ACT Score Percentiles

Score Percentiles
Section Percentiles

Understanding Your Score

What score should I aim for?

The ACT gives you a percentile ranking for your overall score (out of 36). Your percentile rank tells you how you did on the ACT compared to other test-takers. For example, if you have a percentile ranking of 90, it means that you scored higher than 90% of other students who took that test.

For most competitive universities, we recommend trying to score at least within the 95th percentile.

Composite Score	Percentile Ranking
33 - 36	99
32	98
31	97
30	95
29	93
28	90
27	87
26	83
25	79
24	74
23	68

Understanding Your Score

What are Section Score Percentiles?

The ACT gives you a percentile ranking for your overall composite score as well as for each of the four section scores: English, Math, Reading and Science.

he following table is the most recent data regarding 2017-2018 percentile statistics from ACT.org.

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score Percentiles

Understanding Your Score

What score should I aim for?

For most competitive universities, we recommend trying to score at least within the 95th percentile.

Composite Score	Percentile Ranking
33 - 36	99
32	98
31	97
30	95
29	93
28	90
27	87
26	83
25	79
24	74
23	68

Section Percentiles

Understanding Your Score

What are Section Score Percentiles?

The ACT gives you a percentile ranking for your overall composite score as well as for each of the four section scores: English, Math, Reading and Science.

he following table is the most recent data regarding 2017-2018 percentile statistics from ACT.org.

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6

Score	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
36	99	99	99	99	99
35	99	99	99	99	99
34	99	98	99	99	99
33	99	97	98	97	98
32	98	95	97	95	98
31	97	94	96	93	97
30	95	92	95	90	95
29	93	90	93	87	94
28	90	88	91	84	93
27	87	85	88	81	90
26	83	82	84	78	87
25	79	79	79	75	86
24	74	74	73	72	77
23	68	69	67	66	70
22	62	64	61	61	63
21	56	58	56	56	56
20	49	51	52	48	48
19	42	44	47	42	39
18	36	39	42	36	32
17	29	35	36	30	26
16	23	31	27	25	21
15	17	26	15	20	16
14	12	20	6	16	12
13	7	16	2	11	9
12	4	12	1	7	6