An ACT score chart turns your raw score, the number of scored questions you got right, into a scale score from 1 to 36 for each section. On ACT's 2025 sample form of the enhanced ACT, a 36 takes 40 of 40 in English, 40 of 41 in Math, 27 of 27 in Reading and 34 of 34 in Science. Your Composite is the average of your English, Math and Reading scale scores.
The chart below is ACT's own conversion table for that sample form. The older four-section chart is further down, for older practice tests. Every ACT form converts a little differently, so treat either chart as an estimate unless it's the table for your test.
Pick a section and enter how many scored questions you got right. Your row lights up in the chart.
Example: 35 of 41 in Math converts to a 32 on ACT's 2025 sample form.
Scoring a whole practice test? The ACT score calculator converts all your sections and works out your Composite.
Find your raw score in a section's column; your scale score is at the start of that row. A dash means no raw score converts to that scale score on this form. The number after each section is how many of its questions are scored.
| Scale score | English (40) | Math (41) | Reading (27) | Science (34) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 40 | 40–41 | 27 | 34 |
| 35 | 38–39 | 39 | 26 | 33 |
| 34 | — | 37–38 | 25 | 32 |
| 33 | 37 | 36 | — | 31 |
| 32 | — | 35 | 24 | 30 |
| 31 | 36 | 34 | — | 29 |
| 30 | — | 33 | 23 | 28 |
| 29 | 35 | 31–32 | — | 27 |
| 28 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 26 |
| 27 | 33 | 28–29 | — | 25 |
| 26 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 24 |
| 25 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 22–23 |
| 24 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 21 |
| 23 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 19–20 |
| 22 | 27–28 | 23 | 17 | 18 |
| 21 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 17 |
| 20 | 24–25 | 21 | 15 | 16 |
| 19 | 23 | 19–20 | — | 15 |
| 18 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13–14 |
| 17 | 21 | 15–17 | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | 20 | 13–14 | 12 | 11 |
| 15 | 18–19 | 10–12 | 11 | 10 |
| 14 | 17 | 8–9 | 10 | 9 |
| 13 | 15–16 | 6–7 | 9 | — |
| 12 | 14 | 5 | 7–8 | 7–8 |
| 11 | 12–13 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | 9–11 | — | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | — | — | — |
| 7 | 5–6 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | — | — | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Count your scored correct answers in each section, find each count in the chart, then average English, Math and Reading. Step by step:
Scoring a whole test? The ACT score calculator does steps 2 and 3 for you. Test Ninjas practice tests score themselves, so you don't need the chart for those.
Your ACT Composite is the average of your English, Math and Reading scale scores, rounded to the nearest whole number. Science is optional on the enhanced ACT and isn't part of the Composite. ACT reports it separately and uses it in your STEM score.
ACT began taking Science out of the Composite for national online testing in April 2025, and since September 2025 every ACT, in every format, uses the three-section Composite. Older forms averaged all four sections. For superscoring and more worked examples, see how the ACT composite score is calculated.
Each ACT form gets its own conversion table, because some forms are a little harder than others. ACT's own example: a raw score of 35 on one Math form may be about as hard to earn as a 37 on another. Converting to scale scores evens that out, so a 26 in Math means the same thing whichever date you tested.
That's also why the chart has gaps. On the 2025 sample form, 37 correct in English converts to a 33 and 38 converts to a 35, so no raw score gives a 34. The scale scores missing from that form are English 4, 30, 32, 34; Math 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10; Reading 2, 4, 6, 8, 19, 27, 29, 31, 33; Science 2, 4, 5, 8, 13. On another form the gaps fall in different places.
So use the conversion table that comes with an official practice test when you have one, and treat this chart as an estimate for anything else.
ACT forms from before the enhanced ACT have 75 English, 60 Math, 40 Reading and 40 Science questions, and they use a different chart. Every question on those forms is scored, and the Composite averages all four sections, Science included. Use this chart only for those older practice tests.
| Scale score | English (75) | Math (60) | Reading (40) | Science (40) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 72–75 | 58–60 | 39–40 | 38–40 |
| 35 | 70–71 | 56–57 | 38 | 37 |
| 34 | 68–69 | 54–55 | 37 | 36 |
| 33 | 67 | 53 | 35–36 | 35 |
| 32 | 66 | 51–52 | 34 | 34 |
| 31 | 65 | 49–50 | 33 | — |
| 30 | 64 | 48 | — | 33 |
| 29 | 62–63 | 46–47 | 32 | 32 |
| 28 | 61 | 44–45 | 31 | 31 |
| 27 | 60 | 41–43 | 30 | — |
| 26 | 58–59 | 39–40 | 29 | 30 |
| 25 | 56–57 | 37–38 | 28 | 28–29 |
| 24 | 53–55 | 35–36 | 27 | 26–27 |
| 23 | 51–52 | 33–34 | 26 | 25 |
| 22 | 48–50 | 31–32 | 24–25 | 23–24 |
| 21 | 45–47 | 30 | 23 | 22 |
| 20 | 42–44 | 28–29 | 21–22 | 20–21 |
| 19 | 40–41 | 26–27 | 20 | 19 |
| 18 | 38–39 | 24–25 | 19 | 17–18 |
| 17 | 36–37 | 21–23 | 17–18 | 15–16 |
| 16 | 33–35 | 17–20 | 16 | 13–14 |
| 15 | 30–32 | 13–16 | 14–15 | 12 |
| 14 | 27–29 | 10–12 | 12–13 | 11 |
| 13 | 25–26 | 8–9 | 11 | 10 |
| 12 | 23–24 | 6–7 | 9–10 | 9 |
| 11 | 19–22 | 5 | 7–8 | 8 |
| 10 | 16–18 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | 13–15 | — | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 11–12 | 3 | — | 5 |
| 7 | 9–10 | — | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 7–8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 4 | 4–5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |