Broward Grade Calculation
How Class and Exam Grades are Combined into a Final Grade in Broward County, FL Public Schools.
©2006, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2018, Bob Beeman
Updated 2018-09-18 TU
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Rotator or A/B Block
Semester Grades
Broward County Schools
 Q1/Q3   Q2/Q4   Exam   Semester 
A
12 12 8 32

. ---Exempted---
 Q1/Q3   Q2/Q4   Exam   Semester 
. . . .
. . . .
Exemption can be applied to a maximum of 3 courses and requires both quarter grades B or above.
EOCs can NEVER be exempted.
Midterms in EOC classes CAN be exempted. Midterms in AP, AICE, FLVS/BVS, and/or Dual Enrollment classes can NOT be exempted.
A grade of F* is an F because of the 2/3 rule.
Classes With an EOC
Final Full-Year Grade Calculation
Broward County Schools
 Q1   Q2  MidTerm  Q3  Q4  EOC Course
A
0.600 0.600 0.400 0.600 0.600 1.200 4.000
The EOC can NOT be exempted.
If you refuse or fail to take the EOC enter the EOC grade as "F#" to find your course grade.
This grade is for one full credit.
The student's final grade for the entire course is as shown here.
Only the 1.0 credit and final grade will be shown on the transcript

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Thanks to Danny Tritto (Brace Middle/High School Specialist), Marianella Estripeaut (Cypress Bay HS), Margaret Fennell (Coral Glades HS), Tracy M. Greenbaum (Coral Glades HS), and Ralph A. Aiello (Broward Schools Coordinator of Guidance) for providing information about grade calculations. Any errors are mine alone.

Further thanks to Mr. Adam Cohen of South Broward HS for linking to it on the South Broward web site.

This page calculates grades using the same methodology as Broward County, FL Public Schools. Grade tables are below, followed by the calculation procedure.

Regardless of point values, if the "2/3" rule is violated, the final grade is "F" for Semester grades only.

Table 1
Grade Ranges
Percent
 
Grade
 
  ≥ 90  A
  ≥ 87  B+
  ≥ 80  B
  ≥ 77  C+
  ≥ 70  C
  ≥ 67  D+
  ≥ 60  D
  < 60  F
   
Table 2
Point Values of Grades
Grade
 
Class
(Block)
Quarter
(Rotator)
Exam
 
  A  24  12 8
  B+  18.6   9.3 6.2
  B  18   9 6
  C+  12.6   6.3 4.2
  C  12   6 4
  D+   6.6   3.3 2.2
  D   6   3 2
  F   0   0 0
   
Table 3
Semester Grade
Points
 
Grade
 
 ≥ 28  A
 ≥ 24.5  B+
 ≥ 20  B
 ≥ 16.5  C+
 ≥ 12  C
 ≥ 8.5  D+
 ≥ 5  D
 < 5  F

Table 4
 EOC Grades 
Level Grade
5 A
4 A
3 B
2 C
1 D
   
Table 5
Point Value of Grades for EOC Classes
Grade Q1 Q2 Midterm Q3 Q4 EOC
    A 0.60 0.60    0.40 0.60 0.60 1.20
    B+ 0.525 0.525    0.35 0.525 0.525  
    B 0.45 0.45    0.30 0.45 0.45 0.90
    C+ 0.375 0.375    0.25 0.375 0.375  
    C 0.30 0.30    0.20 0.30 0.30 0.60
    D+ 0.225 0.225    0.15 0.225 0.225  
    D 0.15 0.15    0.10 0.15 0.15 0.30
    F 0.00 0.00    0.00 0.00 0.00  
    F#           0.00
   
Table 6
Final Grade
Points Grade
  ≥ 3.70     A
  ≥ 3.39     B+
  ≥ 2.68     B
  ≥ 2.37     C+
  ≥ 1.66     C
  ≥ 1.35     D+
  ≥ 0.64     D
  < 0.64     F
   

Note that
"" means "Greater Than or Equal to",
"<" means "Less Than".

Procedure:
Note: You could use the Rotator Calculator to find Quarter grades for Block Schedules. To do this set both class grades in the Rotator Calculator to the same as the class grade you received for the Block Schedule quarter. Because some may find this confusing, I have provided separate calculators for Block and Rotator schedules.

Block Schedule - to find the Quarter Grade:
  1. TWO OUT OF THREE RULE
    Regardless of anything below, any student with a class grade of "F" receives an "F" for the quarter. This happens because in Block schedules the quarterly class grade really counts as two grades. Therefore an "F" on the class grade means you have failed two out of 3 elements.

  2. Determine a letter grade for the class and the final/midterm exam using the normal grade ranges in Table 1.

  3. Use Table 2 to assign a point value to the Class and Exam grade. The possible point range for the class grade is from zero through 24 points, while the exam contributes from 0 to 8 points (25% of the total points).

  4. Total the points from the class and the exam.

  5. Find the letter grade corresponding to the above total in Table 3, subject to the 2/3 rule.
Rotator or A/B Block Schedule - to find the Semester Grade:
  1. TWO OUT OF THREE RULE
    Regardless of anything below, any student with two (or three) out of the three grades as "F" receives an "F" for the semester.

  2. Determine a letter grade for each quarter and the final/midterm exam using the grade ranges in Table 1.

  3. Use Table 2 to assign a point value to each Quarter or Exam grade. The possible point range for the semester is from zero through 32 points. Each quarter contributes from 0 to 12 points (37.5% of the total points ), while the exam contributes from 0 to 8 points (25% of the total points).

  4. Total the points from the two quarters and the exam.

  5. Find the letter grade corresponding to the above total in Table 3, subject to the 2/3 rule.
Classes with an EOC - to find the Final Course Grade:
  1. TWO OUT OF THREE RULE
    Not used for EOC classes.

  2. Determine a letter grade for each quarterly Class grade using the grade ranges in Table 1.

  3. Use Table 4 to assign a point value to the EOC (End Of Course) exam. Note that the only possible grades on the EOC are letter grades D, C, B, A. There are no grades of F, D+, C+, or B+.

  4. Use Table 5 to assign a point value to each quarterly Class grade, MidTerm exam, and EOC.

  5. Total the points from the four Class grades, the MidTerm Exam, and the EOC grade.

  6. Find the letter grade for the course corresponding to the above total in Table 6.


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