What Does an 84 IQ Mean?
An 84 IQ is a little below the average of 100. About 14 in 100 people score lower than 84. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 84 Low Average.
- Percentile
- 14.31
- How rare
- 1 in 7 score 84 or lower
- WISC-V wording
- Low Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Low Average
- Distance from 100
- 1.07 SD below
- On an SD 16 test
- about 83
- On an SD 24 test
- about 74
- Our test's usual range here
- 71 to 97 (90%)
What does an 84 IQ mean?
A score of 84 is 1.07 standard deviations below the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 84 is 16 points away.
84 sits in the middle of the 80 to 89 band, 6 points below the next band up. About 16 in 100 people score from 80 to 89, the band that holds 84. The average band starts at 90, so a retest of an 84 can easily land on the other side of that line.
What percentile is an IQ of 84?
A score of 84 is at the 14.31st percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 84, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 89 is at the 23.17th percentile. Five points lower, 79 is at the 8.08th percentile. Across those ten points around 84, the percentile moves by 15.09.
How rare is an IQ of 84?
About 1 in 7 people score 84 or lower. In a town of 100,000 people, about 14,000 would score 84 or lower.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 57 score exactly 84. These figures for 84 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 84 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 84 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 84 is about 83. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 74. 84, 83 and 74 all mean the same percentile.
Is 84 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind an 84; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 84 is a little below the average of 100. What an 84 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. An 84 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.
How far is 84 from the average?
84 is 16 points below the average of 100, or 1.07 of a standard deviation. About 35.7 percent of people score between 84 and 100. About 14.3 percent score lower than 84. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle sits at 100 rather than at 84.
What does an online result of 84 mean?
An online result of 84 is an estimate. When our test shows 84, the estimated range next to it is usually about 71 to 97. That range for 84 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 84 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 84 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 84, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 84
- 82 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 11.51st percentile.
- 83 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 12.85th percentile.
- 85 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 15.87th percentile.
- 86 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 17.53rd percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 84, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 84 IQ?
A score of 84 is at the 14.31st percentile. That means about 14.31 percent of people score lower.
Is 84 IQ low?
84 is below the average band. About 14.3 in 100 people score 84 or lower. A single 84 is not a diagnosis.
How many people have an IQ of 84?
On a whole-number scale, about 1.5 percent of people score exactly 84. About 1 in 7 people score 84 or lower.
Can an online test show 84?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test an 84 usually comes with an estimated range of about 71 to 97.