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Is a 127 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 127 IQ is well above the average of 100. About 96 in 100 people score lower than 127. Clinical reports would call 127 Very High in WISC-V wording and Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
96.41
How rare
1 in 28 score 127 or higher
WISC-V wording
Very High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Superior
Distance from 100
1.80 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 129
On an SD 24 test
about 143
Our test's usual range here
114 to 140 (90%)
Where 127 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 127. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 127 is at the 96.41st percentile.70100130127

What does a 127 IQ mean?

A score of 127 is 1.80 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 127 is 27 points away.

127 sits near the top of the 120 to 129 band, 3 points below the next band up. About 7 in 100 people score from 120 to 129, the second highest band, which holds 127.

What percentile is an IQ of 127?

A score of 127 is at the 96.41st percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 127, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 132 is at the 98.36th percentile. Five points lower, 122 is at the 92.88th percentile. Across those ten points around 127, the percentile moves by 5.48.

How rare is an IQ of 127?

About 1 in 28 people score 127 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 3,600 would score 127 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 20 score exactly 127. These figures for 127 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 127 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 127 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 127 is about 129. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 143. 127, 129 and 143 all mean the same percentile.

Is 127 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 127; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 127 is well above the average of 100. What a 127 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 127 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 127 gifted?

There is no single gifted cutoff that a 127 either meets or misses; each school or program sets its own rule. Many programs use the top 10 percent as a guide, and a 127 is in the top 3.59 percent of people, inside that guide. A child’s 127 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 127 mean?

An online result of 127 is an estimate. When our test shows 127, the estimated range next to it is usually about 114 to 140. That range for 127 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 127 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 127 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 127, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 127

  • 125 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 95.22nd percentile.
  • 126 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 95.85th percentile.
  • 128 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 96.9th percentile.
  • 129 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 97.34th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 127, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 127 IQ?

A score of 127 is at the 96.41st percentile. That means about 96.41 percent of people score lower.

Is 127 IQ gifted?

Whether 127 counts as gifted depends on the program. Many use the top 10 percent as a guide, and 127 is in the top 3.6 percent.

How many people have an IQ of 127?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.5 percent of people score exactly 127. About 1 in 28 people score 127 or higher.

Can an online test show 127?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 127 usually comes with an estimated range of about 114 to 140.