Height Chart for 11-Year-Old Girls

The CDC median for 11-year-old girls is 144.3 cm (4 ft 8.8 in), with the 3rd percentile at 130.7 cm and the 97th at 158.1 cm. In the year that starts here the median gains 7.2 cm, 0.1 cm short of the largest 12-month gain after age 6 in the girls' table (7.3 cm, from 11 years 1 month).

CDC standing stature percentiles for 11-year-old girls. Source: CDC 2000 Growth Charts: stature-for-age, 2-20 years, file statage.csv, row `Sex=2, Agemos=132.5 (completed month 132 band)` (dataset page).
Percentile	Metric	Feet-inches
3rd	130.7 cm	4 ft 3.5 in
5th	132.4 cm	4 ft 4.1 in
10th	135.0 cm	4 ft 5.1 in
25th	139.4 cm	4 ft 6.9 in
50th	144.3 cm	4 ft 8.8 in
75th	149.2 cm	4 ft 10.7 in
90th	153.7 cm	5 ft 0.5 in
95th	156.4 cm	5 ft 1.6 in
97th	158.1 cm	5 ft 2.3 in

Check a height against this row

Accepts 115.9 to 174.1 cm.

How fast the median rises from 11 years

Of that, 3.5 cm comes in the first 6 months. A year before this age the 12-month gain was 6.1 cm; at 8 years 6 months, the slowest point between ages 4 and 10, it was 5.0 cm.

In the same 12 months the 3rd-percentile value rises 6.7 cm and the 97th-percentile value 7.1 cm. The upper line is still pulling away from the lower one.

Puberty usually starts between ages 8 and 13 in girls, so at 11 years some children are already growing fast and others have not started. The median row describes the group, not a schedule for one child.

Nearby rows of the CDC stature-for-age table for girls, in centimeters. The last column is the change in the median since the row above.
Age	3rd	50th	97th	Change
9 years	121.9	133.1	145.4
10 years	126.0	138.2	151.3	+5.1
10 years 6 months	128.2	141.0	154.6	+2.8
11 years	130.7	144.3	158.1	+3.3
11 years 6 months	133.8	147.8	161.8	+3.5
12 years	137.4	151.5	165.2	+3.7
13 years	144.2	157.3	170.2	+5.8

Spread at 11 years

The 3rd-to-97th range is 27.4 cm here, up from 23.5 cm at 9 years. For girls it is widest at 11 years 6 months, at 28.0 cm. The middle half, 25th to 75th, covers 9.8 cm; a wider range means age alone tells you less about height.

Put another way, the 3rd-percentile height here (130.7 cm) is about the median for girls aged 8 years 6 months (130.6 cm), and the 97th-percentile height (158.1 cm) is about level with the median at 13 years 2 months (158.0 cm).

Girls and boys around 11 years

From 10 years 9 months to 13 years 2 months the girls' median in the CDC table is higher than the boys'. At 11 years the girls' median is 144.3 cm and the boys' is 143.7 cm, a difference of 0.6 cm. By 20 the boys' median is 13.5 cm higher.

When to ask a pediatrician

The site's guides list these as reasons to see a pediatrician: no signs of puberty by 13 in girls, puberty that starts before 8, crossing downward through percentile lines, and slow growth together with symptoms such as fatigue or weight loss.

Reference values only, not medical advice. How these tables are built.