Is a 134 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 134 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 134. Clinical reports would call 134 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.
- Percentile
- 98.83
- How rare
- 1 in 85 score 134 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Extremely High
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Very Superior
- Distance from 100
- 2.27 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 136
- On an SD 24 test
- about 154
- Our test's usual range here
- 120 or higher (90%)
What does a 134 IQ mean?
A score of 134 is 2.27 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 134 is 34 points away.
134 is 4 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 134.
What percentile is an IQ of 134?
A score of 134 is at the 98.83rd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 134, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 139 is at the 99.53rd percentile. Five points lower, 129 is at the 97.34th percentile. Across those ten points around 134, the percentile moves by 2.19.
How rare is an IQ of 134?
About 1 in 85 people score 134 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 1,200 would score 134 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 8 score exactly 134. These figures for 134 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 134 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 134 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 134 is about 136. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 154. 134, 136 and 154 all mean the same percentile.
Is 134 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 134; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 134 is far above the average of 100. What a 134 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 134 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 134 enough for Mensa?
Only if the 134 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 134 is at the 98.83rd percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 134 is 4 points above it. A 134 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 134.
Is 134 a genius IQ?
No test or psychology dictionary calls 134 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, 134 is 6 points short of it. What a person with a 134 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.
What does an online result of 134 mean?
An online result of 134 is an estimate. When our test shows 134, the estimated range next to it usually reaches 145, the top of the scale our test reports, so it is shown as “120 or higher” or close to that. That range for 134 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 134 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 134 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 134, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 134
- 132 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 98.36th percentile.
- 133 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 98.61st percentile.
- 135 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.02nd percentile.
- 136 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.18th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 134, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 134 IQ?
A score of 134 is at the 98.83rd percentile. That means about 98.83 percent of people score lower.
Is 134 IQ genius?
No test defines genius, so no test calls 134 genius. 134 is in the top band of the scale. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 134.
How many people have an IQ of 134?
On a whole-number scale, about 0.2 percent of people score exactly 134. About 1 in 85 people score 134 or higher.
Can an online test show 134?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 134 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “120 or higher” or close to that.