Grading Policy

A uniform grading policy applies in all South Carolina high schools. Highlights of the policy include the following:

• All grades on report cards and transcripts in South Carolina public high schools will be numerical.
• All report cards and transcripts will use numerical grades for courses carrying Carnegie units.
• The uniform grading scale is effective for all students receiving Carnegie units.
• The numerical breaks for corresponding letter grades are:

• A student's grade point average and rank in class will be figured from a grade point conversion table.
• Honors, AP and Dual Credit courses are indicated in the title of the courses in this guide.

All South Carolina public schools use the following formula to compute all GPAs: 

GPA  =  sum (quality points x units)
          sum of units attempted