Is a 135 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 135 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 135. Clinical reports would call 135 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.
- Percentile
- 99.02
- How rare
- 1 in 102 score 135 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Extremely High
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Very Superior
- Distance from 100
- 2.33 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 137
- On an SD 24 test
- about 156
- Our test's usual range here
- 121 or higher (90%)
What does a 135 IQ mean?
A score of 135 is 2.33 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 135 is 35 points away.
135 is 5 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 135.
What percentile is an IQ of 135?
A score of 135 is at the 99.02nd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 135, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 140 is at the 99.62nd percentile. Five points lower, 130 is at the 97.72nd percentile. Across those ten points around 135, the percentile moves by 1.89.
How rare is an IQ of 135?
About 1 in 102 people score 135 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 982 would score 135 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 7 score exactly 135. These figures for 135 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 135 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 135 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 135 is about 137. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 156. 135, 137 and 156 all mean the same percentile.
Is 135 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 135; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 135 is far above the average of 100. What a 135 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 135 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 135 enough for Mensa?
Only if the 135 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 135 is at the 99.02nd percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 135 is 5 points above it. A 135 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 135.
Is 135 a genius IQ?
No test or psychology dictionary calls 135 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, 135 is 5 points short of it. What a person with a 135 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.
What does an online result of 135 mean?
An online result of 135 is an estimate. When our test shows 135, the estimated range next to it usually reaches 145, the top of the scale our test reports, so it is shown as “121 or higher” or close to that. That range for 135 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 135 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 135 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 135, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 135
- 133 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 98.61st percentile.
- 134 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 98.83rd percentile.
- 136 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.18th percentile.
- 137 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.32nd percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 135, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 135 IQ?
A score of 135 is at the 99.02nd percentile. That means about 99.02 percent of people score lower.
Is 135 IQ genius?
No test defines genius, so no test calls 135 genius. 135 is in the top band of the scale. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 135.
How many people have an IQ of 135?
On a whole-number scale, about 0.2 percent of people score exactly 135. About 1 in 102 people score 135 or higher.
Can an online test show 135?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 135 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “121 or higher” or close to that.