What is Rushmore's IQ Score?

Rushmore has an IQ Score of 158/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 41/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 38/50 Educational Value, and 39/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Rushmore educational?

Rushmore is strong on educational value, 38/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Rushmore , IQ Score 158/200

Rushmore has an IQ Score of 158/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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158/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Wes Anderson →

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The TVI Take

Wes Anderson's 1998 second feature anchored by Jason Schwartzman's debut performance as Max Fischer, a Rushmore Academy 10th-grader whose extracurricular ambition is the structural subject of the film. Bill Murray's Herman Blume began the actor's late-career indie-renaissance era.

The Anderson visual-language was already fully formed; the screenplay's emotional honesty about adolescent ambition and adult failure is what makes the property the canonical Anderson early-period entry.

Where to Watch

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