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Is a 152 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 152 IQ is far above the average of 100. Only about 1 in 3,800 people score this high or higher. Clinical reports would call 152 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
99.97
How rare
1 in 3,800 score 152 or higher
WISC-V wording
Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Very Superior
Distance from 100
3.47 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 155
On an SD 24 test
about 183
Our test's usual range here
our test cannot show this score
Where 152 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 152. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 152 is at the 99.97th percentile.70100130152

What does a 152 IQ mean?

A score of 152 is 3.47 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 152 is 52 points away.

152 is 22 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 152.

What percentile is an IQ of 152?

A score of 152 is at the 99.97th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 152, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 157 is above the 99.99th percentile. Five points lower, 147 is at the 99.91st percentile. Across those ten points around 152, the percentile moves by 0.08.

How rare is an IQ of 152?

About 1 in 3,800 people score 152 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 26 would score 152 or higher.

For each person who scores exactly 152, about 407 people score exactly 100. These figures for 152 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 152 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 152 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 152 is about 155. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 183. 152, 155 and 183 all mean the same percentile.

Is 152 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 152; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 152 is far above the average of 100. What a 152 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 152 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 152 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 152 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 152 is at the 99.97th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 152 is 22 points above it. A 152 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 152.

Is 152 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 152 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, 152 is 12 points over it. What a person with a 152 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

Can any test measure a score of 152?

Every test has a ceiling, a highest score it can give, and few tests are built to measure as high as 152. The WISC-V full-scale score, for example, runs from 40 to 160, so 152 sits near its top. On our own test the range gets wider on the way toward 152: about 24 points wide at 100 and about 28 points wide at 140. Our page on the highest IQ score explains why scores like 152 are hard to pin down.

What does an online result of 152 mean?

Our test cannot show a 152. A perfect score currently shows about 140, and a test of 30 questions runs out of hard questions long before 152. Results above 145 show as “145 or higher”. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 152 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 152 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 152, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 152

  • 150 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.96th percentile.
  • 151 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.97th percentile.
  • 153 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.98th percentile.
  • 154 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.98th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 152, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 152 IQ?

A score of 152 is at the 99.97th percentile. That means about 99.97 percent of people score lower.

Is 152 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 152 genius. 152 is in the top band of the scale. Only about 1 in 3,800 people score this high or higher.

How many people have an IQ of 152?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.007 percent of people score exactly 152. About 1 in 3,800 people score 152 or higher.

Can an online test show 152?

Not reliably for 152. Our test shows anything above 145 as “145 or higher”, and a perfect score currently shows about 140.