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Is a 114 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 114 IQ is a little above the average of 100. About 82 in 100 people score lower than 114. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 114 High Average.

Percentile
82.47
How rare
1 in 6 score 114 or higher
WISC-V wording
High Average
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
High Average
Distance from 100
0.93 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 115
On an SD 24 test
about 122
Our test's usual range here
102 to 126 (90%)
Where 114 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 114. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 114 is at the 82.47th percentile.70100130114

What does a 114 IQ mean?

A score of 114 is 0.93 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 114 is 14 points away.

114 sits in the middle of the 110 to 119 band, 6 points below the next band up. About 17 in 100 people score from 110 to 119, the band just above average that holds 114.

What percentile is an IQ of 114?

A score of 114 is at the 82.47th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 114, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 119 is at the 89.74th percentile. Five points lower, 109 is at the 72.57th percentile. Across those ten points around 114, the percentile moves by 17.16.

How rare is an IQ of 114?

About 1 in 6 people score 114 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 18,000 would score 114 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 65 score exactly 114. These figures for 114 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 114 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 114 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 114 is about 115. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 122. 114, 115 and 122 all mean the same percentile.

Is 114 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 114; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 114 is a little above the average of 100. What a 114 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 114 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 114 from the average?

114 is 14 points above the average of 100, or 0.93 of a standard deviation. About 32.5 percent of people score between 100 and 114. About 17.5 percent score higher than 114. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle sits at 100 rather than at 114.

What does an online result of 114 mean?

An online result of 114 is an estimate. When our test shows 114, the estimated range next to it is usually about 102 to 126. That range for 114 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 114 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 114 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 114, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 114

  • 112 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 78.81st percentile.
  • 113 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 80.69th percentile.
  • 115 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 84.13th percentile.
  • 116 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 85.69th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 114, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 114 IQ?

A score of 114 is at the 82.47th percentile. That means about 82.47 percent of people score lower.

Is 114 IQ average?

Yes. 114 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.

How many people have an IQ of 114?

On a whole-number scale, about 1.7 percent of people score exactly 114. About 1 in 6 people score 114 or higher.

Can an online test show 114?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 114 usually comes with an estimated range of about 102 to 126.