What Does a 103 IQ Mean?
A 103 IQ is in the average range. About 58 in 100 people score lower than 103. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 103 Average.
- Percentile
- 57.93
- How rare
- 1 in 2 score 103 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.20 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 103
- On an SD 24 test
- about 105
- Our test's usual range here
- 91 to 115 (90%)
What does a 103 IQ mean?
A score of 103 is 0.20 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 103 is 3 points away.
103 sits near the top of the 90 to 109 band, 7 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 103.
What percentile is an IQ of 103?
A score of 103 is at the 57.93rd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 103, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 108 is at the 70.31st percentile. Five points lower, 98 is at the 44.7th percentile. Across those ten points around 103, the percentile moves by 25.61.
How rare is an IQ of 103?
A score of 103 is common. About 42 percent of people score 103 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 98 score exactly 103. These figures for 103 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 103 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 103 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 103 is about 103. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 105. 103, 103 and 105 all mean the same percentile.
Is 103 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 103; it places one result among other people’s results. 103 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 103 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 103 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 103 to the average?
103 is 3 points above the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.20 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 103 mean?
An online result of 103 is an estimate. When our test shows 103, the estimated range next to it is usually about 91 to 115. That range for 103 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 103 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 103 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 103, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 103
- 101 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 52.66th percentile.
- 102 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 55.3rd percentile.
- 104 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 60.51st percentile.
- 105 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 63.06th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 103, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 103 IQ?
A score of 103 is at the 57.93rd percentile. That means about 57.93 percent of people score lower.
Is 103 IQ average?
Yes. 103 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 103?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.6 percent of people score exactly 103. About 1 in 2 people score 103 or higher.
Can an online test show 103?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 103 usually comes with an estimated range of about 91 to 115.