GPA Calculator — High School, College & Cumulative

Grade Point Average (GPA) is the standardized numerical metric used by high schools, universities, scholarship committees, and graduate admissions boards to evaluate student academic performance. However, GPA calculation methodologies differ significantly between high school transcripts and collegiate credit hour systems.

In high school, courses are typically assigned equal credit weight (1.0 credit per full-year course or 0.5 credits per semester). On an unweighted 4.0 scale, an A corresponds to 4.0 grade points, a B to 3.0, a C to 2.0, and an F to 0.0. To reward students for taking rigorous coursework, many high schools implement a weighted 5.0 scale, awarding an additional 0.5 quality points for Honors classes (A = 4.5) and a full 1.0 quality point for Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses (A = 5.0).

In college and university settings, GPA is weighted by semester credit hours: Quality Points = Course Grade Points × Credit Hours. A Cumulative GPA synthesizes your academic trajectory across multiple past semesters by combining previously completed credit hours with current semester performance. Pexlii’s GPA Calculator supports High School, Cumulative, and College modes seamlessly with Latin honors classification.