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Is a 124 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 124 IQ is well above the average of 100. About 95 in 100 people score lower than 124. Clinical reports would call 124 Very High in WISC-V wording and Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
94.52
How rare
1 in 18 score 124 or higher
WISC-V wording
Very High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Superior
Distance from 100
1.60 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 126
On an SD 24 test
about 138
Our test's usual range here
112 to 136 (90%)
Where 124 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 124. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 124 is at the 94.52nd percentile.70100130124

What does a 124 IQ mean?

A score of 124 is 1.60 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 124 is 24 points away.

124 sits in the middle of the 120 to 129 band, 6 points below the next band up. About 7 in 100 people score from 120 to 129, the second highest band, which holds 124.

What percentile is an IQ of 124?

A score of 124 is at the 94.52nd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 124, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 129 is at the 97.34th percentile. Five points lower, 119 is at the 89.74th percentile. Across those ten points around 124, the percentile moves by 7.60.

How rare is an IQ of 124?

About 1 in 18 people score 124 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 5,500 would score 124 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 28 score exactly 124. These figures for 124 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 124 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 124 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 124 is about 126. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 138. 124, 126 and 138 all mean the same percentile.

Is 124 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 124; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 124 is well above the average of 100. What a 124 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 124 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 124 gifted?

There is no single gifted cutoff that a 124 either meets or misses; each school or program sets its own rule. Many programs use the top 10 percent as a guide, and a 124 is in the top 5.48 percent of people, inside that guide. A child’s 124 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.

What does an online result of 124 mean?

An online result of 124 is an estimate. When our test shows 124, the estimated range next to it is usually about 112 to 136. That range for 124 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 124 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 124 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 124, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 124

  • 122 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 92.88th percentile.
  • 123 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 93.74th percentile.
  • 125 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 95.22nd percentile.
  • 126 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 95.85th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 124, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 124 IQ?

A score of 124 is at the 94.52nd percentile. That means about 94.52 percent of people score lower.

Is 124 IQ gifted?

Whether 124 counts as gifted depends on the program. Many use the top 10 percent as a guide, and 124 is in the top 5.5 percent.

How many people have an IQ of 124?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.7 percent of people score exactly 124. About 1 in 18 people score 124 or higher.

Can an online test show 124?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 124 usually comes with an estimated range of about 112 to 136.