diff --git a/src/memory/api/search/types.py b/src/memory/api/search/types.py
index ab13734..5f9d4ee 100644
--- a/src/memory/api/search/types.py
+++ b/src/memory/api/search/types.py
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ class SearchResult(BaseModel):
         metadata.pop("content", None)
         chunk_size = settings.DEFAULT_CHUNK_TOKENS * 4
 
-        search_score = sum(chunk.relevance_score for chunk in chunks)
+        # Use mean of chunk scores to avoid bias towards documents with more chunks
+        search_score = (
+            sum(chunk.relevance_score for chunk in chunks) / len(chunks)
+            if chunks
+            else 0
+        )
 
         return cls(
             id=cast(int, source.id),
diff --git a/tests/memory/api/search/test_types.py b/tests/memory/api/search/test_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86fd879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/memory/api/search/test_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""Tests for search result types."""
+
+import pytest
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+from memory.api.search.types import SearchResult, elide_content
+
+
+class TestElideContent:
+    """Tests for content elision."""
+
+    def test_elide_short_content(self):
+        """Short content should not be elided."""
+        content = "short text"
+        assert elide_content(content, 100) == "short text"
+
+    def test_elide_long_content(self):
+        """Long content should be truncated with ellipsis."""
+        content = "a" * 150
+        result = elide_content(content, 100)
+        assert result == "a" * 100 + "..."
+        assert len(result) == 103
+
+    def test_elide_empty_content(self):
+        """Empty content should return empty."""
+        assert elide_content("", 100) == ""
+
+    def test_elide_exact_length(self):
+        """Content at exact max length should not be elided."""
+        content = "a" * 100
+        assert elide_content(content, 100) == content
+
+
+class TestSearchResult:
+    """Tests for SearchResult.from_source_item."""
+
+    def _make_chunk(self, relevance_score: float, content: str = "chunk") -> Mock:
+        """Create a mock chunk with given relevance score."""
+        chunk = Mock()
+        chunk.relevance_score = relevance_score
+        chunk.content = content
+        return chunk
+
+    def _make_source_item(self, **kwargs) -> Mock:
+        """Create a mock source item."""
+        defaults = {
+            "id": 1,
+            "size": 1000,
+            "mime_type": "text/plain",
+            "content": "test content",
+            "filename": "test.txt",
+            "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
+            "display_contents": {"key": "value"},
+            "inserted_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        }
+        defaults.update(kwargs)
+
+        source = Mock()
+        for key, value in defaults.items():
+            setattr(source, key, value)
+        return source
+
+    def test_search_score_single_chunk(self):
+        """Single chunk should use its relevance score directly."""
+        source = self._make_source_item()
+        chunks = [self._make_chunk(0.9)]
+
+        result = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks)
+        assert result.search_score == 0.9
+
+    def test_search_score_multiple_chunks_uses_mean(self):
+        """Multiple chunks should use mean of relevance scores, not sum."""
+        source = self._make_source_item()
+        chunks = [
+            self._make_chunk(0.9),
+            self._make_chunk(0.7),
+            self._make_chunk(0.8),
+        ]
+
+        result = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks)
+        # Mean of 0.9, 0.7, 0.8 = 0.8
+        assert result.search_score == pytest.approx(0.8)
+
+    def test_search_score_empty_chunks(self):
+        """Empty chunk list should result in None or 0 score."""
+        source = self._make_source_item()
+        chunks = []
+
+        result = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks)
+        # With no chunks, score should be 0 or None
+        assert result.search_score == 0 or result.search_score is None
+
+    def test_search_score_not_biased_by_chunk_count(self):
+        """Documents with more chunks should not rank higher by default."""
+        source = self._make_source_item()
+
+        # Document A: 2 chunks with average score 0.7
+        chunks_a = [self._make_chunk(0.7), self._make_chunk(0.7)]
+        result_a = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks_a)
+
+        # Document B: 10 chunks with average score 0.6
+        chunks_b = [self._make_chunk(0.6) for _ in range(10)]
+        result_b = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks_b)
+
+        # A should rank higher than B (0.7 > 0.6)
+        assert result_a.search_score > result_b.search_score
+
+    def test_basic_result_fields(self):
+        """Test that basic fields are populated correctly."""
+        source = self._make_source_item(
+            id=42,
+            size=5000,
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            filename="doc.pdf",
+            tags=["important"],
+        )
+        chunks = [self._make_chunk(0.5, "chunk content")]
+
+        result = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks)
+
+        assert result.id == 42
+        assert result.size == 5000
+        assert result.mime_type == "application/pdf"
+        assert result.filename == "doc.pdf"
+        assert result.tags == ["important"]
+        assert len(result.chunks) == 1
+
+    def test_chunk_content_elided(self):
+        """Chunk content should be elided if too long."""
+        source = self._make_source_item()
+        long_content = "x" * 5000
+        chunks = [self._make_chunk(0.5, long_content)]
+
+        result = SearchResult.from_source_item(source, chunks)
+
+        # Chunk content should be truncated
+        assert len(result.chunks[0]) < len(long_content)
+        assert result.chunks[0].endswith("...")