Promotion Requirements

  • Middle Grades Promotion Requirements 

     

    For a student to be promoted to high school from middle school, they must complete the following courses: 

    • 3 middle grades or higher* courses in English language arts (ELA). 
    • 3 middle grades or higher* courses in mathematics (Math). 
    • 3 middle grades or higher* courses in science.  
    • 3 middle grades or higher* courses in social studies. 
      • One of these social studies courses must be Civics. A statewide, standardized end-of-course exam for Civics must be taken and factored in as 30% of a student’s course grade. 
    • Have a career education component that is embedded within eighth grade Social Studies. 
    • May include high school courses for high school credit.

     

    Students must pass 4 out of 6 classes to be promoted from sixth to seventh grade and then from seventh to eighth grade. They need four points in each subject within the four quarters. The subject areas are ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

     

    Report Cards/Interim Progress Reports

    Report Cards and Interim Progress Reports will be issued every quarter. Parents also have access to Virtual Counselor, which allows for monitoring grades, attendance, state test scores, bus route, and attendance.
     
    A student earns points for the letter grade achieved in each marking period (i.e., quarter) of a middle school course (F.S. 1003.437) according to the following chart:

    Letter 

    Numerical 

    Progress 

    Marking Period Points 

    A 

    90-100 

     

    Exceeds Mastery 

     

    4 

    B 

    80 – 89 

     

    Meets/Exceeds Mastery 3 

     

    3 

    C 

    70 – 79 

     

    Average Progress/ Approaching Mastery 

     

    2 

    D 

    60 – 69 

     

    Lowest Acceptable Progress/ Below Mastery 

     

    1 

    F 

    0 – 59 

     

    Failure 

     

    0 

    I 

    N/A 

     

    Incomplete 

     

    0 
     

    Broward County Middle School Grade Calculator

     
     
     
    Note that "≥" means "Greater Than or Equal to", "<" means "Less Than". Procedure: For those who enjoy doing things the hard way: Non-EOC Course:For each of the 4 academic quarters, find the point value for the grade earned for each quarter in Table 2 using the "Quarter" column.Add these 4 values to find the point value for the course. Find the appropriate grade by finding the highest range ...
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