Is a 110 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 110 IQ is a little above the average of 100. About 75 in 100 people score lower than 110. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 110 High Average.
- Percentile
- 74.75
- How rare
- 1 in 4 score 110 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- High Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- High Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.67 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 111
- On an SD 24 test
- about 116
- Our test's usual range here
- 98 to 122 (90%)
What does a 110 IQ mean?
A score of 110 is 0.67 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 110 is 10 points away.
110 sits near the bottom of the 110 to 119 band, 10 points below the next band up. About 17 in 100 people score from 110 to 119, the band just above average that holds 110.
What percentile is an IQ of 110?
A score of 110 is at the 74.75th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 110, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 115 is at the 84.13th percentile. Five points lower, 105 is at the 63.06th percentile. Across those ten points around 110, the percentile moves by 21.08.
How rare is an IQ of 110?
About 1 in 4 people score 110 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 25,000 would score 110 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 80 score exactly 110. These figures for 110 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 110 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 110 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 110 is about 111. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 116. 110, 111 and 116 all mean the same percentile.
Is 110 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 110; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 110 is a little above the average of 100. What a 110 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 110 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 far is 110 from the average?
110 is 10 points above the average of 100, or 0.67 of a standard deviation. About 24.8 percent of people score between 100 and 110. About 25.2 percent score higher than 110. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle sits at 100 rather than at 110.
What does an online result of 110 mean?
An online result of 110 is an estimate. When our test shows 110, the estimated range next to it is usually about 98 to 122. That range for 110 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 110 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 110 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 110, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 110
- 108 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 70.31st percentile.
- 109 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 72.57th percentile.
- 111 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 76.83rd percentile.
- 112 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 78.81st percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 110, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 110 IQ?
A score of 110 is at the 74.75th percentile. That means about 74.75 percent of people score lower.
Is 110 IQ average?
Yes. 110 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 110?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.1 percent of people score exactly 110. About 1 in 4 people score 110 or higher.
Can an online test show 110?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 110 usually comes with an estimated range of about 98 to 122.