{"answer":"An ACT composite of 30 converts to an SAT total of 1370, an ACT 25 to an SAT 1210, and an ACT 20 to an SAT 1040. Those matches come from the 2018 ACT/SAT concordance table, which ACT and the College Board published together and both still point to, and which covers every ACT composite from 36 down to 9.","as_of":"October 2026","date":"2026-10-21","dek":"The table below holds all 28 published rows: each ACT composite, the single SAT total beside it, and the SAT range the two organizations print with it. It does not predict how a student would score on the other test.","faq":[{"a":"An ACT 30 sits at an SAT 1370, inside a published range of 1360 to 1380.","q":"What SAT score is equal to an ACT 30?"},{"a":"No separate digital table was ever issued.","q":"Is there a new conversion table for the digital SAT?"},{"a":"There is no official SAT value for an ACT 8 or lower.","q":"Why is there no conversion for a very low ACT score?"}],"findings":[{"h":"Each ACT score maps to one SAT total and a band around it.","p":"An ACT 30 sits at an SAT 1370, inside a published range of 1360 to 1380. An ACT 24 sits at 1180, inside 1160 to 1190. An ACT 17 sits at 930, inside 920 to 950. The single number is the one to quote. The range shows how much room the match carries."},{"h":"The digital SAT did not change the conversion.","p":"College Board's own study reports a straight-line concordance between its paper and digital tests. A digital score therefore means the same thing on the same scale. No separate digital table was ever issued. The score-comparison page College Board keeps for colleges still lists the 2018 tables and nothing newer."},{"h":"The official table stops at an ACT 9.","p":"The ACT composite runs from 1 to 36. The SAT total runs from 400 to 1600. But the concordance prints a single-point match only from 36 down to 9. There is no official SAT value for an ACT 8 or lower. A conversion you find online for those scores is somebody's estimate."}],"license":"CC BY 4.0 \u2014 quote with attribution to Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach)","method":"The source is the 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables, published jointly by ACT and the College Board and still the current tables both organizations point to in 2026. The rows here are Table A2, ACT composite to SAT total, in the document's own order from 36 down to 9. ACT composites of 8 and below are excluded because the table publishes no single-point SAT value or range for them. The tables relate the scores of students who took both tests at about the same time, so they are a rank match rather than a prediction.","question":"What SAT score does my kid's ACT score convert to?","related":[{"label":"Average SAT score in every state","url":"/research/average-sat-score-by-state-2025"},{"label":"Average ACT score in every state","url":"/research/average-act-score-by-state-2025"},{"label":"Which colleges require a test score","url":"/test-policy"},{"label":"SAT vs ACT","url":"https://www.prepgurus.com/sat-vs-act"}],"sections":[{"h2":"How to read the table","paragraphs":["Find the ACT composite in the first column. The SAT total beside it is the score that holds the same rank among students who took both tests at about the same time. That is all a concordance claims. It is a rank match between two groups, not a forecast for one student.","The range in the last two columns matters when a score sits near a cutoff. An ACT 27 matches an SAT 1280, with a range of 1260 to 1290. A college that prints 1290 as the bottom of its middle range is asking for a little more than that single-point match, even though the top of the ACT 27 range reaches it. College Board tells colleges to use the table to compare scores. In the same breath it tells them not to decide on a concorded score alone."]},{"h2":"The section tables are separate","paragraphs":["The 28 rows here are the composite table. ACT and the College Board also publish section tables in the same document. One matches SAT Math, on a 200 to 800 scale, against ACT Math on the 1 to 36 scale. The other matches SAT Reading and Writing against ACT English and Reading added together, on a combined 2 to 72 scale.","So an ACT English score by itself has no SAT partner. It has to be paired with the Reading score first. That is why a section comparison takes more care than a composite comparison, and why most colleges work from the composite."]},{"h2":"What a family should do with this","paragraphs":["Convert once, then stop. Take the student's best ACT composite, read its SAT total off the table, and use that number against the score ranges each college publishes. A student who tested well on the ACT does not need to sit the SAT to have a comparable number.","Two cautions. Do not treat the converted score as a score the student earned on the other test, because the table is a rank match and nothing more. And when a student is still choosing between the two tests, a timed practice test of each says more than any conversion."]}],"slug":"act-to-sat-conversion","sources":[{"label":"2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables (ACT)","url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"label":"ACT to SAT concordance, ACT's own page","url":"https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/scores/act-sat-concordance.html"},{"label":"SAT and ACT score comparisons, College Board for higher ed","url":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/higher-ed-professionals/score-reports/score-comparisons/sat-act"},{"label":"Digital SAT Suite Concordance and Vertical Scaling Studies (College Board)","url":"https://research.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/College%20Board%20Digital%20SAT%20Suite%20Concordance%20and%20Vertical%20Scaling%20Studies.pdf"},{"label":"Guide to the 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance (College Board)","url":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/guide-2018-act-sat-concordance.pdf"}],"tables":[{"columns":[{"fmt":"int","key":"act_composite","label":"ACT composite"},{"fmt":"int","key":"sat_total","label":"SAT total"},{"fmt":"int","key":"sat_range_low","label":"SAT range, low"},{"fmt":"int","key":"sat_range_high","label":"SAT range, high"}],"h2":"The official ACT composite to SAT total conversion, all 28 rows","intro":"Read down to your student's ACT composite, then across to the SAT total and the range beside it.","note":"Table A2 of the 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables, ACT composite to SAT total, in the document's own order. These are concorded scores for students who took both tests at about the same time, not scores any one student earned. ACT composites of 8 and below are excluded because the table publishes no value for them. The same tables still apply to the digital SAT.","rows":[{"act_composite":36,"quote":"36 1590 1570-1600","sat_range_high":1600,"sat_range_low":1570,"sat_total":1590,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":35,"quote":"35 1540 1530-1560","sat_range_high":1560,"sat_range_low":1530,"sat_total":1540,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":34,"quote":"34 1500 1490-1520","sat_range_high":1520,"sat_range_low":1490,"sat_total":1500,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":33,"quote":"33 1460 1450-1480","sat_range_high":1480,"sat_range_low":1450,"sat_total":1460,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":32,"quote":"32 1430 1420-1440","sat_range_high":1440,"sat_range_low":1420,"sat_total":1430,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":31,"quote":"31 1400 1390-1410","sat_range_high":1410,"sat_range_low":1390,"sat_total":1400,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":30,"quote":"30 1370 1360-1380","sat_range_high":1380,"sat_range_low":1360,"sat_total":1370,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":29,"quote":"29 1340 1330-1350","sat_range_high":1350,"sat_range_low":1330,"sat_total":1340,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":28,"quote":"28 1310 1300-1320","sat_range_high":1320,"sat_range_low":1300,"sat_total":1310,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":27,"quote":"27 1280 1260-1290","sat_range_high":1290,"sat_range_low":1260,"sat_total":1280,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":26,"quote":"26 1240 1230-1250","sat_range_high":1250,"sat_range_low":1230,"sat_total":1240,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":25,"quote":"25 1210 1200-1220","sat_range_high":1220,"sat_range_low":1200,"sat_total":1210,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":24,"quote":"24 1180 1160-1190","sat_range_high":1190,"sat_range_low":1160,"sat_total":1180,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":23,"quote":"23 1140 1130-1150","sat_range_high":1150,"sat_range_low":1130,"sat_total":1140,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":22,"quote":"22 1110 1100-1120","sat_range_high":1120,"sat_range_low":1100,"sat_total":1110,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":21,"quote":"21 1080 1060-1090","sat_range_high":1090,"sat_range_low":1060,"sat_total":1080,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":20,"quote":"20 1040 1030-1050","sat_range_high":1050,"sat_range_low":1030,"sat_total":1040,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":19,"quote":"19 1010 990-1020","sat_range_high":1020,"sat_range_low":990,"sat_total":1010,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":18,"quote":"18 970 960-980","sat_range_high":980,"sat_range_low":960,"sat_total":970,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":17,"quote":"17 930 920-950","sat_range_high":950,"sat_range_low":920,"sat_total":930,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":16,"quote":"16 890 880-910","sat_range_high":910,"sat_range_low":880,"sat_total":890,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":15,"quote":"15 850 830-870","sat_range_high":870,"sat_range_low":830,"sat_total":850,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":14,"quote":"14 800 780-820","sat_range_high":820,"sat_range_low":780,"sat_total":800,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":13,"quote":"13 760 730-770","sat_range_high":770,"sat_range_low":730,"sat_total":760,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":12,"quote":"12 710 690-720","sat_range_high":720,"sat_range_low":690,"sat_total":710,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":11,"quote":"11 670 650-680","sat_range_high":680,"sat_range_low":650,"sat_total":670,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":10,"quote":"10 630 620-640","sat_range_high":640,"sat_range_low":620,"sat_total":630,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"},{"act_composite":9,"quote":"9 590 590-610","sat_range_high":610,"sat_range_low":590,"sat_total":590,"source_url":"https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-SAT-Concordance-Tables.pdf"}]}],"title":"An ACT 30 equals an SAT 1370 on the official ACT to SAT conversion table","updated":null,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/research/act-to-sat-conversion"}