Is a 132 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 132 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 98 in 100 people score lower than 132. Clinical reports would call 132 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.
- Percentile
- 98.36
- How rare
- 1 in 61 score 132 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Extremely High
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Very Superior
- Distance from 100
- 2.13 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 134
- On an SD 24 test
- about 151
- Our test's usual range here
- 119 or higher (90%)
What does a 132 IQ mean?
A score of 132 is 2.13 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 132 is 32 points away.
132 is 2 points 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 132.
What percentile is an IQ of 132?
A score of 132 is at the 98.36th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 132, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 137 is at the 99.32nd percentile. Five points lower, 127 is at the 96.41st percentile. Across those ten points around 132, the percentile moves by 2.91.
How rare is an IQ of 132?
About 1 in 61 people score 132 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 1,600 would score 132 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 10 score exactly 132. These figures for 132 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 132 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 132 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 132 is about 134. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 151. 132, 134 and 151 all mean the same percentile.
Is 132 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 132; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 132 is far above the average of 100. What a 132 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 132 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 132 enough for Mensa?
Only if the 132 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 132 is at the 98.36th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 132 is 2 points above it. A 132 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 132.
Is 132 a genius IQ?
No test or psychology dictionary calls 132 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, 132 is 8 points short of it. What a person with a 132 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.
What does an online result of 132 mean?
An online result of 132 is an estimate. When our test shows 132, the estimated range next to it usually reaches 145, the top of the scale our test reports, so it is shown as “119 or higher” or close to that. That range for 132 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 132 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 132 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 132, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 132
- 130 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 97.72nd percentile.
- 131 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 98.06th percentile.
- 133 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 98.61st percentile.
- 134 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 98.83rd percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 132, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 132 IQ?
A score of 132 is at the 98.36th percentile. That means about 98.36 percent of people score lower.
Is 132 IQ genius?
No test defines genius, so no test calls 132 genius. 132 is in the top band of the scale. About 98 in 100 people score lower than 132.
How many people have an IQ of 132?
On a whole-number scale, about 0.3 percent of people score exactly 132. About 1 in 61 people score 132 or higher.
Can an online test show 132?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 132 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “119 or higher” or close to that.