PPS High School Classes of 2020 and beyond will need 24.001 credits to graduate.

Classification is listed below: In order to be considered and labeled in Skyward as:

 10th grade - needs to have at least 6 credits

11th grade - needs to have at least 12 credits

12th grade - needs to have at least 18 credits

Graduation Requirements

State and District Requirements

• English - 4 units of credit

  • (4 years - 8 semesters)

• Science -  2 units of credit

  • (2 years - 4 semesters)

• Mathematics - 3 units of credit

  • (3 years- 1 year Algebra and 1 year Geometry content - 6 semesters)

• U.S. History 1 unit of credit

  • (1 year - 2 semesters)

• Economics - (1) ½ unit of credit

  • (1 semester)

• American Government - (1) ½ unit of credit

  • (1 semester)

• Social Studies - Elective 1 unit of credit

  • (1 year - 2 semesters)

• Physical Education (includes Driver Ed. and Health Ed.) - 2 units of credit

  • (2 years - 3 semesters PE and 1 semester Health Ed.)

• Fine Arts or Foreign Language (3) or Applied Technology (4) - 1 unit of credit

  • (1 year - 2 semesters)

• Computer Literacy - 1 unit of credit

  • (1 year - 2 semesters)

• General Electives - 8 units of credit

   

4 year state college/university entrance requirement

1. Four years of English emphasizing written and oral communication and literature;

2. Three years of social studies emphasizing history and government;

3. Three years of mathematics, including introductory through advanced algebra,

   geometry and trigonometry or fundamentals of computer programming;

4. Three years of laboratory sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, or

   anatomy/physiology); and

5. Two years of electives in *foreign languages or philosophy-type learning