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The median LSAT score, the 50th percentile among test-takers, sits in the low 150s on the 120 to 180 scale, very close to the mean. Law schools also publish their own 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores, and a school's median is its most-cited admissions benchmark. the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables)
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 median LSAT score is the middle value in the distribution, the point where half of test-takers score higher and half score lower. Nationally it falls in the low 150s on the 120 to 180 scale and tracks very close to the mean because the score distribution is roughly symmetric. LSAC updates the figure each testing year, so the current national median is the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables).
Each ABA-approved law school reports the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT scores of its entering class, and the 50th percentile is that school's median. Your position relative to a school's median is one of the strongest signals of your admission odds, since scoring at or above it puts you in the stronger half of admitted students. School medians vary widely, so the median that matters is your target school's, not the national one.
The median is the middle score, while the average, or mean, is the arithmetic center of all scores; on the LSAT the two sit close together because scores are nearly symmetric around the middle of the scale. A common mistake is using the two words interchangeably when comparing yourself to schools, since ABA 509 reports quote medians and percentiles, not means. Always compare your score to a school's median.
A good LSAT score clears the median at the law schools you are targeting on the 120 to 180 scale, since a school's 50th percentile is the clearest benchmark. There is no fixed good score in the abstract. Look up your target schools' published 25th-50th-75th percentile figures and aim to meet or beat each one.
The average LSAT score for all test-takers lands in the low 150s, near the middle of the 120 to 180 scale, and it moves slightly each testing year. Because the distribution is roughly symmetric, the average and the median sit close together. For the current mean, see the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables).
The LSAT is scored by converting your raw score, the number of questions answered correctly, into a scaled 120 to 180 score using your form's conversion table, with no deduction for wrong answers. Since August 2024 the scored sections are two Logical Reasoning and one Reading Comprehension, accompanied by one unscored variable section.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026