LSAT Raw Score Conversion

Find out what a raw, scaled and percentile LSAT score is and how to convert that one score into another.

LSAT Score Types

A raw LSAT score is simply the number of questions answered correctly.

A scaled LSAT score is a conversion of the raw score, also known as the familiar 120–180 number. For example, a raw score of 67 is 67 correct answers, which converts to a scaled score of 156. A raw score of 58—meaning 58 correct answers—converts to a scaled score of 151.

On a different test, a raw score of 58 might convert to a 150 or a 152. To account for differences in overall difficulty, each iteration of the test has a slightly different raw score-to-scaled score conversion table.

LSAT percentile scores indicate how a test taker performed relative to other test takers over a three-year period. The conversion from scaled score to percentile score remains relatively stable, with only minor variations over the years. Test after test, a 151 scaled score is approximately a 50th percentile score.

LSAT Score Conversion Chart

LSAT scoring looks a bit different these days, as the exam only has three scored sections and roughly 75 points. Below is the scoring scale LSAC released for their May 2020 LSAT Flex. Even though the LSAT Flex is no longer administered, its scoring is scale will remain relevant to the new LSAT going forward, as it also contained three scored sections.

Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw lsat Score	Highest Raw lsat Score
180	75	76
179	74	74
178	n/a	n/a
177	73	73
176	n/a	n/a
175	72	72
174	71	71
173	70	70
172	69	69
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	61	61
164	60	60
163	58	59
162	57	57
161	55	56
160	54	54
159	52	53
158	51	51
157	49	50
156	48	48
155	46	47
154	45	45
153	43	44
152	42	42
151	41	41
150	39	40
149	38	38
148	37	37
147	36	36
146	34	35
145	33	33
144	32	32
143	31	31
142	30	30
141	29	29
140	28	28
139	27	27
138	26	26
137	n/a	n/a
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	n/a	n/a
132	22	22
131	21	21
130	n/a	n/a
129	20	20
128	n/a	n/a
127	19	19
126	n/a	n/a
125	18	18
124	n/a	n/a
123	17	17
122	n/a	n/a
121	16	16
120	0	15

Historic LSAT Score Conversion Charts

Take a look at an example conversion chart based on PrepTest 74:

Raw Score	Scaled Score	Percentile
38	139	10th
44	143	20th
49	146	30th
54	149	40th
58	151	50th
63	154	60th
67	156	70th
74	160	80th
80	164	90th
85	167	95th
92	172	99th

Prep Test 1-80 Score Conversion Charts

These historic examples (PrepTests 1-80) feature raw score conversions from when there were 4 scored sections and roughly 100 points. The new LSAT only has three scored sections and roughly 75 points.

Historic LSAT Scoring Percentiles (Ranges)

Take a look at an example conversion chart with scoring ranges based on PrepTest 62:

How LSAT Scoring Impacts Performance

The way in which the LSAT is scored has three important implications for your performance:

The number of right answers determines your score. There is no guessing penalty. Never leave a question blank on the LSAT.
Every question is worth the same, regardless of how hard it is. Learn to spot difficult questions and leave them for the end of each section. Find the easy questions and rack up points. If you’re going to run out of time or need to guess, you want to do so on the tough stuff.
Every additional correct answer can leapfrog you ahead of hundreds—or even thousands—of other test-takers, your competition. How’s that for inspiration?

Check out the Kaplan LSAT PrepTest Scoring & Explanation Tool

Prep Test Scoring Tool

What’s a Good LSAT Score?

What you consider a good LSAT score depends on your own expectations and goals, but here are a few interesting statistics.

If you got about half of all of the scored questions right (a raw score of roughly 50), you’d earn a scaled score of roughly 146 or 147, putting you in about the 30th percentile—not a great performance. However, as you saw above, a little improvement goes a long way. Getting only 1 additional question right every 10 minutes (throughout the scored sections) would give you a raw score of 64, pushing you up to 154, which is about the 60th percentile—a huge improvement.

So, you don’t have to be perfect to do well. Every LSAT throughout the year is different, but on a typical LSAT, you can still get 25 wrong and end up in the 160s— or about 20 wrong and get a 164, a 90th percentile score. Even a perfect score of 180 often allows for a question or two to be missed.

LSAT Score Types

LSAT Score Conversion Chart

Historic LSAT Score Conversion Charts

Historic LSAT Scoring Percentiles (Ranges)

How LSAT Scoring Impacts Performance

What’s a Good LSAT Score?

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Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw lsat Score	Highest Raw lsat Score
180	75	76
179	74	74
178	n/a	n/a
177	73	73
176	n/a	n/a
175	72	72
174	71	71
173	70	70
172	69	69
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	61	61
164	60	60
163	58	59
162	57	57
161	55	56
160	54	54
159	52	53
158	51	51
157	49	50
156	48	48
155	46	47
154	45	45
153	43	44
152	42	42
151	41	41
150	39	40
149	38	38
148	37	37
147	36	36
146	34	35
145	33	33
144	32	32
143	31	31
142	30	30
141	29	29
140	28	28
139	27	27
138	26	26
137	n/a	n/a
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	n/a	n/a
132	22	22
131	21	21
130	n/a	n/a
129	20	20
128	n/a	n/a
127	19	19
126	n/a	n/a
125	18	18
124	n/a	n/a
123	17	17
122	n/a	n/a
121	16	16
120	0	15

Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw lsat Score	Highest Raw lsat Score
180	75	76
179	74	74
178	n/a	n/a
177	73	73
176	n/a	n/a
175	72	72
174	71	71
173	70	70
172	69	69
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	61	61
164	60	60
163	58	59
162	57	57
161	55	56
160	54	54
159	52	53
158	51	51
157	49	50
156	48	48
155	46	47
154	45	45
153	43	44
152	42	42
151	41	41
150	39	40
149	38	38
148	37	37
147	36	36
146	34	35
145	33	33
144	32	32
143	31	31
142	30	30
141	29	29
140	28	28
139	27	27
138	26	26
137	n/a	n/a
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	n/a	n/a
132	22	22
131	21	21
130	n/a	n/a
129	20	20
128	n/a	n/a
127	19	19
126	n/a	n/a
125	18	18
124	n/a	n/a
123	17	17
122	n/a	n/a
121	16	16
120	0	15

LSAT Score Types

LSAT Score Conversion Chart

Historic LSAT Score Conversion Charts

Historic LSAT Scoring Percentiles (Ranges)

How LSAT Scoring Impacts Performance

What’s a Good LSAT Score?

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Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw lsat Score	Highest Raw lsat Score
180	75	76
179	74	74
178	n/a	n/a
177	73	73
176	n/a	n/a
175	72	72
174	71	71
173	70	70
172	69	69
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	61	61
164	60	60
163	58	59
162	57	57
161	55	56
160	54	54
159	52	53
158	51	51
157	49	50
156	48	48
155	46	47
154	45	45
153	43	44
152	42	42
151	41	41
150	39	40
149	38	38
148	37	37
147	36	36
146	34	35
145	33	33
144	32	32
143	31	31
142	30	30
141	29	29
140	28	28
139	27	27
138	26	26
137	n/a	n/a
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	n/a	n/a
132	22	22
131	21	21
130	n/a	n/a
129	20	20
128	n/a	n/a
127	19	19
126	n/a	n/a
125	18	18
124	n/a	n/a
123	17	17
122	n/a	n/a
121	16	16
120	0	15