What is Wild Kratts's IQ Score?

Wild Kratts has an IQ Score of 162/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 38/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 46/50 Educational Value, and 40/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Wild Kratts educational?

Wild Kratts is strong on educational value, 46/50 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/.

Wild Kratts , IQ Score 162/200

Wild Kratts has an IQ Score of 162/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH and Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP·Updated 2026-05-15·Methodology

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162/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Ages 4-9SEL 22/50

Wild Kratts poster, IQ Score 162/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

SEL Score/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

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Why you should trust this score

Reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP

Licensed school psychologist. Reviews kids content against the published rubric and the CASEL social-emotional learning framework.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

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

Database scale

2,276 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

PBS series combining animation with live-action wildlife footage to teach zoology, biome ecology, and animal behavior at primary-school depth. The Kratt brothers' "creature power" conceit is the pedagogical scaffold, each animal's adaptation is the episode's actual subject.

The unusual achievement is biology content that withstands review by working naturalists.

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