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Is a 131 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 131 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 98 in 100 people score lower than 131. Clinical reports would call 131 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
98.06
How rare
1 in 52 score 131 or higher
WISC-V wording
Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Very Superior
Distance from 100
2.07 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 133
On an SD 24 test
about 150
Our test's usual range here
118 to 144 (90%)
Where 131 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 131. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 131 is at the 98.06th percentile.70100130131

What does a 131 IQ mean?

A score of 131 is 2.07 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 131 is 31 points away.

131 is 1 point above the start of the top band, which begins at 130 and has no upper end. About 2.5 in 100 people score anywhere in the top band that holds 131.

What percentile is an IQ of 131?

A score of 131 is at the 98.06th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 131, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 136 is at the 99.18th percentile. Five points lower, 126 is at the 95.85th percentile. Across those ten points around 131, the percentile moves by 3.33.

How rare is an IQ of 131?

About 1 in 52 people score 131 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 1,900 would score 131 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 12 score exactly 131. These figures for 131 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 131 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 131 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 131 is about 133. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 150. 131, 133 and 150 all mean the same percentile.

Is 131 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 131; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 131 is far above the average of 100. What a 131 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 131 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 131 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 131 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 131 is at the 98.06th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 131 is 1 point above it. A 131 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 131.

Is 131 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 131 a genius score, or defines one at all. The often quoted 140 goes back to a long-term study that selected children scoring above 140; by that line, 131 is 9 points short of it. What a person with a 131 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

What does an online result of 131 mean?

An online result of 131 is an estimate. When our test shows 131, the estimated range next to it is usually about 118 to 144. That range for 131 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 131 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 131 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 131, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 131

  • 129 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 97.34th percentile.
  • 130 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 97.72nd percentile.
  • 132 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 98.36th percentile.
  • 133 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 98.61st percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 131, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 131 IQ?

A score of 131 is at the 98.06th percentile. That means about 98.06 percent of people score lower.

Is 131 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 131 genius. 131 is in the top band of the scale. About 98 in 100 people score lower than 131.

How many people have an IQ of 131?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.3 percent of people score exactly 131. About 1 in 52 people score 131 or higher.

Can an online test show 131?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 131 usually comes with an estimated range of about 118 to 144.