High average, above-average ability on most tasks · Rarer than 1 in 6
🏛️ Mensa cutoff 130 — 15 points away
🌍 In the United States (national average ≈ 98, an estimate from test samples), an IQ of 115 is in the top 12.9%.
What an IQ of 115 means. Smarter than 84.1% of people. Classification: High Average — High average, above-average ability on most tasks. Rarer than 1 in 6.
IQ
Classification
Percentile
100
Average
50.0%
120
Superior
90.9%
130
Very Superior / Gifted
97.7%
❓ FAQ
Is an IQ of 115 a good score?
An IQ of 115 falls in the "High Average" range and is higher than 84.1% of the population.
What percentile is an IQ of 115?
An IQ of 115 sits at the 84.1th percentile — the top 15.9% of the population. Roughly 1 in 6 people score this high.
Can you join Mensa with an IQ of 115?
Mensa requires roughly IQ 130 (top 2% on SD15); 115 is 15 points below the cutoff. Practice and a supervised test may close the gap.
How many people have an IQ of 115 or higher?
Roughly 1,285,107,637 people worldwide — about 15.9% of 8.1 billion.