What's the Passing Score on the Arkansas Permit Test?
You need 20 of 25 questions correct — 80% — to pass Arkansas's learner's license knowledge test.
Five misses, not one more
Twenty correct out of twenty-five clears the bar, leaving exactly five questions you can afford to get wrong.
On a shorter test like this, a single wrong topic cluster — say, right-of-way questions — eats through that margin faster than it would on a longer exam.
Practicing past the minimum
80% is the floor, not a target worth stopping at. Real testing conditions tend to run a few points below whatever you're hitting in relaxed home practice.
Checking your score by topic after each practice set catches a weak spot an overall percentage alone would hide.
What tends to trip people up
Arkansas layers three separate BAC thresholds — 0.02% for a driver under 21, 0.04% commercial, 0.08% standard adult — and mixing those up costs points.
Read the explanation on every practice question, correct or not — it's what actually closes these gaps, not just re-answering until you get lucky.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the passing score on Arkansas's permit test?
20 of 25 questions correct — 80%.
How many questions can I miss and still pass?
At most 5 of the 25 questions, keeping you at 20 correct (80%).
Does Arkansas use the term "DUI" like most states?
No — Arkansas law refers to the offense as DWI (Driving While Intoxicated).
Ready to put this into practice?
Start a free Arkansas permit practice testLast reviewed: 2026-07-22