1. William Tennent High School
Class Rank and GPA

2. WTHS Class of 2013 Currently the graduating class is not ranked.
There are 3 levels of distinction for the graduating class:
3.9+= Summa Cum Laude (~98%)
3.6+= Magna Cum Laude (~92%)
3.3+= Cum Laude (~86%)

3. Current Issues
At WTHS, we do not have a numerical rank which has translated into us not having a valedictorian or salutatorian.
Historically: Rank order was used to denote #1 and #2 in the class. GPA calculation was done at the end of the 3rd marking period of their senior year.

4. Current Issues: Graduation
This year’s class, currently 4 students are summa cum laude and will sit on stage.
Historically: Top 25 students in the class were honored during Awards Night and in addition, sat on the stage during graduation.

5. Current Issues
The current classes at WTHS do not receive a graded weight for Honors, only for Advanced Placement classes.
Historically: Students received equal weight for Honors and Advanced Placement courses of 1 quality point on a 5.0 scale.
Example: 100% in academic= 5 quality points
100% in Honors or AP class= 6 quality points

6. Current Issue
Transcripts of students graduating this year do not have class rank or percentile distinction. In addition, the various levels of cum laude will also not be present on the transcript.
Historically: Class Rank was denoted on the transcripts for the graduating class of 2012 and prior.

7. Current Actions
If a college is requiring a rank, we have been able to provide them a percentile rank.
Top 1%, Top 5%, Top 10% and Top 20%.

8. Current Actions
For any other internal reasons such as for scholarships, we can calculate a rank for the students. We are currently working under the Top 1%, Top 5%, Top 10% for these opportunities.
Students are still not provided a rank or percentile if this information is needed.
If needed by a college or a scholarship is requiring this information we have/will provide that information to the organization or school.

9. Future Plans
In the fall of 2013, WTHS will be forming a small group of stakeholders from the staff to evaluate current practices regarding GPA and class rank while comparing and analyzing a group of surrounding school districts and how they address these topics.

10. Future Plans We will be collecting data on: GPA Scales
Class Rank or Level of Distinctions
Weighting of Course Levels
Graduation Requirements
Class Schedules

11. Data Collection Districts
Central Bucks
Council Rock
Hatboro Horsham
Neshaminy
Palisades
Pennsbury
Methacton
Upper Moreland
North Penn
Pennridge