Readability Score | Description of Style | Typical Magazine | Potential Readers | |
School Grade | % of US Adults | |||
0~30 | Very difficult | Scientific | College | 4.5 |
30~50 | Difficult | Academic | High school | 24 |
50~60 | Fairly difficult | Quality | Some H.S. | 40 |
60~70 | Standard | Digest | 7 or 8th grade | 75 |
70~80 | Fairly easy | Slick-fiction | 6th grade | 80 |
80~90 | Easy | Pulf-fiction | 5th grade | 86 |
90~100 | Very easy | Comics | 4th grade | 90 |