FILE:  IHC

 

CLASS RANKINGS

 

 

1.

Each course grade shall be determined in strict accordance with the Sabine Parish grade averaging procedures for grades 5-12.  The final course grade, expressed as a letter grade, shall be used in ranking students.

 

2.

The grades in all courses in which students were enrolled for Carnegie Credit shall be used to determine class rankings.  In instances where courses were repeated, the higher grade shall be used.

 

3.

Quality points shall be determined by:

 

Course value X course credit = quality points

 

4.

Course value shall be determined as follows:

 

Regular Courses

A = 4

B = 3

C = 2

D = 1

F = 0

 

Advanced-level Courses

A = 5

B = 4

C = 3

D = 2

F = 0

 

5.

Advanced-level courses are listed as:

 

Chemistry

Physics

Biology II

Foreign Language

Survey of Arts

Advanced Math, including Calculus and Trigonometry

Advanced Placement courses with state approval

 

Any of the above-listed courses delivered by electronic means through telelearning or downlink to the high school for approved high school credit.

 

All dual-enrollment courses taken in conjunction with a four-year accredited university.

 

Any subsequent courses approved by the Sabine Parish School Board for advanced-level credit.

 

6.

A student's grade point average will be determined by dividing total quality points earned by credits earned.  The exception is when a student makes an F in a course and does not repeat the course for passing credit.

 

7.

Class rankings shall be determined by computing each student's grade point average, rounded to the hundredth's place.

 

8.

Ties in grade point average will exist whenever either of the following two (2) circumstances are present:

 

A.

Two (2) or more students have the same grade point average after rounding to the hundredth's place, or

 

B.

When all of the following criteria are evident after the grade point averages are rounded to the hundredth's place:

 

1.

two (2) or more students have the same grade point average for the same number of advanced-level (5.0) courses, and

 

2.

the same students have identical grade point averages for all general-level (4.0) courses, regardless of the number of general-level courses completed, and

 

3.

if and only if any difference in the total, or overall, grade point averages of the aforementioned students is due to one student having completed a greater number of general-level courses than the other student(s) with whom he or she is otherwise tied.

 

The top-ranking students whose grade point averages are considered to be tied according to the above criteria will be named co-valedictorian and the next ranking student(s) will be named salutatorian.

 

In case there is a need to break a tie in grade point averages they will be resolved utilizing the following tie-breakers until an academic advantage is evident:

 

A.

Greatest number of advanced-level courses completed

 

B.

Highest composite numerical (percentage) grade average, rounded to the hundredth's place as derived from the final grades of all courses completed - where numerical grades are not available, the following conversion of letter grades will be used:

 

A = 97

B = 90

C = 81

D = 72

F = 50

 

C.

Greatest number of courses completed

 

D.

Highest ACT composite scores

 

9.

To be eligible for consideration as valedictorian or salutatorian, a student must have been enrolled at that particular high school for the two (2) years immediately preceding graduation.

   

Revised:  September, 2000

Revised:  August 17, 2009

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยง17:81

Board minutes, 8-17-94, 8-17-09

 

Sabine Parish School Board