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Class Rank Calculator

Convert your class rank into a percentile and a top-percent figure, or paste the full list of scores to find your rank, quartile and decile.

12 of 180
Class rank
6.7%
Top
93.3
Percentile
Q1
Quartile

What this means

Ranked 12 out of 180, you are in the top 6.7% of the class — decile 1, quartile 1. Your percentile rank is 93.3, meaning you scored above about 93% of your classmates.

Schools calculate rank and percentile slightly differently — some exclude ties, some rank on weighted GPA rather than raw scores. Use your transcript for anything official. Everything here is worked out in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

What is the Class Rank Calculator?

Class rank percentile is (class size − rank) ÷ class size × 100. Ranking 12th of 180 students puts you in the top 6.7% of the class, at the 93rd percentile.

  • Rank to percentile, top-percent, quartile and decile
  • Score-list mode that works out your rank for you
  • Competition ranking that handles tied scores correctly
  • Class high, low, median and average from your pasted scores
  • Rejects impossible ranks instead of printing nonsense
  • All calculations stay in your browser

How to use the Class Rank Calculator

  1. 1

    Choose whether you know your rank or have the list of scores.

  2. 2

    For rank mode, enter your position and the number of students in the class.

  3. 3

    For score mode, enter your own score and paste every score in the class.

  4. 4

    Read your percentile, top-percent, quartile and decile.

  5. 5

    Check the distribution summary for the class high, median and average.

About the Class Rank Calculator

The ByteTools Class Rank Calculator answers the two questions that follow a rank: what percentile is that, and what top percent does it put me in? Enter your rank and class size and you get the percentile, the top-percent figure, and which quartile and decile you fall into.

If you do not have a published rank, switch modes and paste the full list of class scores instead. The tool ranks your score against them using competition ranking — tied scores share a rank, the way most schools publish it — and reports the class high, low, median and average alongside.

Class rank appears on transcripts, scholarship applications and college forms, and different schools compute it differently. This runs the standard arithmetic and shows exactly what it did, entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

How is class rank calculated?

Students are ordered by GPA or score, highest first, and numbered from 1. Ties usually share the same rank, so two students tied at second are both ranked 2 and the next student is ranked 4.

What percentile is 12th out of 180?

It is the 93rd percentile and the top 6.7% of the class, using the standard (class size − rank) ÷ class size formula.

What is the difference between class rank and percentile?

Rank is your position — 12th out of 180. Percentile is the share of classmates you scored above, expressed out of 100. Percentile is more comparable across schools because it does not depend on class size.

Is top 10 percent the same as the 90th percentile?

Essentially yes — being in the top 10% of a class means roughly 90% of students rank below you. Small differences appear depending on how ties and rounding are handled, which is why schools state their own method.

Do all schools calculate class rank the same way?

No. Some rank on weighted GPA, some on unweighted, some publish only deciles or quartiles, and many no longer publish rank at all. Use the figure on your official transcript for applications.

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