SAT Score Calculator
Enter how many questions you got right in each section of an official SAT practice test to estimate your total score from 400 to 1600. The estimate uses College Board's published conversion tables, so treat it as a guide rather than your official score.
Choose your practice test and enter the number of questions you got right in each section to see an estimated score from 400 to 1600.
Estimates only. Your official SAT score comes from College Board and can differ from this estimate.
How the SAT Score Is Estimated
The SAT is now taken on a computer in College Board's Bluebook app, and it's adaptive: how you do in the first module of each section decides whether the second module is easier or harder. Scores are worked out from which questions you answer correctly, not just how many, so there is no single table that turns a raw count into a scaled score for the real test.
College Board does publish conversion tables for the paper versions of its official practice tests 4 to 11. These tests aren't adaptive and have 66 Reading and Writing questions (two modules of 33) and 54 Math questions (two modules of 27). For each number of correct answers, the table gives a lower and an upper section score. This calculator uses those tables:
- Your section estimate is the middle of the official range, rounded to the nearest 10.
- Your total estimate is the two section estimates added together, and the likely range adds the lower and upper values.
- If you choose "not sure", the estimate averages all eight tables, and the range runs from the lowest to the highest value any of them gives.
If you took a practice test in Bluebook, use the score it reports. If you're counting answers from another source, the "not sure" setting gives a rough guide, but it's less reliable when the test has a different number of questions.
Source: College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test (Practice Tests 4 to 11) (2023 to 2025 editions).
SAT Score Ranges by Section
| Score | Range | Digital SAT format |
|---|---|---|
| Reading and Writing section | 200 to 800 | 54 questions in two 32-minute modules |
| Math section | 200 to 800 | 44 questions in two 35-minute modules |
| Total score | 400 to 1600 | The sum of the two section scores |
Source: College Board, How the SAT Is Structured (accessed October 2026).
Scores are reported in steps of 10. To see what share of students score at each level, use the SAT score range and percentile chart. For context, the class of 2026 averaged 528 in Reading and Writing and 517 in Math; the national average SAT score page shows how that has changed over time.
Worked Example
Say you took the paper version of Practice Test 4 and got 50 of 66 Reading and Writing questions and 40 of 54 Math questions right.
- Reading and Writing: College Board's table gives 610 to 630 for 50 correct, so the estimate is 620.
- Math: the table gives 590 to 620 for 40 correct, so the estimate is 610.
- Total: 620 + 610 = 1230, with a likely range of 1200 to 1250.
According to College Board's percentile tables, a 1230 is around the 78th percentile among SAT takers.
Source: College Board, SAT Nationally Representative and User Percentiles (accessed October 2026).
How to Use Your Estimate
Look at the range, not just the single number, and compare estimates from several practice tests rather than relying on one. If one section is well behind the other, that's usually where extra practice pays off most. Before you set a target, read what counts as a good SAT score for your goals, then check each college's own published score range.
Test scores are only part of an application. Your grades matter too: work out your GPA with the high school GPA calculator or the GPA calculator for weighted credits, and use the college admission chances tool to put your scores and grades together. If you're deciding between tests, the ACT to SAT conversion chart compares the two scales, and the ACT score calculator estimates an ACT composite.
Combine Scores From Several Test Dates (Superscore)
Many colleges superscore the SAT: they take your best Reading and Writing score and your best Math score from different test dates. Policies vary, so check each college before you rely on it.
Enter both section scores for at least one test date. Scores are reported in steps of 10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate is this SAT score calculator?
For the paper practice tests it uses, the estimate sits inside the range College Board publishes for your number of correct answers, which is usually 20 to 60 points wide. The real SAT is adaptive and scored question by question, so your official score can still differ. Use the estimate to track progress, not to predict an exact result.
Can I use it for a practice test in the Bluebook app?
You don't need to. Bluebook scores its full-length practice tests for you, and that score is a better guide than any calculator. Because those tests are adaptive, the number of questions you got right can't be converted reliably with a single table.
How many questions are on the digital SAT?
98 in total: 54 in Reading and Writing and 44 in Math, each section split into two equal modules. Each module includes two pretest questions that don't count towards your score. The paper practice tests used by this calculator are longer, with 66 and 54 questions.
Do wrong answers lower your SAT score?
No. Your score is based on the questions you answer correctly, and there is no deduction for a wrong answer, so it's always worth answering every question.
What is a perfect SAT score?
A perfect score is 1600, which means 800 in both sections. In the class of 2026, 691 of 1,954,833 students scored 1600, or 0.04%.
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