LSAT Raw Score Conversion

Find out what a raw, scaled and percentile LSAT score is and how to convert one 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 170. A raw score of 58—meaning 58 correct answers—converts to a scaled score of 162.
• 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 153 —154 scaled score is approximately a 50th percentile score.

On a previous 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 LSAT has a slightly different raw score-to-scaled score conversion table.

LSAT Score Conversion Chart

LSAT scoring looks a bit different these days. The exam features three scored sections and roughly 75 points. Below is the scoring scale LSAC released for the May 2020 LSAT Flex, fully updated with official LSAC percentile data for the 2022–2025 testing years. Even though the LSAT Flex itself is no longer administered, its raw-to-scaled scoring framework remains the most accurate reflection of the current LSAT format.

Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw LSAT Score	Highest Raw LSAT Score	Current Percentile Rank (LSAC 2022–2025)
180	74	75	99.89%
179	73	73	99.80%
178	n/a	n/a	99.66%
177	72	72	99.46%
176	71	71	99.20%
175	n/a	n/a	98.91%
174	70	70	98.44%
173	69	69	97.86%
172	n/a	n/a	97.13%
171	68	68	96.22%
170	67	67	95.07%
169	66	66	93.78%
168	65	65	92.21%
167	64	64	90.56%
166	63	63	88.68%
165	62	61	86.50%
164	60	61	84.17%
163	59	59	81.63%
162	58	58	79.00%
161	57	57	75.96%
160	55	56	72.92%
159	54	54	69.84%
158	53	53	66.38%
157	51	52	63.01%
156	50	50	59.54%
155	48	49	55.91%
154	47	47	52.33%
153	45	46	48.72%
152	44	44	45.09%
151	43	43	41.42%
150	42	42	38.06%
149	40	41	34.68%
148	39	39	31.41%
147	37	38	28.27%
146	36	36	25.24%
145	35	35	22.46%
144	34	34	19.93%
143	33	33	17.47%
142	31	32	15.27%
141	30	30	13.21%
140	29	29	11.47%
139	28	28	9.81%
138	27	27	8.39%
137	26	26	7.18%
136	25	25	6.09%
135	24	24	5.16%
134	23	23	4.38%
133	22	22	3.68%
132	21	21	3.14%
131	20	20	2.65%
130	n/a	n/a	2.27%
129	19	19	1.92%
128	18	18	1.64%
127	17	17	1.41%
126	n/a	n/a	1.21%
125	16	16	1.04%
124	n/a	n/a	0.92%
123	15	15	0.82%
122	14	14	0.74%
121	n/a	n/a	0.64%
120	0	13	0.00%

Historic LSAT Score Conversion Charts

Take a look at an example conversion chart based on PrepTest 74 versus LSAC’s latest percentile scores. 

Raw Score	Scaled Score	PrepTest 74 Percentiles	Latest Percentile (LSAC 2022–2025)
92	172	99th	97.13% (Dropped 2%)
85	167	95th	90.56% (Dropped ~4%)
80	164	90th	84.17% (Dropped ~6%)
74	160	80th	72.92% (Dropped ~7%)
67	156	70th	59.54% (Dropped ~10%)
63	154	60th	52.33% (Dropped ~8%)
58	151	50th	41.42% (Dropped ~9%)
54	149	40th	34.68% (Dropped ~5%)
49	146	30th	25.24% (Dropped ~5%)
44	143	20th	17.47% (Dropped ~2.5%)
38	139	10th	9.81% (Unchanged)

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 Prep Test 93 from June 2020:

How LSAT Scoring Impacts Performance

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

1. The number of correct answers determines your score. There is no guessing penalty. Never leave a question blank on the LSAT.
2. 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.
3. Every additional correct answer can leapfrog you ahead of hundreds—or even thousands—of other test-takers, your competition. How’s that for inspiration?

What’s a Good LSAT Score?

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

If you got about half of all of the scored questions right (a raw score of roughly 38), you’d earn a scaled score of 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 an additional 8 questions right would give you a raw score of 46, pushing you up to 153, which is about the 50th 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 around 18–19 questions wrong and still end up in the 160s—or about 12 wrong and get a 167, a 90th percentile score. Even a perfect score of 180 often allows for a question or two to be missed.