ACT English Scoring Chart

Enter how many English questions you answered correctly to see your English score and percentile.

English score

Enter your English right answers to see your English score.

Count only scored questions. Your practice test's answer key marks the ones that are not scored.

Right answers for each English score

The right answers come from the charts in ACT's practice test, the 2025 Enhanced form and the legacy booklet for 2024–2025. The percentile figures come from ACT's 2026–27 ranks, and each document appears under Sources.

Scale score for ACT English by right answers, Enhanced and legacy, plus percentile
Score	Enhanced ACT of 40	Legacy ACT of 75	Percentile
36	40	72–75	100
35	38–39	70–71	99
34	none	68–69	97
33	37	67	96
32	none	66	95
31	36	65	94
30	none	64	93
29	35	62–63	92
28	34	61	90
27	33	60	88
26	32	58–59	87
25	31	56–57	84
24	30	53–55	81
23	29	51–52	77
22	27–28	48–50	74
21	26	45–47	70
20	24–25	42–44	64
19	23	40–41	58
18	22	38–39	54
17	21	36–37	50
16	20	33–35	46
15	18–19	30–32	41
14	17	27–29	34
13	15–16	25–26	28
12	14	23–24	23
11	12–13	19–22	18
10	9–11	16–18	11
9	8	13–15	6
8	7	11–12	3
7	5–6	9–10	2
6	4	7–8	1
5	3	6	1
4	none	4–5	1
3	2	3	1
2	1	2	1
1	0	0–1	1

50 English questions, but only 40 count

There are 50 questions on the Enhanced ACT English test. Only 40 of the questions count toward your score, because ACT is testing ten new questions.

That's why the calculator stops at 40. If you type a larger number, it uses 40, because no one can answer more than 40 counted questions correctly.

The usual mix-up is counting all 50. Suppose you got 45 out of 50 right. Of those, only 35 to 40 count, which puts your English score between 29 and 36. Questions that weren't scored are marked in the key you have. That key gives you one exact score.

In the legacy English test, all 75 questions counted.