What Does a 102 IQ Mean?
A 102 IQ is in the average range. About 55 in 100 people score lower than 102. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 102 Average.
- Percentile
- 55.30
- How rare
- 1 in 2 score 102 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.13 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 102
- On an SD 24 test
- about 103
- Our test's usual range here
- 90 to 114 (90%)
What does a 102 IQ mean?
A score of 102 is 0.13 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 102 is 2 points away.
102 sits in the middle of the 90 to 109 band, 8 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 102.
What percentile is an IQ of 102?
A score of 102 is at the 55.3rd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 102, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 107 is at the 67.96th percentile. Five points lower, 97 is at the 42.07th percentile. Across those ten points around 102, the percentile moves by 25.89.
How rare is an IQ of 102?
A score of 102 is common. About 45 percent of people score 102 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 99 score exactly 102. These figures for 102 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 102 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 102 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 102 is about 102. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 103. 102, 102 and 103 all mean the same percentile.
Is 102 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 102; it places one result among other people’s results. 102 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 102 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 102 describes some kinds of reasoning on one test, on one day, and leaves out a great deal that matters, such as effort, knowledge and character.
How close is 102 to the average?
102 is 2 points above the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.13 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 102 mean?
An online result of 102 is an estimate. When our test shows 102, the estimated range next to it is usually about 90 to 114. That range for 102 is provisional: it comes from our scoring model and a simulation, not yet from real test takers. Our methodology shows how the range is made.
An unsupervised online 102 may also run a little high: a large review found a gap of about 3 IQ points. Taking the same kind of test again usually raises a score like 102 a little, mostly on the first retakes. Our guide are IQ tests accurate covers this in depth.
To see where your own result falls next to 102, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 102
- 100 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 50th percentile.
- 101 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 52.66th percentile.
- 103 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 57.93rd percentile.
- 104 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 60.51st percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 102, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 102 IQ?
A score of 102 is at the 55.3rd percentile. That means about 55.30 percent of people score lower.
Is 102 IQ average?
Yes. 102 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 102?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.6 percent of people score exactly 102. About 1 in 2 people score 102 or higher.
Can an online test show 102?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 102 usually comes with an estimated range of about 90 to 114.