What does an LSAT percentile mean?

Your LSAT percentile is the percentage of test-takers who scored at or below your scaled score over the most recent multi-year reporting window. A 90th percentile score means you outperformed about 90% of test-takers.

What is a good LSAT score?

Scores above 160 are roughly the 80th percentile and above, and 170+ lands near the 97th percentile. The median LSAT score is about 152, which sits near the 50th percentile.

Why is the scale 120 to 180?

The LSAT uses a scaled score from 120 (lowest) to 180 (highest). Raw correct answers are equated across test forms onto this fixed scale so scores are comparable across administrations.

Are these percentiles exact?

These are close approximations of published LSAC percentile bands and shift slightly each year as the rolling test-taker pool changes. Use them as a strong estimate, not an official LSAC report.

Does a higher LSAT really matter for admissions?

Yes — the LSAT is one of the two heaviest factors (with GPA) in law school admissions and scholarship decisions. Even a few points can move you across tier medians and change merit aid offers significantly.

LSAT Score Percentile Calculator

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See where your LSAT score ranks

The LSAT is scored on a fixed scale from 120 to 180, and what matters for admissions is not just the number but the percentile — the share of test-takers you outscored. This tool converts any LSAT score into its approximate national percentile rank and shows how it compares against the median scores reported by top law school tiers.

How it works

LSAC publishes percentile bands for each scaled score based on a rolling multi-year pool of test-takers. This calculator uses a lookup table that mirrors those published bands. When your score falls between table points, it interpolates linearly between the nearest anchors to estimate the percentile.

score 180 ≈ 99.9th percentile
score 170 ≈ 97th percentile
score 160 ≈ 80th percentile
score 152 ≈ 50th percentile (median)
score 145 ≈ 26th percentile
score 120 ≈ 0th percentile

Tips and notes

Percentiles compress hard near the top of the scale — moving from 170 to 175 is a much larger jump in rank than it looks, because so few test-takers reach that range. Treat the tier medians as targets: a score at or above a school’s 75th-percentile median dramatically improves both your admission odds and your scholarship leverage. These figures track LSAC’s published bands but update yearly, so confirm against the current official report for application decisions.