Old ACT Score Calculator

For practice tests dated before 2025. Enter your right answers for all four sections, and your scores and composite appear.

Composite score

Enter all four sections to see your composite.

Legacy tests had no unscored questions. Count every correct answer.

Scoring on the old ACT

The old test counted every question, with 75 for English, 60 for Math, 40 for Reading and 40 for Science. Each section was scored from 1 to 36, based on the right answers you gave. All four sections went into the composite, Science among them, and the result was their average. A half rounds up, so an average of 27.5 turns into a 28.

Online, the Enhanced ACT replaced this format in April 2025, and on paper it did so in September 2025. If your test is newer, use the ACT score calculator.

Near the top scores, both charts need about the same share of right answers. On the old test, a 30 in Math needed 48 of 60 right answers, and on the Enhanced one it takes 33 of 41, roughly 80% either way.

Legacy ACT conversion table (Form 2176CPRE)

ACT's 2024–2025 practice booklet is where this chart comes from. Start with a score on the left, then read across the row for the right answers each section required to earn it. When you see a dash, no count of right answers reached that score.

How many right answers each legacy ACT scale score needed
Score	English	Math	Reading	Science
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	no raw score
30	64	48	no raw score	33
29	62–63	46–47	32	32
28	61	44–45	31	31
27	60	41–43	30	no raw score
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	no raw score	5	6
8	11–12	3	no raw score	5
7	9–10	no raw score	4	4
6	7–8	2	3	3
5	6	no raw score	no raw score	no raw score
4	4–5	1	2	2
3	3	no raw score	no raw score	1
2	2	no raw score	1	no raw score
1	0–1	0	0	0