As required by State law, the Carteret County Public School System uses the grading and weighting standards for implementation of the North Carolina Standardized Transcript.  This system of standards includes the following:  standard grading scale, standard academic levels, standard weights, standard 4.0 grade point average calculation (GPA), and standard class rank.
 • A weighted grade point average system is used as a means of ranking students.
 • All courses in grades 9-12 are used for ranking purposes.
 • All final grades in courses receive quality points.
 • Honors courses receive +1 additional quality point.
 • Advanced Placement courses receive +2 additional quality points, if the AP exam is taken.
 • Remedial and vocational courses are not eligible for weighting.

Standard (S) course content, pace, and academic rigor follow standards specified by the NC Standard Course of Study with occasional content enrichment ere appropriate.  Standard courses provide credit toward a high school diploma and require the end-of-course test where mandated.

Honors (H) course content, pace and academic rigor place high expectations on the student and surpass standards specified by the NC Standard Course of Study. Such courses demand greater independence and responsibility. These courses provide credit toward a high school diploma and require an end-of-course test where mandated.  The state weighting system adds the equivalent of one quality point to the grade earned in Honors courses if the Standard level of the course is offered at the high school.

Advanced Placement (AP) course content, pace and academic rigor are college- level as adopted by the College Board Program and are geared to enable students to gain a college credit.  In cases where the AP course is the first course taken by a student in a subject, an end of course test is required if one is offered in the subject, the state weighting system adds the equivalent of two quality points to the grade earned in the AP course if the AP exam is taken and passed.
 
 

High Schools use the following grading scale.  Conversion of percentage grades to letter grades is:

96-100%=4.00          91%=3.38             86%=2.75             81%=2.13             76%=1.50
95%=3.88                 90%=3.25             85%=2.63             80%=2.00             75%=2.38
94%=3.75                 89%=3.13             84%=2.50             79%=1.88             74%=1.25
93%=3.63                 88%=3.00             83%=2.38             78%=1.75             73%=1.13
92%=3.50                 87%=2.88             82%=2.25             77%=1.63             70-72%=1.00
0-69%=0.00