North Hills School District utilizes a quarterly grading system with four marking periods.
At the secondary level, year-long course letter grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D and F will be issued at each of the four (4) marking period intervals and at the end of the course for a final grade.
For semester courses, letter grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D and F will be issued at two marking period intervals and at the end of the course for a final grade.
For trimester or quarter courses, letter grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D and F will be issued at the end of the course only. This will be the student’s final grade.
Only final grades earned in grades 9-12 will be reported on a student's official transcript.
For semester courses, a student's final grade shall be determined by the percent average of the two (2) marking periods of the semester. For year-long courses, a student's final grade shall be determined by the percent average of the four (4) marking periods of the school year.
Teachers shall administer mid-term exams, final exams or final projects in the second and fourth marking periods. Student grades on mid-term exams, final exams or final projects shall be calculated into the student’s grade for that marking period and shall not be greater than 10 percent of the student’s marking period grade.
Elementary Standards Performance Levels will be issued in four (4) marking period intervals.