TEAS score calculator
Enter how many questions you got right in each section of a TEAS practice test. The calculator gives each section's percent and your total percent, the way the TEAS reports them, and shows how far each is from your program's minimum. It is an estimate: the real TEAS adjusts total and section scores for the difficulty of each test form (ATI scoring), and only ATI's score report is official.
"Out of" starts at the full section lengths (170 questions). If your practice test was shorter, change it to the number of questions you answered in that section.
How the TEAS score is calculated
Every TEAS question is right or wrong, with no partial credit and no penalty for guessing. Your section score is the percent of that section's scored questions you got right, and your total score is the percent of all 150 scored questions. ATI then equates both for the difficulty of your test form, so two people with the same number right on different forms can see slightly different percents. Content-area scores inside each section are plain percent correct and are not equated (ATI scoring).
Why sections count differently toward the total
The total is not the average of your four section percents. It counts questions, and the sections have different numbers of scored questions: Science 44, Reading 39, Mathematics 34 and English and language usage 33 (ATI exam details). A point in science moves your total more than a point in English. The calculator weights each section by its questions, as the test does.
| Section | Questions | Scored | Share of the total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45 | 39 | 26% |
| Mathematics | 38 | 34 | 23% |
| Science | 50 | 44 | 29% |
| English and language usage | 37 | 33 | 22% |
The share column is our arithmetic from ATI's scored counts. On the real test you can't tell which 20 questions are unscored, so the calculator counts every question you enter.
A worked example
Say a full-length practice test went like this: Reading 30 of 45, Mathematics 22 of 38, Science 28 of 50, and English 30 of 37. The section scores are 66.7%, 57.9%, 56% and 81.1%. The total is 110 of 170, or 64.7%. The plain average of the four section scores would be 65.4%, which is higher because the strong English score counts as a quarter of the average but only 22% of the scored questions. Against a 65% program minimum, this applicant is 0.3 points short, about one more right answer, and Science (44 scored questions at 56%) is where that answer is cheapest to find.
Check each section, not only the total
Fifteen of the 56 programs in our list set a minimum for one or more sections, and seven of those set no overall number at all. Northern Virginia Community College's nursing program asks for Reading 73%, Math 65%, Science 58% and English 62%. Middlesex Community College asks for 60% in each section in one sitting. Nassau Community College's radiologic technology program counts only Science and Math, at 58.7% each. A high total does not help if one section is under its line, so compare each row of the calculator's result with your program's rule (what TEAS score you need).
What 58.7% and "Proficient" mean
ATI also places your total in one of five academic preparedness levels: Developmental, Basic, Proficient, Advanced or Exemplary, shown on your score report next to your adjusted individual total score (ATI score report). Several programs tie the two together: Owensboro asks for "Proficient" (58.7%) or higher, and Heartland asks for 58.7% or Proficient. If your program names a level, type 58.7 as the minimum above.
How much to trust a short practice test
The fewer questions behind a score, the more it moves by chance. In a 15-question set, each question is worth 6.7 points; across all 170 questions, each is worth about 0.6. As a rough guide from simple binomial arithmetic (our own, not ATI's), a true 65% scorer will usually land within about 12 points either way on 15 questions, and within about 4 points on 170. Use short sets to find your weakest section and full-length tests to estimate your total, and judge by the trend across two or three tests rather than one.
What is a good TEAS score?
A good score is one above your own program's minimum, and for programs that rank applicants, above the scores they admit. Of the 43 published minimums in our list, the median is 62% and the range runs from 58% to 75%; some programs also set a minimum for each section. See what TEAS score you need and the program minimums list for the number to type above.
What to do with the result
Start with the section furthest below the minimum and with the most scored questions. Science (44 questions) and Reading (39) move the total fastest. If you don't have a recent score to enter, our free 15-question practice test gives you a section-by-section reading in about 10 minutes, scored against your program's minimum. For a plan by days, use the one-week or four-week plan.
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