PSAT 10 Nationally Representative and User Percentiles

A student's percentile rank represents the percentage of students who score equal to or lower than their score. For example, if a student’s score is in the 75th percentile, about 75% of a comparison group achieved scores at or below that student’s score. Percentile ranks are provided on this site for Total and Section scores, based on two different reference populations for each grade:

  1. Nationally representative percentiles are derived from a research study of U.S. students in the 10th grade and are weighted to represent all U.S. students in that grade, regardless of whether they typically take the PSAT 10.
  2. User group percentiles are based on the actual scores of students who took the PSAT/NMSQT or the PSAT 10 in the past three school years.

10th Grade Percentiles for Total Scores

Total Score Nationally Representative Percentiles User Group Percentiles
1520 99+ 99+
1510 99+ 99+
1500 99+ 99+
1490 99+ 99+
1480 99+ 99+
1470 99+ 99+
1460 99+ 99+
1450 99+ 99+
1440 99+ 99+
1430 99+ 99+
1420 99 99+
1410 99 99
1400 99 99
1390 99 99
1380 99 99
1370 99 99
1360 99 99
1350 98 99
1340 98 99
1330 98 98
1320 98 98
1310 97 98
1300 97 98
1290 97 97
1280 97 97
1270 96 97
1260 96 96
1250 95 96
1240 95 95
1230 94 95
1220 94 94
1210 93 93
1200 92 93
1190 91 92
1180 91 91
1170 90 90
1160 89 89
1150 88 89
1140 87 88
1130 86 86
1120 84 85
1110 83 84
1100 82 83
1090 81 82
1080 79 80
1070 78 79
1060 76 78
1050 75 76
1040 73 75
1030 71 73
1020 69 71
1010 67 70
1000 65 68
990 63 66
980 62 65
970 60 63
960 58 61
950 56 59
940 54 57
930 52 55
920 50 53
910 48 51
900 46 49
890 44 47
880 42 45
870 40 43
860 38 41
850 36 39
840 33 37
830 31 34
820 28 32
810 26 30
800 24 28
790 22 26
780 19 23
770 17 21
760 15 19
750 13 17
740 11 15
730 9 13
720 8 11
710 6 10
700 5 8
690 4 7
680 3 6
670 2 5
660 2 4
650 1 4
640 1 3
630 1 3
620 1 2
610 1- 2
600 1- 2
590 1- 1
580 1- 1
570 1- 1
560 1- 1
550 1- 1
540 1- 1
530 1- 1
520 1- 1
510 1- 1
500 1- 1-
490 1- 1-
480 1- 1-
470 1- 1-
460 1- 1-
450 1- 1-
440 1- 1-
430 1- 1-
420 1- 1-
410 1- 1-
400 1- 1-
390 1- 1-
380 1- 1-
370 1- 1-
360 1- 1-
350 1- 1-
340 1- 1-
330 1- 1-
320 1- 1-

10th Grade Percentiles for Section Scores

  Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Math
Section Score
Nationally
Representative Percentiles
User Group Percentiles
Nationally
Representative Percentiles
User Group Percentiles
760 99+ 99+ 99+ 99+
750 99+ 99+ 99+ 99+
740 99+ 99+ 99+ 99+
730 99+ 99+ 99 99
720 99+ 99+ 99 99
710 99 99 99 99
700 99 99 99 99
690 99 98 98 99
680 98 98 98 99
670 98 97 97 98
660 97 96 97 98
650 97 95 96 98
640 96 94 96 97
630 95 93 95 97
620 93 92 95 96
610 92 90 94 96
600 90 88 92 95
590 89 87 91 94
580 87 85 89 92
570 85 83 86 90
560 82 80 84 88
550 79 78 82 86
540 76 75 79 83
530 73 72 76 81
520 70 69 72 78
510 66 66 69 75
500 63 63 66 72
490 59 60 62 68
480 56 56 57 64
470 53 53 52 60
460 49 50 49 56
450 46 47 46 52
440 43 43 40 46
430 39 40 36 41
420 36 37 31 37
410 32 33 26 32
400 28 30 23 26
390 24 27 19 21
380 21 24 15 18
370 17 20 12 14
360 13 17 10 11
350 10 14 7 9
340 7 11 5 7
330 5 8 3 5
320 3 6 2 4
310 2 4 2 3
300 1 3 1 2
290 1- 2 1 2
280 1- 2 1- 1
270 1- 1 1- 1
260 1- 1 1- 1
250 1- 1 1- 1
240 1- 1 1- 1
230 1- 1- 1- 1
220 1- 1- 1- 1
210 1- 1- 1- 1-
200 1- 1- 1- 1-
190 1- 1- 1- 1-
180 1- 1- 1- 1-
170 1- 1- 1- 1-
160 1- 1- 1- 1-