Are these tables still current?

Yes. They're from 2018, and ACT says it doesn't update them every year. ACT expects them to hold for the enhanced ACT because the new three-section Composite was built to match the old four-section one.

Why does ACT to SAT give a range?

The SAT scale is finer, so several SAT totals line up with each ACT Composite. The single number is the one the table gives for that ACT score; the range is every SAT total that converts back to it.

How accurate is a converted score?

About ±2 ACT points or ±80 SAT points, according to College Board's guide to the tables. Use it to compare the two tests, not to predict a score.

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ACT to SAT conversion

Convert an ACT Composite to an SAT total, or the other way around, with the concordance tables ACT and College Board published together in 2018. They're still the latest, and ACT expects them to hold for the enhanced ACT.

By Marteen Tang, founder of Ashore · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Sources at the bottom of the page

Convert a score

Your ACT Composite

9–36

The official table gives one SAT score for each ACT Composite, plus the range of SAT totals that match it. Expect about ±80 points of error.

About this on the SAT

1280

Matching range: 1260–1290

ACT to SAT conversion chart

ACT Composite to SAT total
ACT Composite	SAT total	SAT range
36	1590	1570–1600
35	1540	1530–1560
34	1500	1490–1520
33	1460	1450–1480
32	1430	1420–1440
31	1400	1390–1410
30	1370	1360–1380
29	1340	1330–1350
28	1310	1300–1320
27	1280	1260–1290
26	1240	1230–1250
25	1210	1200–1220
24	1180	1160–1190
23	1140	1130–1150
22	1110	1100–1120
21	1080	1060–1090
20	1040	1030–1050
19	1010	990–1020
18	970	960–980
17	930	920–950
16	890	880–910
15	850	830–870
14	800	780–820
13	760	730–770
12	710	690–720
11	670	650–680
10	630	620–640
9	590	590–610

Source: ACT and College Board, 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables, table A2.

SAT to ACT conversion chart

SAT total to ACT Composite
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

Source: ACT and College Board, 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables, table A1. The table starts at an SAT total of 590.

How to use the tables

ACT puts it plainly: the tables don't make the two tests equal, they show which scores are comparable. A converted score carries about ±2 ACT points or ±80 SAT points of error, so use it to decide between the tests or to read a college's ranges, not as a promise of a score.

Deciding which one to take? Do a full practice test of each, convert the ACT score here and compare. SAT vs ACT, side by side. Scored an ACT practice test already? Turn questions right into a Composite.

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A 25. In the official table, SAT totals from 1200 to 1220 all line up with a 25 ACT Composite.

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Example

Composite
(28 + 26 + 27) ÷ 3

English28
Math26
Reading27
ScienceOptional, not in the Composite25