How many raw points a 65 costs on the Geometry Regents
In August 2026, a 65 on the Geometry Regents cost 35 of 80 raw points — 43.8%. Over 29 administrations, 2015–2026: 5.4 points more of the paper than at the start of the record.
- 65 in August 2026
- 35/80
- 43.8% of the paper
- Hardest sitting
- 45%
- June 2026
- Most forgiving
- 36.3%
- January 2018
- Shift, first three to last three
- +5.4 pts
- of the paper, harder
The movement
Geometry has been asking for more of the paper
The Geometry line has walked upward. Averaged over the first three sittings on record the exam gave a 65 away for 38.8% of the paper; averaged over the last three it wants 44.2%. Peak: June 2026, 36/80 (45%). Trough: January 2018, 29/80 (36.3%) — 8.7 points apart. Identical raw marks in those two years would have produced two different verdicts. The peak is recent, so an older figure understates what is being asked now.
Read the raw column with the total beside it: Geometry has been marked out of 86, then 80 raw points, changing at January 2018 (86 → 80). Quoting a raw figure across one of those breaks can reverse the direction of the finding, which is why this page works in shares.
Sat in January, June, August: 9 in January, 10 in June, 10 in August. In August 2026 the 65 line sat at 35 and the 85 line at 67: 32 marks apart, 40 points of the paper — the stretch an Advanced Regents average is won on. Sharpest single move: January 2025 to June 2025, 5 points in one step, against the student. 5 of the last 6 sat above the 38.8% median — the recent run is at the demanding end of this exam’s history.
The strictest of the three maths, on the shortest paper
Geometry asks for a larger share of its paper for a 65 than either algebra course, and it does so on a paper that was cut further than either of them — from 86 marks down to 80. Two forces pushing the same way is why this line sits where it does. The subject also carries the least transferable practice of the three: a Geometry question is graded on the reasoning written down, not only on the figure reached, so raw marks can be lost on work a student believes is correct. For a family reading this page alongside the Algebra I one, the useful comparison is not which exam is harder in the abstract, but that the same number of raw marks buys a lower grade here.
Geometry is also the exam where past-paper practice degrades fastest, and the paper size is only half of why. The course sits between two algebra courses in the New York sequence, so its content boundary has moved as the courses either side of it were revised, and a question from an older sitting can be testing something the current course treats differently. Drilling a back catalogue without checking what is still on the syllabus produces confident practice on the wrong material.
For a student who is short of the line, the useful diagnostic on this subject is rarely a topic list. It is whether they lose marks for not writing down a justification they could give out loud. That failure mode is specific to how this paper is marked, it does not show up in a self-scored practice test, and it is the single most common reason a Geometry raw score comes in under what a family expected.
Geometry Regents — what a 65 and an 85 cost, as a share of the paper
One point per published administration, June 2015 to August 2026, as a share of that sitting's raw total, which changed over the period. Cancelled administrations break the line rather than being joined across.
The same record in raw points
The paper moved from 86 to 80 raw points, so a drop in this line is not necessarily an easier exam.
Every sitting
The 29 Geometry administrations on record
One row per published chart, newest first, with the NYSED file behind each one. Every published sitting carries a 65 line, so none has been dropped. June 2020, August 2020, January 2021, August 2021, January 2022 are absent because no exam was held.
| Administration | Raw total | Raw Score for 65 | Share of paper | Change | For an 85 | NYSED file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 80 | 35 | 43.8% | −1.2 pts | 67 (83.8%) | chart |
| June 2026hardest | 80 | 36 | 45% | +1.3 pts | 66 (82.5%) | chart |
| January 2026 | 80 | 35 | 43.8% | +1.3 pts | 67 (83.8%) | chart |
| August 2025 | 80 | 34 | 42.5% | −1.2 pts | 67 (83.8%) | chart |
| June 2025 | 80 | 35 | 43.8% | +5 pts | 67 (83.8%) | chart |
| January 2025 | 80 | 31 | 38.8% | −1.2 pts | 64 (80%) | chart |
| August 2024 | 80 | 32 | 40% | +2.5 pts | 63 (78.8%) | chart |
| June 2024 | 80 | 30 | 37.5% | 0 pts | 64 (80%) | chart |
| January 2024 | 80 | 30 | 37.5% | −1.2 pts | 63 (78.8%) | chart |
| August 2023 | 80 | 31 | 38.8% | +1.3 pts | 64 (80%) | chart |
| June 2023 | 80 | 30 | 37.5% | −2.5 pts | 63 (78.8%) | chart |
| January 2023 | 80 | 32 | 40% | +1.3 pts | 63 (78.8%) | chart |
| August 2022 | 80 | 31 | 38.8% | 0 pts | 64 (80%) | chart |
| June 2022 | 80 | 31 | 38.8% | 0 pts | 64 (80%) | chart |
| January 2020 | 80 | 31 | 38.8% | +1.3 pts | 63 (78.8%) | chart |
| August 2019 | 80 | 30 | 37.5% | 0 pts | 63 (78.8%) | chart |
| June 2019 | 80 | 30 | 37.5% | +1.3 pts | 62 (77.5%) | chart |
| January 2019 | 80 | 29 | 36.3% | −1.2 pts | 62 (77.5%) | chart |
| August 2018 | 80 | 30 | 37.5% | +1.3 pts | 61 (76.3%) | chart |
| June 2018 | 80 | 29 | 36.3% | 0 pts | 61 (76.3%) | chart |
| January 2018most forgiving | 80total changed | 29 | 36.3% | −2.1 pts | 62 (77.5%) | chart |
| August 2017 | 86 | 33 | 38.4% | −1.2 pts | 68 (79.1%) | chart |
| June 2017 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% | 0 pts | 68 (79.1%) | chart |
| January 2017 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% | 0 pts | 69 (80.2%) | chart |
| August 2016 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% | 0 pts | 69 (80.2%) | chart |
| June 2016 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% | 0 pts | 68 (79.1%) | chart |
| January 2016 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% | +1.2 pts | 68 (79.1%) | chart |
| August 2015 | 86 | 33 | 38.4% | 0 pts | 66 (76.7%) | chart |
| June 2015 | 86 | 33 | 38.4% | — | 68 (79.1%) | chart |
Want the conversion table itself — every raw score against its scale score for Geometry? That is a different question and it has its own page: the Geometry score calculator converts a raw score you already have. This page answers the one you ask before the exam.
What to do with it
Setting a Geometry target for the year ahead
Geometry sits 5th of 9 by how much of the paper a 65 costs. Last year's figure would under-aim. Budget to the recent average, 44.2%, or about 36 of 80. That is a diploma floor, not a goal: 67 marks bought an 85 in August 2026 (83.8%), and that is the line a transcript is read on.
It is a band, not a forecast: across 29 sittings the 65 line on Geometry has never left 36.3–45% of the paper, and aiming at the top of that band survives a hard year instead of being surprised by one.
Geometry against the other exams
43.8% places Geometry 5 of 9. Its immediate neighbours on that scale:
Where these figures come from
Derived from the 29 official Geometry conversion charts published by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), Office of State Assessment, one spreadsheet per administration. Conversion charts published by NYSED. Figures reproduced as published; consult the linked NYSED file for the authoritative version. Nothing is interpolated or projected. Last verified September 7, 2026.
Take the next step
A band on a chart is not a study plan
Tell us where your child stands on Geometry today and which sitting they are aiming at. We start with a diagnostic, so the work is built on the distance that actually has to be covered.