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Presidential Physical Fitness Award benchmarks

US school fitness test award standards: the 85th (Presidential) and 50th (National) percentiles of the 1985 National School Population Fitness Survey, ages 10-17. The archived girls 85th-percentile table repeats the boys table, so it is left out.

Official page: web.archive.org. Compare your own number on the compare page.

Pull-ups

BenchmarkMarkDateSource
Pull-ups, boys age 10, 85th percentile6 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 11, 85th percentile6 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 12, 85th percentile7 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 13, 85th percentile7 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 14, 85th percentile10 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 15, 85th percentile11 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 16, 85th percentile11 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 17, 85th percentile13 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 10, 50th percentile2 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 11, 50th percentile2 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 12, 50th percentile2 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 13, 50th percentile3 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 14, 50th percentile5 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 15, 50th percentile6 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 16, 50th percentile7 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, boys age 17, 50th percentile8 reps1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 10, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 11, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 12, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 13, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 14, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 15, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 16, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov
Pull-ups, girls age 17, 50th percentile1 rep1985govinfo.gov

Push-ups

BenchmarkMarkDateSource
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 10, 85th percentile22 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 11, 85th percentile27 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 12, 85th percentile31 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 13, 85th percentile39 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 14, 85th percentile40 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 15, 85th percentile42 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 16, 85th percentile44 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 17, 85th percentile53 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 10, 50th percentile14 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 11, 50th percentile15 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 12, 50th percentile18 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 13, 50th percentile24 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 14, 50th percentile24 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 15, 50th percentile30 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 16, 50th percentile30 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, boys age 17, 50th percentile37 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 10, 50th percentile13 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 11, 50th percentile11 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 12, 50th percentile10 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 13, 50th percentile11 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 14, 50th percentile10 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 15, 50th percentile15 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 16, 50th percentile12 reps1985web.archive.org
Right-angle push-ups, girls age 17, 50th percentile16 reps1985web.archive.org

Mile

BenchmarkMarkDateSource
One-mile run, boys age 10, 85th percentile7:571985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 11, 85th percentile7:321985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 12, 85th percentile7:111985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 13, 85th percentile6:501985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 14, 85th percentile6:261985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 15, 85th percentile6:201985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 16, 85th percentile6:081985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 17, 85th percentile6:061985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 10, 50th percentile9:481985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 11, 50th percentile9:201985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 12, 50th percentile8:401985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 13, 50th percentile8:061985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 14, 50th percentile7:441985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 15, 50th percentile7:301985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 16, 50th percentile7:101985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, boys age 17, 50th percentile7:041985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 10, 50th percentile11:221985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 11, 50th percentile11:171985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 12, 50th percentile11:051985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 13, 50th percentile10:231985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 14, 50th percentile10:061985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 15, 50th percentile9:581985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 16, 50th percentile10:311985govinfo.gov
One-mile run, girls age 17, 50th percentile10:221985govinfo.gov

Curl-ups in one minute

BenchmarkMarkDateSource
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 10, 85th percentile45 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 11, 85th percentile47 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 12, 85th percentile50 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 13, 85th percentile53 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 14, 85th percentile56 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 15, 85th percentile57 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 16, 85th percentile56 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 17, 85th percentile55 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 10, 50th percentile35 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 11, 50th percentile37 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 12, 50th percentile40 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 13, 50th percentile42 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 14, 50th percentile45 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 15, 50th percentile45 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 16, 50th percentile45 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, boys age 17, 50th percentile44 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 10, 50th percentile30 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 11, 50th percentile32 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 12, 50th percentile35 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 13, 50th percentile37 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 14, 50th percentile37 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 15, 50th percentile36 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 16, 50th percentile35 reps1985govinfo.gov
Curl-ups in one minute, girls age 17, 50th percentile34 reps1985govinfo.gov

Who was measured

  • US school children, 1985 National School Population Fitness Survey (validated in 1998 against a 1994 nationwide sample)