What Does a 104 IQ Mean?
A 104 IQ is in the average range. About 61 in 100 people score lower than 104. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 104 Average.
- Percentile
- 60.51
- How rare
- 1 in 3 score 104 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.27 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 104
- On an SD 24 test
- about 106
- Our test's usual range here
- 92 to 116 (90%)
What does a 104 IQ mean?
A score of 104 is 0.27 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 104 is 4 points away.
104 sits near the top of the 90 to 109 band, 6 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 104.
What percentile is an IQ of 104?
A score of 104 is at the 60.51st percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 104, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 109 is at the 72.57th percentile. Five points lower, 99 is at the 47.34th percentile. Across those ten points around 104, the percentile moves by 25.23.
How rare is an IQ of 104?
A score of 104 is common. About 39 percent of people score 104 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 97 score exactly 104. These figures for 104 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 104 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 104 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 104 is about 104. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 106. 104, 104 and 106 all mean the same percentile.
Is 104 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 104; it places one result among other people’s results. 104 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 104 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 104 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 104 to the average?
104 is 4 points above the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.27 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 104 mean?
An online result of 104 is an estimate. When our test shows 104, the estimated range next to it is usually about 92 to 116. That range for 104 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 104 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 104 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 104, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 104
- 102 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 55.3rd percentile.
- 103 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 57.93rd percentile.
- 105 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 63.06th percentile.
- 106 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 65.54th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 104, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 104 IQ?
A score of 104 is at the 60.51st percentile. That means about 60.51 percent of people score lower.
Is 104 IQ average?
Yes. 104 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 104?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.6 percent of people score exactly 104. About 1 in 3 people score 104 or higher.
Can an online test show 104?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 104 usually comes with an estimated range of about 92 to 116.