is a perfect score.
Your raw score, the number of scored questions answered correctly, is converted onto the 120 to 180 scale through a process LSAC calls equating, which keeps scores comparable across different test forms. Because of equating, the exact raw count needed for a given scaled score shifts slightly from test to test. The current conversion for a specific form is not published by LSAC as a fixed table (each form is equated separately).
Because the scale is only 61 points wide, small movements carry weight; a few scaled points can move you across a school median. Law schools report their entering class median on this same 120 to 180 scale, so you can compare your score directly with a school median. That direct comparison is the fastest way to judge your competitiveness.
People often assume the LSAT is scored out of 100 or as a percentage, but it is scored out of 180 on a 120 to 180 band. Another misconception is that 120 means zero correct; the floor is 120 regardless. There is also no separate section score on your report, only the single scaled number and its percentile.
Yes. The LSAT is scored out of 180, meaning 180 is the highest possible score. The scale runs from 120 at the bottom to 180 at the top, a span of 61 points. Your single scaled score on that 120 to 180 band, along with its percentile, is what law schools see on your report.
The lowest possible LSAT score is 120. No matter how few questions you answer correctly, your reported score will not fall below 120, because that is the floor of the scale. The highest possible score is 180. Every reported LSAT result lands somewhere in that 120 to 180 range.
The average LSAT score sits near the middle of the 120 to 180 scale, around 150, since the scale is designed so that the mean falls near that midpoint. The precise current average shifts slightly year to year, so treat 150 as an approximate center. the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC publishes no single headline average; the median sits near 152)
No. The LSAT is not scored as a percentage or out of 100. It uses a scaled score from 120 to 180, so a perfect test is 180, not 100 percent. LSAC converts your raw count of correct answers to this scale, and a separate percentile figure shows how your score ranks against other test takers.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026