SAT Nationally Representative and User Percentiles

A student's percentile rank represents the percentage of students with scores 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 11th and 12th grade and are weighted to represent all U.S. students in those grades, regardless of whether they typically take the SAT.
  2. User group percentiles are based on the actual scores of students who took the SAT in the past three school years.

Percentiles for Total Scores

Total Score Nationally Representative Percentiles User Group Percentiles
1600 99+ 99+
1590 99+ 99+
1580 99+ 99+
1570 99+ 99+
1560 99+ 99
1550 99+ 99
1540 99+ 99
1530 99+ 99
1520 99+ 98
1510 99 98
1500 99 98
1490 99 97
1480 99 97
1470 99 96
1460 99 96
1450 99 96
1440 98 95
1430 98 95
1420 98 94
1410 97 94
1400 97 93
1390 97 92
1380 96 92
1370 96 91
1360 95 90
1350 94 90
1340 94 89
1330 93 88
1320 93 87
1310 92 87
1300 91 86
1290 90 85
1280 89 84
1270 88 83
1260 87 82
1250 86 81
1240 85 80
1230 84 79
1220 83 78
1210 82 76
1200 81 75
1190 80 74
1180 78 73
1170 77 71
1160 76 70
1150 74 69
1140 73 67
1130 71 66
1120 70 64
1110 69 63
1100 67 61
1090 65 60
1080 63 58
1070 61 56
1060 60 55
1050 58 53
1040 56 52
1030 54 50
1020 52 48
1010 50 47
1000 48 45
990 46 43
980 44 42
970 42 40
960 40 39
950 38 37
940 36 36
930 35 34
920 33 32
910 31 31
900 29 29
890 27 28
880 26 26
870 24 25
860 23 23
850 21 22
840 20 20
830 18 19
820 17 17
810 16 16
800 14 14
790 13 13
780 11 12
770 10 10
760 9 9
750 8 8
740 7 7
730 6 6
720 5 5
710 4 4
700 4 3
690 3 3
680 2 2
670 2 2
660 1 1
650 1 1
640 1 1
630 1 1
620 1- 1
610 1- 1-
600 1- 1-
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-

 

Percentiles for Section Scores

  Reading and Writing Math
Section Score Nationally Representative Percentiles User Group Percentiles Nationally Representative Percentiles User Group Percentiles
800 99+ 99+ 99+ 99+
790 99+ 99+ 99+ 99
780 99+ 99+ 99 98
770 99+ 99 99 97
760 99+ 99 99 96
750 99 98 98 95
740 99 97 98 94
730 99 96 97 94
720 98 95 97 93
710 97 94 96 92
700 97 93 95 91
690 96 92 94 90
680 95 90 93 89
670 93 89 92 87
660 92 87 91 86
650 90 85 90 85
640 88 83 89 83
630 86 81 87 82
620 84 78 85 80
610 81 76 83 78
600 79 73 81 76
590 76 71 79 73
580 74 68 76 71
570 71 65 73 68
560 68 62 71 66
550 65 59 68 63
540 62 56 65 60
530 58 53 61 57
520 55 50 57 53
510 51 47 52 49
500 48 43 47 46
490 44 40 44 44
480 41 37 40 41
470 38 33 36 38
460 34 30 32 35
450 31 27 29 33
440 28 24 25 30
430 24 21 23 27
420 22 18 20 24
410 19 15 17 22
400 16 13 15 19
390 13 10 13 16
380 11 8 10 13
370 9 6 9 11
360 7 5 7 8
350 5 3 5 6
340 3 2 4 4
330 2 2 3 3
320 2 1 2 2
310 1 1 1 2
300 1 1 1 1
290 1- 1- 1- 1
280 1- 1- 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-