Graduation Requirements
In order to earn a high school diploma students must earn high school credit, pass state tests or alternatives to those tests, and complete a high school and beyond plan.
The Graduation Toolkit is produced each year by OSPI to help educators and families understand Washington state graduation requirements.
This guide is available online at http://www.k12.wa.us/GraduationRequirements/GraduationToolkit.aspx.
a) Minimum credit requirements for graduation for the Class of 2023:
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COURSES |
REQUIRED CREDITS |
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English |
4 |
|
Mathematics |
3 Algebra or Higher |
|
Science |
3 2 Credits must be a lab science including Biology |
|
Social Studies (CWP, US History, Civics, WSH) |
3 |
|
Arts/ Fine Arts |
2 1 can be PPR |
|
.5 Credit in Health and 1.5 Credit in PE |
2 |
|
Career and Technical Education |
1 |
|
World Language OR Personalized Pathway Requirement * |
2 or PPR |
|
Electives |
4 |
|
Total Credits Required by Washington State |
24 |
|
Crescent Graduation Requirements |
24 (Up to 2 credits can be waived locally based on a student's unusual circumstances.) |
* Personalized Pathway is a sequence of courses based on individual student career interests and educational goals as outlined on High School and Beyond Plan.
b) Complete a High School and Beyond Plan
To graduate from high school, all students must develop a High School and Beyond Plan on how they will meet the high school graduation requirements and what they will do following high school. A student’s plan which starts in middle school and is revised as he/she moves forward, should include the classes needed to prepare for a postsecondary pathway, such as a two-year or four-year college , technical college, apprenticeship program, certificate program, the workforce or military training.