What Does a 107 IQ Mean?
A 107 IQ is in the average range. About 68 in 100 people score lower than 107. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 107 Average.
- Percentile
- 67.96
- How rare
- 1 in 3 score 107 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.47 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 107
- On an SD 24 test
- about 111
- Our test's usual range here
- 95 to 119 (90%)
What does a 107 IQ mean?
A score of 107 is 0.47 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 107 is 7 points away.
107 sits near the top of the 90 to 109 band, 3 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 107.
What percentile is an IQ of 107?
A score of 107 is at the 67.96th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 107, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 112 is at the 78.81st percentile. Five points lower, 102 is at the 55.3rd percentile. Across those ten points around 107, the percentile moves by 23.51.
How rare is an IQ of 107?
About 1 in 3 people score 107 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 32,000 would score 107 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 90 score exactly 107. These figures for 107 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 107 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 107 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 107 is about 107. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 111. 107, 107 and 111 all mean the same percentile.
Is 107 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 107; it places one result among other people’s results. 107 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 107 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 107 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 107 to the average?
107 is 7 points above the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.47 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 107 mean?
An online result of 107 is an estimate. When our test shows 107, the estimated range next to it is usually about 95 to 119. That range for 107 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 107 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 107 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 107, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 107
- 105 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 63.06th percentile.
- 106 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 65.54th percentile.
- 108 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 70.31st percentile.
- 109 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 72.57th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 107, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 107 IQ?
A score of 107 is at the 67.96th percentile. That means about 67.96 percent of people score lower.
Is 107 IQ average?
Yes. 107 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 107?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.4 percent of people score exactly 107. About 1 in 3 people score 107 or higher.
Can an online test show 107?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 107 usually comes with an estimated range of about 95 to 119.