What is a Lexile Ranking?
A Lexile Ranking is a number calculated upon several factors, such as sentence length, and word-frequency characteristics, that indicates how readable a particular text is by a child at a particular grade level.
How do Lexile Rankings relate to grade levels?
The following data is based on research conducted by MetaMetrics from 2010-2019. The data includes over 3 million students across the U.S. and Virgin Islands. The ranges by grade level are from the 25th to 90th percentile of the student population.
| Grade Level |
Lexile Range (25th percentile to 90th percentile) |
| Grade 1 |
BR35L - 570 |
| Grade 2 |
245 - 795 |
| Grade 3 |
480 - 985 |
| Grade 4 |
700 - 1160 |
| Grade 5 |
795 - 1260 |
| Grade 6 |
875 - 1340 |
| Grade 7 |
940 - 1410 |
| Grade 8 |
1000 - 1470 |
| Grade 9 |
1050 - 1520 |
| Grade 10 |
1095 - 1570 |
| Grade 11 |
1140 - 1610 |
| Grade 12 |
1140 - 1610 |
