SAT to ACT Score Conversion

What a concorded score is, and is not

A concordance is not a conversion. In ACT's own words, the tables “do not equate scores, but rather provide a tool for finding comparable scores” — they say which SAT total a group of students scoring 30 on the ACT tended to earn, not what any one of those students would have earned. Two people with the same ACT score do not have the same SAT score, and the tables never claimed they would.

That is why each ACT score is published with a range as well as a single number. The single number is there for the times a policy needs one figure — a scholarship cutoff, an eligibility rule — and the range is the honest width of the answer. Read the range first; use the single score only when something forces you to pick one.

The tables cover SAT totals from 590 to 1600 and ACT Composites from 9 to 36. Below that the study simply does not concord the two tests, so there is no answer to give and this page does not invent one.

Total scores

SAT total, 400–1600, against ACT Composite, 1–36. The two tables are the two official ones, printed in both directions because a reader arrives with one score or the other.

ACT Composite to SAT total

Official 2018 ACT/SAT concordance, Table A2: each ACT Composite score with its single-score SAT comparison and the SAT total range it stands for. The national rank beside each score is ACT's, from the National Ranks table republished at /act-percentiles/.
ACT Composite	SAT total	SAT range	National rank
36	1590	1570–1600	100
35	1540	1530–1560	99
34	1500	1490–1520	99
33	1460	1450–1480	98
32	1430	1420–1440	97
31	1400	1390–1410	96
30	1370	1360–1380	94
29	1340	1330–1350	92
28	1310	1300–1320	91
27	1280	1260–1290	88
26	1240	1230–1250	86
25	1210	1200–1220	83
24	1180	1160–1190	80
23	1140	1130–1150	76
22	1110	1100–1120	72
21	1080	1060–1090	68
20	1040	1030–1050	63
19	1010	990–1020	57
18	970	960–980	52
17	930	920–950	46
16	890	880–910	40
15	850	830–870	34
14	800	780–820	27
13	760	730–770	20
12	710	690–720	12
11	670	650–680	5
10	630	620–640	2
9	590	590–610	1

SAT total to ACT Composite

Official 2018 ACT/SAT concordance, Table A1: each SAT total range with the ACT Composite score it concords to.
SAT total	ACT Composite
1570–1600	36
1530–1560	35
1490–1520	34
1450–1480	33
1420–1440	32
1390–1410	31
1360–1380	30
1330–1350	29
1300–1320	28
1260–1290	27
1230–1250	26
1200–1220	25
1160–1190	24
1130–1150	23
1100–1120	22
1060–1090	21
1030–1050	20
990–1020	19
960–980	18
920–950	17
880–910	16
830–870	15
780–820	14
730–770	13
690–720	12
650–680	11
620–640	10
590–610	9

Math section scores

SAT Math, 200–800, against the ACT Math score, 1–36. ACT publishes no range for the ACT-to-SAT direction here, so none is shown — the band in the other table is the width of the answer.

ACT Math to SAT Math

Official 2018 ACT/SAT concordance, Table B2: each ACT Math score with its SAT Math comparison.
ACT Math	SAT Math
36	800
35	780
34	760
33	740
32	720
31	710
30	700
29	680
28	660
27	640
26	610
25	590
24	580
23	560
22	540
21	530
20	520
19	510
18	500
17	470
16	430
15	400
14	360
13	330
12	310
11	280
10	260

SAT Math to ACT Math

Official 2018 ACT/SAT concordance, Table B1: each SAT Math range with the ACT Math score it concords to.
SAT Math	ACT Math
800	36
770–790	35
760	34
740–750	33
720–730	32
710	31
690–700	30
680	29
660–670	28
630–650	27
610–620	26
590–600	25
570–580	24
550–560	23
540	22
530	21
520	20
510	19
490–500	18
460–480	17
420–450	16
380–410	15
350–370	14
320–340	13
300–310	12
280–290	11
260–270	10

Reading and writing section scores

This is the one pair that needs arithmetic before it means anything. The SAT side is Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, 200–800. The ACT side is not a section score at all — it is English + Reading, the two ACT section scores added together, which runs from 2 to 72. Add your English and Reading scores, then read the table.

The study concords the sum rather than either section on its own because the SAT combines reading and writing into one score and the ACT does not. There is no official concordance for ACT English alone or ACT Reading alone.

ACT English+Reading to SAT ERW

Official 2018 ACT/SAT concordance, Table C2: each ACT English plus Reading sum with its SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing comparison.
ACT English+Reading	SAT ERW
72	790
71	770
70	750
69	740
68	730
67	720
66	710
65	700
64	700
63	690
62	680
61	680
60	670
59	660
58	660
57	650
56	640
55	640
54	630
53	630
52	620
51	610
50	610
49	600
48	590
47	580
46	580
45	570
44	560
43	550
42	540
41	540
40	520
39	520
38	510
37	500
36	500
35	490
34	480
33	470
32	460
31	450
30	440
29	430
28	420
27	410
26	400
25	390
24	380
23	370
22	360
21	350
20	340
19	330
18	320
17	310
16	300
15	290
14	280

SAT ERW to ACT English+Reading

Official 2018 ACT/SAT concordance, Table C1: each SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing range with the ACT English plus Reading sum it concords to.
SAT ERW	ACT English+Reading
790–800	72
770–780	71
750–760	70
740	69
730	68
720	67
710	66
700	64
690	63
680	61
670	60
660	58
650	57
640	55
630	54
620	52
610	51
600	49
590	48
580	46
570	45
560	44
550	43
540	42
530	40
520	39
510	38
500	37
490	35
480	34
470	33
460	32
450	31
440	30
430	29
420	28
410	27
400	26
390	25
380	24
370	23
360	22
350	21
340	20
330	19
320	18
310	17
300	16
290	15
280	14

Where these numbers come from

The 2018 study is a joint one and both agencies publish the same tables, so any of these confirms any row above.

Tables published 2018. Last checked against the official documents on August 18, 2026.