IQ Guides
40 to 175

0 Quick Answer

Updated May 3, 2026 by Structural. The public ACIS IQ library keeps the score-range guides that matter most for interpretation: 40, 55, 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 130, 135, 145, 160, and 175. It now also includes a small set of exact-score guides where Search Console shows real user demand: 81, 115, 125, and 158.

This structure is cleaner because it matches the actual ACIS classification thresholds while still answering exact-score searches that repeatedly appear in real search data. Users usually need the meaning of the band, the percentile context, and the next threshold above or below it, not a hundred near-duplicate pages that say almost the same thing.

Use the retained pages below as your main guides. If you need the wider scale first, start with the chart, percentile chart, or calculator, then return here for the range page that best matches the score band you want to interpret.

1 Exact-Score Guides With Search Demand

These pages are not a return to thin one-point publishing. They are exact-score guides kept because recent Search Console data showed real impressions for these specific searches. Each page still routes readers back to the ACIS range that contains the score.

2 Lower Tail

3 Middle Range

4 Upper Tail

5 Why The Retained Guide Model Works Better

These pages map directly to the public ACIS classification thresholds. That makes interpretation clearer because readers can see where a label starts, where it ends, what percentile territory it covers, and which threshold comes next.

The retained guide model also keeps internal links stronger. Instead of spreading authority across dozens of thin URLs, the hub now sends users to a smaller set of richer pages with clearer purpose and denser context.

Most importantly, the structure reflects how scores are actually interpreted. Public readers rarely need a separate page for IQ 101 and IQ 102. They need to know whether a result sits in Average, High Average, Superior, or one of the gifted ranges, and how far from the next threshold it really is.

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