Lewisburg Area School District Policies	Printable version
214 Class Rank 214. CLASS RANK 1. Purpose Class rank is a method used to compare each student's academic average with those of all his/her classmates. The weighted grade point averages (using final course grades) of all of the members of a class are put in numerical order descending from highest to lowest. If a student's average is twelfth from the top, his/her rank would be twelve (12). 2. Authority Each student's class rank is determined at the completion of each of grades nine, ten, and eleven, after the first semester of the twelfth grade and finally, when the student has completed his/her high school education. Courses in which students receive a grade of Credit/No Credit or Pass/Fail are not part of the determination of class rank. Courses transferred from another school will be weighted using the same grading procedures used at Lewisburg Area High School. Students who attend Lewisburg Area High School for a minimum of four (4) semesters will be given an official class rank. Students who attend Lewisburg Area High School for less than four (4) semesters will be given an estimated class rank. The final class rank will be used to determine Valedictorian/Salutatorian. Students with a weighted grade point average within 0.05 of each other will be considered tied for Valedictorian/Salutatorian. Only students with an official class ranking will be considered for Valedictorian/Salutatorian. Pol. 216 A student's grade point average and rank in class shall be entered on his/her record and shall be subject to the Board's policy on release of student records. Rank in class shall be entered on students' records and on all transcripts where they will be available for review by authorized persons. 3. Delegation of Responsibility The Superintendent shall develop procedures for the computation of grade point averages and the assignment of rank in class to implement this policy. References: School Code – 24 P.S. Sec. 510 Board Policy – 216