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Are you in the process of preparing for your IB Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) exams or writing your IA and wondering how you can get the best possible grade? This post is here to help give you an idea of the grade boundaries for ESS so you can plan accordingly. Keep in mind that these values change from session to session and hence are only an indicator of the approximate marks you would need for a certain grade, but feel free to use this guide as a planning tool!
IB ESS Grade Boundaries
The following grade boundaries are based on the official IB May 2025 grade boundaries.
Standard level
Points needed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grade | Paper One | Paper Two | Practical Work | Final grade (%) |
1 | 0-3 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-10 |
2 | 4-7 | 7-12 | 5-8 | 11-21 |
3 | 8-12 | 13-18 | 9-13 | 22-33 |
4 | 13-16 | 19-25 | 14-16 | 34-44 |
5 | 17-20 | 26-31 | 17-20 | 45-55 |
6 | 21-24 | 32-38 | 21-23 | 56-66 |
7 | 25-35 | 39-65 | 24-30 | 67-100 |
We hope you found this post helpful in learning more about the IB ESS grade boundaries. For more useful materials associated with the IB, check out the wide variety of IA, EE and TOK exemplars available at Clastify and other guides available on our blog.
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