What Does a 94 IQ Mean?
A 94 IQ is in the average range. About 34 in 100 people score lower than 94. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 94 Average.
- Percentile
- 34.46
- How rare
- 1 in 3 score 94 or lower
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.40 SD below
- On an SD 16 test
- about 94
- On an SD 24 test
- about 90
- Our test's usual range here
- 82 to 106 (90%)
What does a 94 IQ mean?
A score of 94 is 0.40 standard deviations below the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 94 is 6 points away.
94 sits near the bottom of the 90 to 109 band, 16 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 94.
What percentile is an IQ of 94?
A score of 94 is at the 34.46th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 94, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 99 is at the 47.34th percentile. Five points lower, 89 is at the 23.17th percentile. Across those ten points around 94, the percentile moves by 24.17.
How rare is an IQ of 94?
About 1 in 3 people score 94 or lower. In a town of 100,000 people, about 34,000 would score 94 or lower.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 92 score exactly 94. These figures for 94 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 94 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 94 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 94 is about 94. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 90. 94, 94 and 90 all mean the same percentile.
Is 94 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 94; it places one result among other people’s results. 94 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 94 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 94 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 close is 94 to the average?
94 is 6 points below the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.40 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 94 mean?
An online result of 94 is an estimate. When our test shows 94, the estimated range next to it is usually about 82 to 106. That range for 94 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 94 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 94 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 94, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 94
- 92 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 29.69th percentile.
- 93 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 32.04th percentile.
- 95 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 36.94th percentile.
- 96 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 39.49th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 94, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 94 IQ?
A score of 94 is at the 34.46th percentile. That means about 34.46 percent of people score lower.
Is 94 IQ average?
Yes. 94 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 94?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.5 percent of people score exactly 94. About 1 in 3 people score 94 or lower.
Can an online test show 94?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 94 usually comes with an estimated range of about 82 to 106.