What are SAT Percentiles?
• A student’s percentile is the percentage of students he or she outperformed. • About two million students take the SAT worldwide each year. • The mean total score on the SAT (out of 2400) is about 1520. • Although percentiles vary for each SAT, scores generally break down into the following percentiles: • As you can see, even an improvement by just a few points can have a huge impact on your overall percentile rank.
