Semester grade calculator

Put your quarters and final exam together.

Example scores. Replace them with yours. Match the weights to your school's report-card rules.

Common NCES scale. Your class may use different cutoffs.

See this scale · Compare cutoffs

Rounding before the letter grade

A displayed percentage can round up while the unrounded score remains below a cutoff.

Quarter grades and exam weights

The example gives each quarter 40% of the semester and the final 20%. Those are editable example weights, not a rule for every school.

Semester = quarter 1 × its share + quarter 2 × its share + final × its share

With quarters of 92% and 86%, the work graded so far averages 89%. It has earned 71.2 points toward the semester. A perfect final could bring the semester to 91.2%; a zero would leave 71.2%.

The same fields can represent two terms or two halves of a semester. If there are more grading periods, use the weighted class calculator.

What each letter needs

The table uses your selected cutoffs. It solves for the minimum final score that reaches each letter, using the exact cutoff. Rounding is a separate school rule.

For the example, reaching 90% takes a 94% final. Already secured means the numeric cutoff is reached even with a zero; school exam requirements still apply.

A quarter grade may itself combine homework and tests. Calculate that with the class grade calculator before entering it here. Once the semester is complete, its letter grade can go into your high-school GPA.