JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile: Know How to Calculate JEE Main Percentile
JEE Mains Percentile for Marks: The JEE Main 2025 session 1 starts on January 22, 2025, and will continue till 30th Jan. Students who will be and have already appeared have the confusion between marks and percentile. It is complicated how NTA calculates the percentile and then gives the rank. Know here the complete procedure step-by-step.
JEE Marks Vs Rank Vs Percentile: The JEE Main 2025 admit card is out for the Jan 22, 23, and 24, 2025 shifts. NTA will release the admit card for other dates later. Students are in full form to tackle the upcoming JEE Main paper. They have prepared well and are all set to appear at the exam centres as mentioned in the JEE Main 2025 City Intimation Slip. Even after all these efforts, the applicants have one major confusion that they always find the answer to. How are the percentiles calculated based on the marks? Well, the answer lies here. Percentile is different from percentage, and thus ranks calculated from it also differ. Know the complete process here.
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Difference Between Percentage and Percentile
People often confuse between percentage and percentile. Read the table below to clear all the doubts related to JEE percentage and JEE percentile.
| JEE Main Percentage | JEE Main Percentile |
| Definition: It is a numerical representation of a fraction out of 100. | Definition: It is a statistical measure indicating the relative position of a particular value in a dataset. |
| Calculation: It is calculated by taking a fraction, multiplying it by 100, and expressing the result with the percentage symbol (%). | Calculation: It is calculated by determining the percentage of scores that fall below a specific value in a dataset. |
| Example: If a student scores 80 out of 100, the percentage score is 80/100 × 100 = 80 % | Example: If a student's score is higher than 75% of the students in a class, their percentile rank is 75. |
| Percentage is a universal measure used to express a part of a whole in various contexts, such as grades, discounts, or proportions. | Percentile provides a relative measure, showing how a particular score compares to others in the same group or population. |
Key Distinctions between JEE Main Marks Vs JEE Main Percentile:
- Scope: Percentage is a broader measure, while percentile is specific.
- Calculation Basic: Percentage is calculated directly from a given set of values, whereas percentile involves comparing a value to the entire dataset.
- Interpretation: Percentage directly represents a portion of a whole, while percentile provides a ranking or position relative to others.
Why JEE Results are in Percentile and Not in Percentage?
NTA designs multiple sets for the JEE Mains exam, which differ in difficulty level. Students who get the set with higher difficulty tend to be at a loss if they follow the percentage calculation due to their lower scores. Thus, to normalise this, a normalisation procedure based on the percentile score is used by NTA. It is also mentioned in the official NTA brochure that “the process of normalisation is an established practice for comparing candidate scores across multi-session papers and is similar to those being adopted in other large educational selection tests conducted in India. For normalisation across sections, NTA shall use the percentile equivalence."
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JEE Main Percentile Calculation
The JEE exam results for all the sessions would be prepared in the form of raw scores and Percentile (total and separately for each subject: Maths, Physics and Chemistry).
- Total Percentile: 100 X 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑄𝑈𝐴𝐿 𝑇𝑂 𝑂𝑅 𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑇 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 ➗ Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
- Mathematics Percentile: 100 X 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑄𝑈𝐴𝐿 𝑇𝑂 𝑂𝑅 𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 Mathematics 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 ➗ Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
- Physics Percentile: 100 X 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑄𝑈𝐴𝐿 𝑇𝑂 𝑂𝑅 𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 Physics 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 ➗ Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
- Chemistry Percentile: 100 X 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑄𝑈𝐴𝐿 𝑇𝑂 𝑂𝑅 𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 Chemistry 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 ➗ Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
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JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile: Expected
In the table below a range of JEE Mains marks and percentile for that range are given. Students can check and have an idea of their percentile rank post JEE Mains 2024. These percentiles are calculated using the general NTA formula that has been discussed above. The below table is just for reference.
| JEE Main Marks | JEE Main Percentile |
| 300-281 | 100 – 99.99989145 |
| 271 – 280 | 99.994681 – 99.997394 |
| 263 – 270 | 99.990990 – 99.994029 |
| 250 – 262 | 99.977205 – 99.988819 |
| 241 – 250 | 99.960163 – 99.975034 |
| 231 – 240 | 99.934980 – 99.956364 |
| 221 – 230 | 99.901113 – 99.928901 |
| 211 – 220 | 99.851616 – 99.893732 |
| 201 – 210 | 99.795063 – 99.845212 |
| 191 – 200 | 99.710831 – 99.782472 |
| 181 – 190 | 99.597399 – 99.688579 |
| 171 – 180 | 99.456939 – 99.573193 |
| 161 – 170 | 99.272084 – 99.431214 |
| 151 – 160 | 99.028614 – 99.239737 |
| 141 – 150 | 98.732389 – 98.990296 |
| 131 – 140 | 98.317414 – 98.666935 |
| 121 – 130 | 97.811260 – 98.254132 |
| 111 – 120 | 97.142937 – 97.685672 |
| 101 – 110 | 96.204550 – 96.978272 |
| 91 – 100 | 94.998594 – 96.064850 |
| 81 – 90 | 93.471231 – 94.749479 |
| 71 – 80 | 91.072128 – 93.152971 |
| 61 – 70 | 87.512225 – 90.702200 |
| 51 – 60 | 82.016062 – 86.907944 |
| 41 – 50 | 73.287808 – 80.982153 |
| 31 – 40 | 58.151490 – 71.302052 |
JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile Rank
Below is the table showing JEE Main marks and percentile rank based on the obtained marks.
Percentile Rank= L➗N x 100
N= Total number of data values
L= Data value from the data set
Example:
| Marks | Percentile Rank |
| 300 | 100.0000000 |
| 299 | 99.6666667 |
| 298 | 99.3333333 |
| 297 | 99.0000000 |
| 296 | 98.6666667 |
| 295 | 98.3333333 |
| 294 | 98.0000000 |
| 293 | 97.6666667 |
| 292 | 97.3333333 |
| 291 | 97.0000000 |
| 290 | 96.6666667 |
Hope this helps you understand how your percentile will be calculated using your section-wise marks in the 2024 JEE Main exam. For more updates related to JEE Main and Advanced check the official website of Jagran Josh.
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