Is a 113 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 113 IQ is a little above the average of 100. About 81 in 100 people score lower than 113. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 113 High Average.
- Percentile
- 80.69
- How rare
- 1 in 5 score 113 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- High Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- High Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.87 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 114
- On an SD 24 test
- about 121
- Our test's usual range here
- 101 to 125 (90%)
What does a 113 IQ mean?
A score of 113 is 0.87 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 113 is 13 points away.
113 sits near the bottom of the 110 to 119 band, 7 points below the next band up. About 17 in 100 people score from 110 to 119, the band just above average that holds 113.
What percentile is an IQ of 113?
A score of 113 is at the 80.69th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 113, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 118 is at the 88.49th percentile. Five points lower, 108 is at the 70.31st percentile. Across those ten points around 113, the percentile moves by 18.18.
How rare is an IQ of 113?
About 1 in 5 people score 113 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 19,000 would score 113 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 69 score exactly 113. These figures for 113 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 113 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 113 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 113 is about 114. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 121. 113, 114 and 121 all mean the same percentile.
Is 113 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 113; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 113 is a little above the average of 100. What a 113 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 113 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 113 from the average?
113 is 13 points above the average of 100, or 0.87 of a standard deviation. About 30.7 percent of people score between 100 and 113. About 19.3 percent score higher than 113. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle sits at 100 rather than at 113.
What does an online result of 113 mean?
An online result of 113 is an estimate. When our test shows 113, the estimated range next to it is usually about 101 to 125. That range for 113 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 113 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 113 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 113, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 113
- 111 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 76.83rd percentile.
- 112 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 78.81st percentile.
- 114 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 82.47th percentile.
- 115 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 84.13th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 113, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 113 IQ?
A score of 113 is at the 80.69th percentile. That means about 80.69 percent of people score lower.
Is 113 IQ average?
Yes. 113 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 113?
On a whole-number scale, about 1.8 percent of people score exactly 113. About 1 in 5 people score 113 or higher.
Can an online test show 113?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 113 usually comes with an estimated range of about 101 to 125.