Is a 137 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 137 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 137. Clinical reports would call 137 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.
- Percentile
- 99.32
- How rare
- 1 in 147 score 137 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Extremely High
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Very Superior
- Distance from 100
- 2.47 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 139
- On an SD 24 test
- about 159
- Our test's usual range here
- 123 or higher (90%)
What does a 137 IQ mean?
A score of 137 is 2.47 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 137 is 37 points away.
137 is 7 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 137.
What percentile is an IQ of 137?
A score of 137 is at the 99.32nd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 137, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 142 is at the 99.74th percentile. Five points lower, 132 is at the 98.36th percentile. Across those ten points around 137, the percentile moves by 1.39.
How rare is an IQ of 137?
About 1 in 147 people score 137 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 682 would score 137 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 5 score exactly 137. These figures for 137 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 137 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 137 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 137 is about 139. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 159. 137, 139 and 159 all mean the same percentile.
Is 137 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 137; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 137 is far above the average of 100. What a 137 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 137 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 137 enough for Mensa?
Only if the 137 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 137 is at the 99.32nd percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 137 is 7 points above it. A 137 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 137.
Is 137 a genius IQ?
No test or psychology dictionary calls 137 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, 137 is 3 points short of it. What a person with a 137 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.
What does an online result of 137 mean?
An online result of 137 is an estimate. When our test shows 137, the estimated range next to it usually reaches 145, the top of the scale our test reports, so it is shown as “123 or higher” or close to that. That range for 137 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 137 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 137 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 137, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 137
- 135 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.02nd percentile.
- 136 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.18th percentile.
- 138 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.44th percentile.
- 139 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.53rd percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 137, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 137 IQ?
A score of 137 is at the 99.32nd percentile. That means about 99.32 percent of people score lower.
Is 137 IQ genius?
No test defines genius, so no test calls 137 genius. 137 is in the top band of the scale. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 137.
How many people have an IQ of 137?
On a whole-number scale, about 0.1 percent of people score exactly 137. About 1 in 147 people score 137 or higher.
Can an online test show 137?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 137 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “123 or higher” or close to that.