Graduation Year Guidelines for Manual Rostering

Audience: District Leaders, School Leaders, Administrators

Location: Manual roster template

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Overview

In the manual roster template, Graduation Year means the year a student is expected to graduate from high school based on their current grade level.

Use the table below to identify the correct graduation year for each student for the 2026–2027 school year. This field is required for manual rostering and helps ensure students are placed correctly.   

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Graduation Year by Grade Level

Current Grade	Graduation Year
Kindergarten	2039
1st Grade	2038
2nd Grade	2037
3rd Grade	2036
4th Grade	2035
5th Grade	2034
6th Grade	2033
7th Grade	2032
8th Grade	2031
9th Grade	2030
10th Grade	2029
11th Grade	2028
12th Grade	2027

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Example

If you are entering a roster for the 2026–2027 school year:

• a student in 4th grade should have a graduation year of 2035
• a student in 10th grade should have a graduation year of 2029