Breakdown of the Flesch Reading Ease Score system
| Score | School level | Notes |
| 100.00–90.00 | 5th grade | Very easy to read. Easily understood by an average 11-year-old student. |
| 90.0–80.0 | 6th grade | Easy to read. Conversational English for consumers. |
| 80.0–70.0 | 7th grade | Fairly easy to read. |
| 70.0–60.0 | 8th and 9th grade | Plain English. Easily understood by 13-year to 15-year-old students. |
| 60.0–50.0 | 10th to 12th grade | Fairly difficult to read. |
| 50.0–30.0 | College | Difficult to read. |
| 30.0–0.0 | College graduate | Very difficult to read. Best understood by university graduates. |
A score of 65 or greater is concerned to be easily accessible to all reading levels.