Many people associate Elkhorn Public Schools with its impressive academics and curriculum, however the truth is Elkhorn students are at a major disadvantage because of the 7-point grading system Elkhorn follows.
In my three years at Elkhorn North, my grades have been average. I’ve had several grades from 90-95% which would seem good to parents and students at many other schools, but it is not enough to get all A’s (or 1s) at Elkhorn North. I currently have a 3.4 GPA; if I went to another school with the less strict 10-point grading scale, I would have a 3.7. The 7-point scale has taken things like National Honors Society and potential scholarships out of the question for me. As I start applying to colleges in the next year, they will not take into consideration which school I went to or the grading scale EPS used, they will only see me for my GPA. Elkhorn adopting a 10-point would put the students on an equal playing field with other high schools that surround us and with grading systems with college.
A traditional grading system is 10 points, with an A(1) being 90-100%, B(2) being 90-80% and so on. Elkhorn does not use this system, opting for a 7-point system instead with an A being 100-93%, B 92-85, etc. This rigorous grading system offers no wiggle room for students, and this can later have devastating impacts on GPA…