Academic Requirements
To graduate, students must successfully complete the following minimum credit requirements:
Subject Area
|
Credits Required
|
English/Language Arts
|
4.0
|
Mathematics
|
4.0
|
Science
|
3.0
|
Social Studies
|
3.0
|
Physical Education (HOPE)
|
1.0
|
Fine Arts
|
1.0
|
Electives
|
8.0
|
Personal Financial Literacy (Beginning Class of 2027)
|
0.5 |
Total
|
24.0
|
**Foreign Language is not required for graduation, but it is required for the Bright Futures Scholarship & admission into 4 year colleges / universities!
Additional Graduation Criteria
Passing State Assessments
- Reading (FAST)
- Score a level 3 or higher as a Sophomore
- Can earn concordant score after 10th grade year
- End of Course Exam: Pass with a score level of 3 or higher and counts as 30% of final grade
- Algebra 1
- Biology
- Geometry
- US History
Completion of a Acceleration Credit
The State of Florida expects all high school students to graduate with at least one accelerated opportunity. We provide one opportunity per year for every student in grades 9-12.
What does Accelerated Opportunity mean?
- Advanced Placement (AP) class (must pass the AP exam in order for the state to recognize as accelerated)
- AICE class (must pass the AICE exam in order for the state to recognize as accelerated)
- Dual Enrollment (DE) class (passed with C or better)
- Successfully earned an Industry Certification (IC)
Community Service Hours (e.g., 40 hours minimum)
Postsecondary Readiness (college or career planning milestones)
Stay on Track
- Meet regularly with your school counselor
- Use your student portal to track credits and progress
- Attend grade-level meetings and college/career workshops

Grade Point Average (GPA)
Students must have a cumulative unweighted GPA of 2.0 or higher in order to graduate.
What is Weighted vs Unweighted?
Grade
|
Regular
|
Honors
|
AICE, AP, DE
|
A
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
B
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
C
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
D
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
F
|
0
|
0
|
0
|