📚 LSAT score planning
LSAT Raw Score Calculator
Estimate a scaled LSAT score from scored-section answers, curve choices, and target bands. The experimental section stays out of the raw total.
These tables pair the current LSAT structure with LSAC percentile data and a practical raw-to-scale planning view.
| Score | Percent below | Misses | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 99.89% | 0 | Top 1% |
| 170 | 95.07% | ~5 | Elite |
| 165 | 86.50% | ~10 | Strong |
| 160 | 72.92% | ~15 | Solid |
| Raw | Misses | Scale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 0 | 180 | Perfect |
| 70 | 5 | 174 | Elite |
| 65 | 10 | 168 | Strong |
| 60 | 15 | 161 | Solid |
| Section | Counted | Typical | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR 1 | Yes | 25 | Scored |
| LR 2 | Yes | 25 | Scored |
| RC | Yes | 25 | Scored |
| Variable | No | 25 | Practice |
| Target | Raw need | Misses left | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 75 | 0 | 99.9% |
| 170 | 67 | 8 | 95.1% |
| 165 | 63 | 12 | 86.5% |
| 160 | 58 | 17 | 72.9% |
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The raw score of the LSAT is simply the number of right answers on the test All questions value the same. Only the total number of right answers decides the score, not which questions you got right or wrong. You do not lose points for wrong answers.
Most tests have between 99 and 102 questions, so the max raw score reaches around 102. From 86 released LSATs, 4 have 99 questions, 18 have 100 and 62 have 101. The test is made of three scored sections and one unscored variable section.
How the LSAT Raw Score Works
The raw score adds the right answers from the scored sections.
Because the number of questions does not match exactly with the 61 scaled scores, the makers use a conversion chart. It converts the raw score into a scaled score of 120 to 180. The diffculties range a bit between tests, so you cannot compare raw scores between different tests.
The LSAC, publisher of the test, equates the tests to fix differences in difficulty. Harder tests get a gentle curve, while easier ones have a strict one. Each PrepTest has its own conversion for the raw right answers to scaled score.
Sadly, no raw score always ensures a fixed score, for example 150, it depends on the performance of the people on that test.
Adding 8 right answers can raise the raw score of around 38 to 46, which gives roughly 153, around the 50th percentile. That is great progress. You do not need perfection for a good result.
In a standard test, it is possible to miss 18 to 19 questions and still reach a good score.
Raw score of 54 to 55 widely reaches 160 in the present format. For 170, you normally need 66 to 68 right answers currently. Only 3 mistakes commonly lead to high 170s scores in many tests.
Online score calculators and converters help turn raw scores into scaled scores. Some were updated for the format of 2025 after removal of the Logic Games. Faking a test without Logic Games, you can adapt the score of three sections to four-section using them.
If the precise conversion table for a PrepTest is missing, a recent official table works well, because differences are small. The test does not have a failing score, it only counts the right answers.
