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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 SAT scores of students that graduated 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 97
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 84
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 68
1120 70 66
1110 69 65
1100 67 63
1090 65 62
1080 63 60
1070 61 59
1060 60 57
1050 58 56
1040 56 54
1030 54 53
1020 52 51
1010 50 50
1000 48 48
990 46 47
980 44 45
970 42 44
960 40 42
950 38 41
940 36 39
930 35 37
920 33 36
910 31 34
900 29 33
890 27 31
880 26 30
870 24 28
860 23 27
850 21 25
840 20 24
830 18 22
820 17 21
810 16 19
800 14 18
790 13 16
780 11 15
770 10 13
760 9 12
750 8 11
740 7 9
730 6 8
720 5 7
710 4 6
700 4 5
690 3 5
680 2 4
670 2 3
660 1 3
650 1 3
640 1 2
630 1 2
620 1- 2
610 1- 2
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 96
740 99 97 98 95
730 99 96 97 94
720 98 95 97 93
710 97 94 96 93
700 97 93 95 92
690 96 92 94 91
680 95 90 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 76 83 79
600 79 74 81 77
590 76 71 79 75
580 74 69 76 73
570 71 66 73 70
560 68 63 71 68
550 65 61 68 66
540 62 58 65 63
530 58 55 61 60
520 55 51 57 57
510 51 48 52 54
500 48 45 47 51
490 44 42 44 48
480 41 39 40 46
470 38 36 36 43
460 34 33 32 40
450 31 30 29 37
440 28 27 25 35
430 24 24 23 32
420 22 21 20 29
410 19 19 17 25
400 16 16 15 22
390 13 14 13 19
380 11 11 10 16
370 9 9 9 13
360 7 7 7 10
350 5 5 5 8
340 3 4 4 6
330 2 3 3 4
320 2 2 2 3
310 1 2 1 3
300 1 2 1 2
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-