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ACT Score Calculator

Convert your raw scores to scaled section scores, see your composite, and find your national percentile. Uses official ACT scoring tables.

English

The ACT administers 50 English questions but scores 40 — use the number on your score report.

Math

The ACT administers 45 Math questions but scores 41 — use the number on your score report.

Reading

The ACT administers 36 Reading questions but scores 27 — use the number on your score report.

Science

The ACT administers 40 Science questions but scores 34 — use the number on your score report.

Taking Science? (scored separately, plus a STEM score)

Composite Score

27

out of 36

136

English

24

1–36

Math

28

1–36

Reading

28

1–36

Science

27

1–36

Percentile

88%

Top 12% of test takers

Rating

Above Average

Many selective colleges

ELA Score

26

English + Reading avg

STEM Score

28

Math + Science avg

What does a real score gain look like?

On the Math conversion table, going from 31 to 36 correct (5 more questions) moves your scaled score from 28 to 32. ACT curves are steep at both ends and flatten through the middle, so the same 5-question improvement is worth more or less depending on where you start — there is no fixed “points per question” rate.

There is no verified, generalizable figure for how many points a given amount of practice adds — it depends on your starting score, which specific question types are costing you points, and how much of your practice is timed and reviewed under real conditions. The only reliable way to see where you actually stand is to test under real conditions and re-test after focused practice on your weak areas.

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This calculator estimates from the raw scores you enter. A free, ~20–30-minute adaptive diagnostic predicts your actual ACT score from how you actually perform, question by question.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about ACT scoring.

How is the ACT scored?+
Each section is scored on a 1–36 scale. On the Enhanced ACT (2025–2026+), your composite score is the average of your English, Math, and Reading section scores, rounded to the nearest whole number. Science is optional and scored separately. The total composite range is 1–36.
What is a good ACT score?+
About half of test takers score at or below a composite of 17. A 25 or higher puts you above 83% of test takers, a 30 is above 94%, and a 34 places you in roughly the top 1% — competitive for the most selective universities.
How many questions are on the ACT?+
On the Enhanced ACT — English: 50 questions in 35 minutes. Math: 45 questions in 50 minutes. Reading: 36 questions in 40 minutes. Science (optional): 40 questions in 40 minutes. Core total: 131 questions in about 2 hours 5 minutes. Not all of them count: the ACT scores 40 English, 41 Math, 27 Reading and 34 Science questions, and the rest are unscored field-test items being trialled for future forms.
Is Science still required on the ACT?+
No. On the Enhanced ACT the Science section is optional, and it is scored separately — your composite is always the average of English, Math, and Reading, whether or not you take Science. Taking Science also gives you a STEM score (the average of Math and Science).
What’s the difference between raw and scaled scores?+
Your raw score is the number of SCORED questions you answered correctly — there is no penalty for guessing on the ACT. Because the ACT only scores 40 of the 50 English questions it administers (and 41 of 45 Math, 27 of 36 Reading, 34 of 40 Science), the raw score printed on your report is out of 40/41/27/34, not out of the number of questions you sat. Your scaled score is the converted 1–36 score for each section, using score conversion tables that adjust for test difficulty across different test dates.
Which raw score should I enter in this calculator?+
The one on your score report — the SCORED raw, out of 40 for English, 41 for Math, 27 for Reading and 34 for Science. That is what the sliders above expect. If instead you are converting a Cram Club practice test, our results pages report your raw out of the number of questions we administer (50/45/36/40) and already convert it for you — so use the section score we show you rather than re-entering the raw here.
Are these official ACT conversion tables?+
The tables behind this calculator are transcribed from a real, officially released Enhanced ACT score-conversion table — not invented. But ACT equates every test form individually, so the exact curve shifts slightly from one test date to the next depending on that form’s difficulty. Your real score could land a point or two off this estimate even with the identical raw score, because you and this calculator are not necessarily reading the same form’s curve. Treat the result as a close estimate, not your official score.

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