Neutral Weighting Information
Request for High School Elective Course GPA Inclusion
Elective courses that are weighted at the Career & College Prep level will be neutrally weighted. However, students may choose to include Career & College Prep level weighting for these specific elective courses in the calculation of their grade point average (GPA). Neutrally weighted elective courses can be found in the following subject areas:
- Career & College Prep level Art and Music courses
- Career & College Prep level Family & Consumer Science, Video Production, and Tech Ed. courses
- Career & College Prep level Business and Marketing courses academic level English, Science, and Social Studies elective courses
- Career & College Prep level 1 and 2 World Language courses
Notes to emphasize during course selection on "Request for Elective GPA Inclusion"
- All grades in courses (Neutrally Weighted or GPA Included) will be used to determine eligibility for honor roll, athletics and club participation.
- The term "Neutrally Weighted" will appear beneath the course title of all eligible courses.
- Credits and grades earned in neutrally weighted courses will appear on transcripts and be counted towards fulfilling any WCASD High School arts and humanities and/or elective graduation requirements.
Academic Quality Points Per Grade:
| Grade | Quality Points |
| A+ = 97-100 | 4.3 |
| A =93-96 | 4.0 |
| A- =90-92 | 3.7 |
| B+ =87-89 | 3.3 |
| B =83-86 | 3.0 |
| B- =80-82 | 2.7 |
| C+ =77-79 | 2.3 |
| C =73-76 | 2.0 |
| C- =70-72 | 1.7 |