The Fairfax County School Board has instituted a modified ten-point grading scale that uses pluses and minuses and increasing the grade point weight (GPA) for Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), selected dual enrollment college, and honors courses.

The additional weighting of AP and IB courses and the additional weighting of honors courses is retroactive for all courses that appear on a student's high school transcript.  For example, a student who is a junior during the 2009-10 school year who took an honors course as a freshman has received an additional 0.5 weight for that course added to his or her transcript retroactively. Dual enrollment courses that are currently weighted will continue to be weighted.

In addition, students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) receive a weighting of 0.5 for all required math, science, English, and social studies courses. The weighting of 0.5 is awarded to all math courses above the level of AP courses that are not dual enrollment and to all science, math, and technology research and mentorship courses.

Transcripts for students no longer enrolled in FCPS and transcripts of FCPS graduates will not be updated to reflect the new retroactive weights.  Transcripts for students tranferring into FCPS with AP, IB, selected dual enrollment and honors courses will be reviewed by the counselor and/or department chair to determine the weighting and lateral transfer of course credits. 

The Fairfax County Public Schools’ grading scale is as follows:

Promotion Policy
The minimum requirements for placement in high school grades are as follows:

Withdrawl Policy
If a student drops a course during the: