How to Find Your High School GPA After Graduation
The fastest way to find your high school GPA after graduation is to look at your high school transcript. Your cumulative GPA is listed there, usually at the bottom of the last page. If you don't have a copy, request one from your high school, your school district, or, if the school has closed, the district or state department of education that holds its records.
1. Check your high school transcript
Your transcript lists every course, the grade you earned, the credits and your cumulative GPA. Many transcripts show both an unweighted GPA (on a 4.0 scale) and a weighted GPA that adds points for honors, AP or IB classes. If you have an old copy at home, from college applications for example, start there. Not sure what a transcript includes? See diploma vs. transcript.
2. Contact your high school's counseling or records office
Call or email the school's guidance or registrar office and ask for a copy of your transcript. Have your full name at graduation, date of birth, graduation year and any student ID ready. Many schools need a signed request form, and some charge a small fee. Recent graduates can often request transcripts through the same online service the school used for college applications.
3. Contact the school district
School districts usually keep permanent student records long after graduation. If your school can't find your file, or you graduated many years ago, the district's student records office is the next stop. Our transcript FAQs explain how long schools keep transcripts.
4. If your school closed
When a public school closes, its records usually move to the school district. When a private school closes, records often go to the state department of education, a successor school or a records custodian named by the state. Your state's department of education can tell you who holds them. See how to get your high school transcripts for more detail.
How to calculate your high school GPA yourself
If you have your grades but not the GPA, you can estimate an unweighted GPA:
- Convert each final grade to points: A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, F = 0.
- Multiply each course's points by its credits.
- Add the totals and divide by your total credits.
Your school's official GPA may differ because of weighting, plus and minus grades, or which courses it counts. When a college or employer asks for your GPA, use the number on your official transcript.
Do you need your high school GPA after college?
Usually not. Once you have a college degree, most applications ask only for your college GPA. High school GPA matters mostly for college admission, scholarships and some first jobs.
Keeping your records together
Once you have your official transcript, keep a copy with your diploma. If your original diploma was lost, our high school diploma FAQs cover your replacement options.
