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As soon as you finish—or even before—your official SAT test, you’re probably wondering what a good score on the test should be. Today, we’ll introduce SAT percentiles for the new SAT administered since 2016, and help you understand how good your score is compared to others’.
What Are Percentiles?
Percentiles are fairly easy to understand but, still, many students are confused. In any context, if you are in the 90th percentile, that means your performance is better than 90% of those who participate in that event. That being said, percentiles are always changing depending on what the event is and how every participant performs.
The Numbers
Here’s the table from recent years:
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SAT Composite Score | 2018 Percentile | 2017 Percentile | 2016 Percentile |
1600 | 99+ | 99+ | 99+ |
1590 | 99+ | 99+ | 99+ |
1580 | 99+ | 99+ | 99+ |
1570 | 99+ | 99+ | 99+ |
1560 | 99+ | 99+ | 99+ |
1550 | 99+ | 99+ | 99+ |
1540 | 99 | 99+ | 99 |
1530 | 99 | 99+ | 99 |
1520 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
1510 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
1500 | 99 | 99 | 98 |
1490 | 98 | 99 | 98 |
1480 | 98 | 99 | 98 |
1470 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
1460 | 97 | 98 | 97 |
1450 | 97 | 98 | 97 |
1440 | 96 | 97 | 96 |
1430 | 96 | 97 | 96 |
1420 | 95 | 96 | 95 |
1410 | 95 | 96 | 95 |
1400 | 94 | 95 | 94 |
1390 | 94 | 95 | 94 |
1380 | 93 | 94 | 93 |
1370 | 92 | 94 | 92 |
1360 | 92 | 93 | 91 |
1350 | 91 | 92 | 91 |
1340 | 90 | 91 | 90 |
1330 | 89 | 90 | 89 |
1320 | 88 | 90 | 88 |
1310 | 88 | 89 | 87 |
1300 | 87 | 88 | 86 |
1290 | 86 | 87 | 85 |
1280 | 84 | 86 | 83 |
1270 | 83 | 85 | 82 |
1260 | 82 | 83 | 81 |
1250 | 81 | 82 | 80 |
1240 | 80 | 81 | 78 |
1230 | 79 | 80 | 77 |
1220 | 77 | 78 | 76 |
1210 | 76 | 77 | 74 |
1200 | 74 | 76 | 72 |
1190 | 73 | 74 | 71 |
1180 | 72 | 73 | 69 |
1170 | 70 | 71 | 67 |
1160 | 68 | 69 | 65 |
1150 | 67 | 68 | 64 |
1140 | 65 | 66 | 62 |
1130 | 63 | 64 | 60 |
1120 | 62 | 63 | 58 |
1110 | 60 | 61 | 57 |
1100 | 58 | 59 | 55 |
1090 | 56 | 57 | 52 |
1080 | 54 | 55 | 50 |
1070 | 52 | 53 | 48 |
1060 | 51 | 51 | 46 |