SAT Score Calculator

Add your Reading and Writing and Math scores, each 200–800, in this SAT score calculator to get your total from 400 to 1600.

  • Last verified Oct 19, 2026
  • Source: College Board
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Reading and Writing 620, Math 500 → total 1120

1120

65% of SAT takers who graduated in the past three school years had a total score of 1120 or lower.

Total percentile rank65th
Reading and Writing percentile rank77th
Math percentile rank50th
Middle score (50th percentile): Total 1020.

Source: College BoardLast verified Oct 19, 2026

200–800, steps of 10

200–800, steps of 10

Enter the section scores from your score report. College Board publishes no raw-to-scale chart for the digital SAT: the test adapts, and your score depends on which questions you get right, not only how many. So this page does not estimate scores from raw answers.

Percentiles here compare you with SAT takers who graduated in the past three school years (College Board's user group percentiles, from its research site). Your score report shows a different one, the All Tester percentile, based on the past three groups of students who took the SAT in 12th grade.

Each of your scores with its published percentile rank
ScoreYoursPercentile rank
Total112065th
Reading and Writing62077th
Math50050th

Percentile rank = the percent of scores at or below yours. Source table: College Board user group percentiles (graduates of the past three school years).

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How your SAT result was worked out
Total620 + 500 = 1120
Total percentile rank1120 → 65th

SAT score range at a glance

Total score range
400–1600
Sections and score ranges
Reading and Writing 200–800, Math 200–800
How the total is made
Sum of the Reading and Writing and Math section scores
Testing time
134 minutes
Percentile table used
User group percentiles on College Board's research site (students who graduated in the past three school years), as published there with no edition year; checked October 19, 2026

Source: College Board

Average SAT score

College Board's 2026 annual report gives a mean total of 1045 for students who graduated high school in 2026, counting each student's most recent score. The mean section scores were 528 in Reading and Writing and 517 in Math.

Source: College Board

Good to know

  • What the percentile counts: Scores at or below yours, the same as ACT, ASVAB, ISEE, MCAT and SSAT.
  • College Board publishes two percentile sets, and they disagree. This page uses the user group percentiles (actual SAT takers). For totals from 990 to 1550 the nationally representative percentile is higher, and from 500 to 960 it is lower: a 1200 is the 75th user percentile but the 81st nationally representative.
  • Your total is simply your two section scores added, so there is no rounding step. A raw-score chart cannot predict it: the digital SAT picks an easier or harder second module from how you did on the first, and scoring weighs question difficulty.

Common questions

How is the SAT scored?

College Board scores the Reading and Writing and Math sections from 200 to 800 each, in steps of 10, and adds them for a total from 400 to 1600. The test is multistage adaptive: your second module in each section is easier or harder depending on the first, and your score depends on which questions you get right and how hard they are.

How to calculate SAT score

Add your Reading and Writing and Math section scores: College Board's sample report shows 620 + 500 = 1120. College Board publishes no chart that turns correct answers into section scores for the digital SAT, so a total can only be worked out from the section scores on your report.

Is a 1200 a good SAT score?

On College Board's user group percentiles, as checked on October 19, 2026 (College Board prints no edition year), a 1200 total is the 75th percentile: 75% of SAT takers who graduated in the past three school years scored 1200 or lower. College Board's 2026 annual report gives a mean total of 1045 for the class of 2026.

Source for these answers: College Board

More details

More facts, beyond the ones at a glance, and where each comes from
WhatValue
Scored sections2
Questions on the required sections98 questions
Official percentile table publishedYes
Official raw-to-scale table for the live testNo: the test adapts, and scoring weighs question difficulty
What the percentile countsScores at or below yours
Adaptive testingMultistage adaptive: the second module of each section is harder or easier depending on the first
Percentile sets College Board publishesTwo: user group (actual SAT takers) and nationally representative (all U.S. 11th and 12th graders); this page uses user group
Mean total score, class of 20261045 (students who graduated high school in 2026; most recent score)
Mean section scores, class of 2026Reading and Writing 528, Math 517

Source: College Board

Common values

Common inputs and the result this calculator gives for each
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Each input links to its row in the full table below.

SAT percentiles for every total score

Each row is the percent of SAT takers with that total or lower; totals move in steps of 10. Source table: College Board user group percentiles (graduates of the past three school years).

Total scores from 1600 down to 400 with their user group percentiles
Total scoreUser group percentile
Total 1600above the 99th percentile
Total 1590above the 99th percentile
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Total 490below the 1st percentile
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Total 430below the 1st percentile
Total 420below the 1st percentile
Total 410below the 1st percentile
Total 400below the 1st percentile

Source: College Board

SAT score chart for each section

The same user group percentiles for each section score, from 800 down to 200. College Board publishes no chart that turns correct answers into section scores for the digital SAT, so this chart starts from the section scores on your report.

Section scores from 800 down to 200 with their user group percentiles
Section scoreReading and WritingMath
800above 99thabove 99th
790above 99th99th
780above 99th98th
77099th97th
76099th96th
75098th95th
74097th95th
73096th94th
72095th93rd
71094th92nd
70092nd91st
69091st90th
68089th88th
67088th87th
66086th85th
65084th84th
64082nd82nd
63080th81st
62077th79th
61075th77th
60072nd75th
59070th73rd
58067th71st
57065th69th
56062nd66th
55059th64th
54056th61st
53053rd59th
52050th56th
51047th53rd
50043rd50th
49040th48th
48037th45th
47034th42nd
46032nd40th
45029th37th
44026th34th
43024th31st
42021st28th
41019th24th
40016th21st
39014th18th
38011th15th
3709th12th
3608th10th
3506th8th
3405th6th
3304th5th
3203rd4th
3102nd3rd
3002nd2nd
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2301st1st
2201st1st
2101st1st
200below 1stbelow 1st

Source: College Board

How it works

College Board reports two section scores, Reading and Writing and Math, each from 200 to 800. The total is their sum, from 400 to 1600. Each score is then found in College Board's user group percentiles.

Total = Reading and Writing + Math

  1. Enter your Reading and Writing and Math section scores (200–800, in steps of 10).
  2. Add the two section scores to get the total (400–1600).
  3. Look up the total and each section score in College Board's user group percentiles: the percent of recent SAT takers who scored the same or lower.

The scores on the sample score report in College Board's Fall 2026 SAT Weekend Understanding Scores guide

  • Reading and Writing 620
  • Math 500
  • Total: 620 + 500 = 1120
  • User group percentile for a 1120 total: 65

Total 1120, the same as the sample report. The sample report's percentiles are illustrative: on College Board's user group table, a 1120 is the 65th percentile.

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What this doesn't account for

  • Turning correct answers into section scores: the digital SAT adapts, and scoring weighs question difficulty.
  • The nationally representative percentiles, which College Board publishes as a separate set.

Compared with similar tests

SAT next to similar tests on this site
TestTotal score rangeSectionsHow the total is made
SAT400–1600Reading and Writing 200–800, Math 200–800Sum of the Reading and Writing and Math section scores
ACT score calculator1–36English 1–36, Math 1–36, Reading 1–36; Science 1–36 optional; Writing 2–12 optionalAverage of English, Math and Reading, rounded to the nearest whole number (halves round up)

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Sources

  1. Fall 2026 SAT Weekend Understanding Scores for Students and Families (PDF)College Board. Checked Oct 19, 2026.
  2. SAT Nationally Representative and User PercentilesCollege Board. Checked Oct 19, 2026.
  3. How the SAT Is StructuredCollege Board. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
  4. 2026 Total Group SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report (PDF)College Board. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

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