Is a 115 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 115 IQ is a little above the average of 100. About 84 in 100 people score lower than 115. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 115 High Average.
- Percentile
- 84.13
- How rare
- 1 in 6 score 115 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- High Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- High Average
- Distance from 100
- 1 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 116
- On an SD 24 test
- about 124
- Our test's usual range here
- 103 to 127 (90%)
What does a 115 IQ mean?
A score of 115 is one standard deviation above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 115 is 15 points away.
115 sits in the middle of the 110 to 119 band, 5 points below the next band up. About 17 in 100 people score from 110 to 119, the band just above average that holds 115.
What percentile is an IQ of 115?
A score of 115 is at the 84.13th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 115, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 120 is at the 90.88th percentile. Five points lower, 110 is at the 74.75th percentile. Across those ten points around 115, the percentile moves by 16.13.
How rare is an IQ of 115?
About 1 in 6 people score 115 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 16,000 would score 115 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 61 score exactly 115. These figures for 115 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 115 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 115 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 115 is about 116. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 124. 115, 116 and 124 all mean the same percentile.
Is 115 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 115; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 115 is a little above the average of 100. What a 115 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 115 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.
Is a score of 115 gifted?
There is no single gifted cutoff that a 115 either meets or misses; each school or program sets its own rule. Many programs use the top 10 percent as a guide, and a 115 is in the top 15.87 percent of people, outside that guide. A child’s 115 counts for a program only when it comes from a supervised test given by a psychologist or the school. Our guide for parents explains how that works.
How far is 115 from the average?
115 is 15 points above the average of 100, or exactly one standard deviation. About 34.1 percent of people score between 100 and 115. About 15.9 percent score higher than 115. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle sits at 100 rather than at 115.
What does an online result of 115 mean?
An online result of 115 is an estimate. When our test shows 115, the estimated range next to it is usually about 103 to 127. That range for 115 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 115 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 115 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 115, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 115
- 113 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 80.69th percentile.
- 114 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 82.47th percentile.
- 116 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 85.69th percentile.
- 117 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 87.15th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 115, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 115 IQ?
A score of 115 is at the 84.13th percentile. That means about 84.13 percent of people score lower.
Is 115 IQ gifted?
Whether 115 counts as gifted depends on the program. Many use the top 10 percent as a guide, and 115 is in the top 15.9 percent.
How many people have an IQ of 115?
On a whole-number scale, about 1.6 percent of people score exactly 115. About 1 in 6 people score 115 or higher.
Can an online test show 115?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 115 usually comes with an estimated range of about 103 to 127.