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Graduation Requirements

Graduation requirements for high school students.

Graduation Requirements

2013 Graduations

The 2013 graduation dates have been set.

Go to the High School Graduations page to find out more

Graduation Exit Exam Requirements

All students must meet course requirements in addition to exit exam requirements

Graduating
Class of

ReadingMathScienceSocial StudiesWritingWaiver or Exceptions
2013
Traditional		 SBA in Reading & Math; must score nearing proficient with a combined score of 2273 or higher SBA score of 1138 
Pass US History course Pass English 11 Students must pass the required courses as the ADC after exhausting all test taking options
Students on special education career or ability pathway must meet the level of competence determined by their IEP;
No other waivers are available at this time.
Standard pathway students in special education must meet all graduation requirements.
Students who were to graduate before 2013 will now follow the testing  requirements of their graduation year
2013
Alternative Demonstration		 Pass English 11 Pass Algebra II or equivalent course Pass Biology or Chemistry
Pass US History
 Pass English 11
2014
Traditional		 SBA Reading score nearing proficient with a combined Reading and Math score of 2273  OR Reading score of 1137
 SBA Math score nearing proficient with a combined Reading and Math score of 2273  OR  Math score or 1137
 SBA score of 1138 If student completed US History during or before 2011-12 or has a CCR score at benchmark;  No End of Course exam is required.

Otherwise: Pass End of Course exam in US History
Pass End of Course Exam in English 11*
or Score
ACT   18 English Comp
SAT  450 Reading
PSAT    49 Reading
Accuplacer 109

Or Score  
ACT   21Reading
PLAN  17Reading
 Students may use ADC only after exhausting ALL SBA and EOC retake options;
Students on special education career or ability pathway must meet the score required by their IEP;
No other waivers are available at this time.
2014
Alternative
Demonstration		 Pass End of Course exam in English 11* or
ACT   18 English Comp
PLAN   15 English Comp
SAT  450 Reading
PSAT  50 Reading
Accuplacer 85
AP Exam 3 or higher
 Pass End of Course exam in
Algebra II * or
ACT 22 Math
PLAN 19 Math
SAT 450 Math
PSAT 50 Math
Accuplacer
Elem Alg 117 or   
College Math 115
AP Exam 3 or higher
 Pass End of Course exam in Biology or Chemistry*
OR  Score
ACT   24 Biology
PLAN   21 Biology
AP Exam 3 or higher

*The End of Course exam for students graduating in 2014 or later may be taken as soon as the course is completed or as soon as the PED provides the exams. These scores are then stored for future reference. Students must show that they have used all test/retest options before using the end-of-course exams as their ADC. If a senior enters after the testing window APS will honor the exit exam from another state if the student has taken and passed that exam in the required areas.

Graduation Course Credit Requirements

All students must meet exit exam requirements in addition to course requirements

Required courses and credits are based on the year a student entered high school as a 9th grader for the first time.

Students entering high school before the 2007-08 school year should meet with their counselor to determine the credits required for graduation.

A matrix of requirements for students who entered in 2007-08 (class of 2011) and in 2008-09 (the class of 2012) is available from the school counselor.

Students entering high school as freshmen in 2009 and later must have 25 credits in the following courses:

English 4 units
Math 4 units of one of which must be algebra II or higher
Science 3 units
Social Studies

US History 1 unit
World History 1 unit
Government 0.5 unit
Economics 0.5 unit
New Mexico History 0.5 unit
Health 0.5 unit
Physical Education 1 unit
Career or workplace readiness, arts, or language course 1 unit
Electives 8 units
At least 1 but, any one, of the required units must be an Honors or Advanced Placement course, or a Dual Enrollment or on-line (distance learning) course. 1 unit


Career Technical Education in Workplace Readiness Courses includes:

  • Business Management and Finance
  • Drama
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Automotive Technologies
  • Culinary Arts
  • Manufacturing and Construction Trades
  • Technology / Media Technologies
  • Computer Science
  • The Arts:
    • Music,
    • Visual Art
    • Drama

Yearbook and Newspaper will meet this requirement

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