Is a 136 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 136 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 136. Clinical reports would call 136 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.
- Percentile
- 99.18
- How rare
- 1 in 122 score 136 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Extremely High
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Very Superior
- Distance from 100
- 2.40 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 138
- On an SD 24 test
- about 158
- Our test's usual range here
- 122 or higher (90%)
What does a 136 IQ mean?
A score of 136 is 2.40 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 136 is 36 points away.
136 is 6 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 136.
What percentile is an IQ of 136?
A score of 136 is at the 99.18th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 136, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 141 is at the 99.69th percentile. Five points lower, 131 is at the 98.06th percentile. Across those ten points around 136, the percentile moves by 1.62.
How rare is an IQ of 136?
About 1 in 122 people score 136 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 820 would score 136 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 6 score exactly 136. These figures for 136 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 136 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 136 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 136 is about 138. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 158. 136, 138 and 158 all mean the same percentile.
Is 136 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 136; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 136 is far above the average of 100. What a 136 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 136 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 136 enough for Mensa?
Only if the 136 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 136 is at the 99.18th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 136 is 6 points above it. A 136 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 136.
Is 136 a genius IQ?
No test or psychology dictionary calls 136 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, 136 is 4 points short of it. What a person with a 136 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.
What does an online result of 136 mean?
An online result of 136 is an estimate. When our test shows 136, the estimated range next to it usually reaches 145, the top of the scale our test reports, so it is shown as “122 or higher” or close to that. That range for 136 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 136 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 136 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 136, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 136
- 134 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 98.83rd percentile.
- 135 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.02nd percentile.
- 137 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.32nd percentile.
- 138 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.44th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 136, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 136 IQ?
A score of 136 is at the 99.18th percentile. That means about 99.18 percent of people score lower.
Is 136 IQ genius?
No test defines genius, so no test calls 136 genius. 136 is in the top band of the scale. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 136.
How many people have an IQ of 136?
On a whole-number scale, about 0.1 percent of people score exactly 136. About 1 in 122 people score 136 or higher.
Can an online test show 136?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 136 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “122 or higher” or close to that.