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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 93
1380 96 92
1370 96 91
1360 95 91
1350 94 90
1340 94 89
1330 93 89
1320 93 88
1310 92 87
1300 91 86
1290 90 85
1280 89 85
1270 88 84
1260 87 83
1250 86 82
1240 85 81
1230 84 80
1220 83 79
1210 82 77
1200 81 76
1190 80 75
1180 78 74
1170 77 73
1160 76 71
1150 74 70
1140 73 69
1130 71 67
1120 70 66
1110 69 64
1100 67 63
1090 65 61
1080 63 60
1070 61 58
1060 60 57
1050 58 55
1040 56 54
1030 54 52
1020 52 51
1010 50 49
1000 48 47
990 46 46
980 44 44
970 42 43
960 40 41
950 38 40
940 36 38
930 35 37
920 33 35
910 31 33
900 29 32
890 27 30
880 26 29
870 24 27
860 23 26
850 21 24
840 20 22
830 18 21
820 17 19
810 16 18
800 14 16
790 13 15
780 11 13
770 10 12
760 9 11
750 8 9
740 7 8
730 6 7
720 5 6
710 4 5
700 4 4
690 3 3
680 2 3
670 2 2
660 1 2
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 95
730 99 96 97 94
720 98 95 97 93
710 97 94 96 92
700 97 93 95 92
690 96 92 94 90
680 95 91 93 89
670 93 89 92 88
660 92 87 91 87
650 90 85 90 85
640 88 83 89 84
630 86 81 87 82
620 84 79 85 81
610 81 77 83 79
600 79 74 81 77
590 76 72 79 75
580 74 69 76 72
570 71 66 73 70
560 68 63 71 67
550 65 60 68 65
540 62 58 65 62
530 58 55 61 59
520 55 51 57 55
510 51 48 52 52
500 48 45 47 49
490 44 42 44 46
480 41 38 40 44
470 38 35 36 41
460 34 32 32 38
450 31 29 29 36
440 28 26 25 33
430 24 23 23 30
420 22 20 20 27
410 19 17 17 24
400 16 14 15 21
390 13 12 13 18
380 11 10 10 15
370 9 8 9 12
360 7 6 7 10
350 5 4 5 7
340 3 3 4 5
330 2 2 3 4
320 2 2 2 3
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-