Graduation Requirements

High school students are required to earn a minimum 23 total credits to be eligible to graduate. Those credits must be earned as follows:

• 4 credits of English
• 4 credits of Social Studies
• 3 credits of Math
• 3 credits of Science
• 1 credit of Fine Arts
• 1 credit of Language Other than English (LOTE)
• 1/2 credit of Health
• 2 credits of Physical Education (1/2 credit per year)
• 1/2 credit of Personal Finance*
• 4 additional credits in electives
• 23 total credits

* This is a district requirement, not a New York state requirement.

Diploma Options

Regents Diploma

Students must score at least 65 on all five required Regents exams in order to earn a Regents Diploma:

• Integrated Algebra
• Global History
• U.S. History and Government
• English
• Science

Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation

Students must score at least 65 on all of the following exams:

• Integrated Algebra
• Geometry
• Trigonometry
• Global History
• U.S. History and Government
• English
• Science
• A second Science Regents exam
• A Language Other than English (must earn 3 credits in LOTE)*

* Students acquiring 5 units of credit in one of the following may be exempt from earning 3 credits in a Language Other than English: Art, Music, Business or Career & Technical Education

To earn a Regents Diploma with Honors or a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation with Honors, a student must achieve an average of 90 percent in all Regents exams required for the diploma.