SAT Score Calculator

To get your digital SAT score, add your Reading and Writing score (200 to 800) to your Math score (200 to 800). For example, 600 + 610 = 1210, and College Board’s percentile table puts a 1210 at the 76th percentile of recent SAT takers. This SAT score calculator also gives section percentiles, the matching ACT score, a superscore, and a rough estimate from your correct answers.

How to use the SAT score calculator

1. Section scores: type the Reading and Writing and Math scores from your score report or from a full Bluebook practice test. You get the total, percentiles, a benchmark check and the ACT match.
2. Correct answers: type how many questions you got right in each module and whether Module 2 was the harder or the easier one. You get an estimated score, clearly labeled as an estimate.
3. Calibrate (optional): add one earlier Bluebook result (correct answers and the score Bluebook gave you) to make the estimate follow your own data.
4. Superscore: type the section scores from two or three test dates to combine your best Reading and Writing with your best Math.
5. Open Show steps to see every lookup and calculation, then use Copy to save the result.

How the digital SAT is scored

The SAT has two sections. Each section is split into two equal modules, and there is a 10-minute break between the sections.

The test is multistage adaptive. Module 1 of each section has a broad mix of easy, medium and hard questions. How you do on Module 1 decides whether Module 2 is more difficult or less difficult. Each module also includes 2 pretest questions that do not count toward your score, so a section is scored on its operational questions only.

College Board does not count correct answers and look them up in a fixed chart. It scores the two modules together with item response theory (IRT), which takes the difficulty of the questions you answered correctly into account. That is why two students with the same number of correct answers can get different scores. There is no penalty for a wrong answer, so never leave a question blank.

SAT percentiles and benchmarks

A percentile rank is the percentage of students with scores equal to or lower than yours. College Board publishes two kinds. User group percentiles compare you with actual SAT takers who graduated in the past three school years; this is the number on your score report. Nationally representative percentiles compare you with all US 11th and 12th graders, including students who never take the SAT.

The calculator holds the full tables for every total from 400 to 1600 and every section score from 200 to 800. College Board’s College and Career Readiness Benchmarks are 480 for Reading and Writing and 530 for Math. Meeting a benchmark means a 75% likelihood of earning at least a C in a related first-semester, credit-bearing college course. The ACT match comes from the 2018 ACT/SAT concordance tables, which ACT says are the latest version. To work the other way, from an ACT score, use the ACT score calculator.

SAT score examples

Example 1: total and percentile

Maya scores 600 in Reading and Writing and 610 in Math. Her total is 600 + 610 = 1210. In College Board’s tables, 1210 is the 76th percentile of SAT takers and the 82nd percentile of all US 11th and 12th graders. Her sections are at the 72nd (Reading and Writing) and 77th (Math) percentiles. Both scores clear the benchmarks (600 ≥ 480 and 610 ≥ 530), and 1210 matches an ACT Composite of 25.

Example 2: estimate from correct answers

Leo gets 22 + 19 = 41 of 54 right in Reading and Writing and 18 + 15 = 33 of 44 in Math, on the harder Module 2 in both sections. The straight-line baseline gives 200 + 600 × 41 ÷ 54 ≈ 655.6, which rounds to 660, and 200 + 600 × 33 ÷ 44 = 650, for about 1310. Leo then adds an earlier Bluebook test: 40 right gave him 620 in Reading and Writing, and 30 right gave him 610 in Math. The calibrated line through his own points gives 620 + 180 × 1 ÷ 14 ≈ 632.9, or 630, and 610 + 190 × 3 ÷ 14 ≈ 650.7, or 650. The estimate becomes about 1280.

Example 3: superscore

Ana took the SAT twice: 580 and 640 the first time (1220), and 630 and 600 the second time (1230). Her superscore takes 630 from Test 2 and 640 from Test 1: 630 + 640 = 1270, which is 40 points above her best single sitting and at the 82nd percentile of SAT takers.

Why SAT raw score charts are only estimates

For the paper SAT, College Board printed a raw-to-scaled conversion table for each practice test. For the digital SAT it does not, because the score depends on which questions you answer correctly and on your Module 2 route, not only on how many you get right. Any chart that turns “45 correct” into one exact score is someone’s model.

Our estimate states its model openly: a straight line from 200 (no correct answers) to 800 (all correct), or, if you add a Bluebook result, two straight lines that pass through your own point. If you were routed to the easier Module 2, the hardest questions were not offered, so a high estimate is likely too optimistic. On the harder route an uncalibrated estimate can come out low. Results from the correct-answers tab are rough estimates for planning, not official scores. The only exact practice scores come from a full-length test in Bluebook.

Common mistakes when reading SAT scores

• Typing a total into a section box. Each section is 200 to 800; only the total goes up to 1600.
• Mixing the two percentile types. The nationally representative percentile is usually higher than the user group one for the same score, because it includes students who do not take the SAT. Compare like with like.
• Trusting an exact raw score chart. Use a raw-score estimate for planning, and a full Bluebook test for a real number.
• Assuming every college superscores. Policies differ, so check each college you apply to.
• Using an old-format chart. Paper SAT charts (out of 66 and 54 questions) do not apply to the 54-question and 44-question digital test.

Raising your SAT Math score

Math is the section where steady practice moves the score most predictably, because the question types repeat: linear equations and systems, percentages, quadratics, functions and basic statistics. Effortless Math’s SAT Math prep books and the free tools linked below cover those skills with worked steps. A good routine is to take a Bluebook practice test, note which skills cost you points, practice those, then test again and compare section scores here.

Sources

All figures below were checked November 2026. Percentile tables change as new classes are added, so we review them yearly.

• College Board: SAT User Percentiles (user group and nationally representative percentiles for total and section scores)
• College Board: How the SAT Is Structured (sections, modules, questions and timing)
• College Board: How Scores Are Calculated (adaptive modules, pretest questions, IRT scoring, benchmarks)
• College Board: Understanding Scores, Fall 2026 SAT Weekend (score ranges and benchmarks)
• ACT: ACT/SAT Concordance (2018 tables, SAT total to ACT Composite)

SAT Scoring practice quiz: 10 questions

Test yourself with 10 multiple-choice questions. Choose an answer and press Submit to see if you are right and why. Your score appears at the end.

Frequently asked questions

How is the digital SAT scored?

Each section, Reading and Writing and Math, is scored from 200 to 800, and the two add up to a total from 400 to 1600. College Board uses item response theory across both modules, so harder questions answered correctly count for more. Pretest questions do not count, and wrong answers carry no penalty.

Is there an official raw score conversion chart for the digital SAT?

No. College Board does not publish a fixed raw-to-scaled table for the digital SAT, because the same number of correct answers can lead to different scores. Charts online are estimates. A full Bluebook practice test gives you a scaled score directly.

What percentile is a 1200 on the SAT?

In College Board's current tables, a 1200 is the 75th percentile of SAT takers (user group) and the 81st percentile of all US 11th and 12th graders (nationally representative). It matches an ACT Composite of 25 in the 2018 concordance.

Does getting the easier Module 2 lower my score?

Module 2 difficulty depends on your Module 1 performance. The easier module does not offer the hardest questions, so the very top scores are harder to reach from that route. Your score still counts every correct answer in both modules.

What is an SAT superscore?

A superscore combines your highest Reading and Writing score and your highest Math score from different test dates. For example, 630 from one test and 640 from another give a superscore of 1270. Whether a college uses it is the college's decision.

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