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 170. A raw score of 58—meaning 58 correct answers—converts to a scaled score of 162.

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 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 153 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 will remain relevant to the LSAT going forward.

Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw lsat Score	Highest Raw lsat Score
180	74	75
179	73	73
178	n/a	n/a
177	72	72
176	71	71
175	n/a	n/a
174	70	70
173	69	69
172	n/a	n/a
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	62	61
164	60	61
163	59	59
162	58	58
161	57	57
160	55	56
159	54	54
158	53	53
157	51	52
156	50	50
155	48	49
154	47	47
153	45	46
152	44	44
151	43	43
150	42	42
149	40	41
148	39	39
147	37	38
146	36	36
145	35	35
144	34	34
143	33	33
142	31	32
141	30	30
140	29	29
139	28	28
138	27	27
137	26	26
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	22	22
132	21	21
131	20	20
130	n/a	n/a
129	19	19
128	18	18
127	17	17
126	n/a	n/a
125	16	16
124	n/a	n/a
123	15	15
122	14	14
121	n/a	n/a
120	0	13

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 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, can still get around 18–19 questions wrong and still end up in the 160s—or about 12 wrong and get a 166, 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	74	75
179	73	73
178	n/a	n/a
177	72	72
176	71	71
175	n/a	n/a
174	70	70
173	69	69
172	n/a	n/a
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	62	61
164	60	61
163	59	59
162	58	58
161	57	57
160	55	56
159	54	54
158	53	53
157	51	52
156	50	50
155	48	49
154	47	47
153	45	46
152	44	44
151	43	43
150	42	42
149	40	41
148	39	39
147	37	38
146	36	36
145	35	35
144	34	34
143	33	33
142	31	32
141	30	30
140	29	29
139	28	28
138	27	27
137	26	26
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	22	22
132	21	21
131	20	20
130	n/a	n/a
129	19	19
128	18	18
127	17	17
126	n/a	n/a
125	16	16
124	n/a	n/a
123	15	15
122	14	14
121	n/a	n/a
120	0	13

Reported LSAT Score	Lowest Raw lsat Score	Highest Raw lsat Score
180	74	75
179	73	73
178	n/a	n/a
177	72	72
176	71	71
175	n/a	n/a
174	70	70
173	69	69
172	n/a	n/a
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	62	61
164	60	61
163	59	59
162	58	58
161	57	57
160	55	56
159	54	54
158	53	53
157	51	52
156	50	50
155	48	49
154	47	47
153	45	46
152	44	44
151	43	43
150	42	42
149	40	41
148	39	39
147	37	38
146	36	36
145	35	35
144	34	34
143	33	33
142	31	32
141	30	30
140	29	29
139	28	28
138	27	27
137	26	26
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	22	22
132	21	21
131	20	20
130	n/a	n/a
129	19	19
128	18	18
127	17	17
126	n/a	n/a
125	16	16
124	n/a	n/a
123	15	15
122	14	14
121	n/a	n/a
120	0	13

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	74	75
179	73	73
178	n/a	n/a
177	72	72
176	71	71
175	n/a	n/a
174	70	70
173	69	69
172	n/a	n/a
171	68	68
170	67	67
169	66	66
168	65	65
167	64	64
166	63	63
165	62	61
164	60	61
163	59	59
162	58	58
161	57	57
160	55	56
159	54	54
158	53	53
157	51	52
156	50	50
155	48	49
154	47	47
153	45	46
152	44	44
151	43	43
150	42	42
149	40	41
148	39	39
147	37	38
146	36	36
145	35	35
144	34	34
143	33	33
142	31	32
141	30	30
140	29	29
139	28	28
138	27	27
137	26	26
136	25	25
135	24	24
134	23	23
133	22	22
132	21	21
131	20	20
130	n/a	n/a
129	19	19
128	18	18
127	17	17
126	n/a	n/a
125	16	16
124	n/a	n/a
123	15	15
122	14	14
121	n/a	n/a
120	0	13