SAT score percentile
Is 1160 a good SAT score?
National percentile
68th
Average
1160 is around the national average.
About half of test takers score below this. It keeps a broad set of colleges in play, and it is the band where preparation tends to produce the largest score gains — so a second sitting is usually worth planning.
- SAT total
- 1160
- User percentile
- 68th
- Percent scoring below
- 68%
- ACT equivalent
- 23
What to do with this number
A score only means something next to a college list.
National percentiles and concordance tables tell you where a score sits across the country. They don't tell you whether it's competitive at the specific schools your student is considering, or what to work on between now and application season. HIYP tracks a student's scores, grades, courses, and activities year by year and turns them into the next concrete step.
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