I didn’t use grades or gradebooks for elementary school. We simply worked toward mastery.
However, since Elijah is in high school now, I’ve decided to conform to the system in some ways, and I am keeping records and grades.
I didn’t want to buy an electronic gradebook, and I knew my tech-savvy husband could make something for me. I gave him a basic idea, and he created a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for me.
How to Use the Homeschool High School Gradebook
This homeschool high school gradebook is super simple to use. I hope I don’t complicate it. Please feel free to ask questions. Here goes!
The first thing we need to discuss is categories of evaluation.
Categories of evaluation include the various ways you evaluate (or grade) your students. Common categories include tests, quizzes, daily assignments, presentations, projects, labs, etc.
There are two options for this gradebook. One allows for three categories of evaluation, and the other allows for four categories.
You must assign a weight (20%, 30%, 40%, etc.) to each category.
Please see the photo below. The highlighted area is where you add the weight. It needs to be in the form of a decimal (20%=0.2, 30%=0.3, 40%=0.4).
The combined weights must be equivalent to 100% or 1.0.
If you understand that, the rest is super simple. Pinky swear.
The second thing you need to know is that you type in your category titles at the top. You’ll see in the example below this class included quizzes, assignments, and projects.
The final thing you do is type in descriptions of each quiz or assignment as well as a percentage scored on the assignment.
That’s it! The spreadsheet magically does all the math for you. The grade is visible in the lower right corner of the page.
Start a new gradebook for each course.
To print on one page, choose landscape orientation. Choose fit sheet on one page. Super simple.
Download the Free Homeschool High School Gradebook
Are you ready? Grab the FREE gradebooks below!
- Gradebook Version 1 (includes three categories of evaluation)
- Gradebook Version 2 (includes four categories of evaluation)
More Homeschool High School Record Forms
If you found this gradebook helpful, you might want to check out my other recordkeeping posts:
- How to Keep Records for Homeschooling High School
- Homeschool High School Transcript
- High School Volunteer Log
- Reading List Record Form
- Course Record Form
- Homeschool Attendance Sheet
I’ve never had to record grades. I’m not sure what I need to do. Is this for every subject, or do I need to make a new sheet for each subject? Sorry, I’m just new and confused. LOL
Hi Bekki,
I use a separate spreadsheet for each subject. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing. This is a gift! This will be a HUGE help now that we’re in high school & one less thing to figure out.
Great Spread sheets for Grading. I don’t think they transferred right into Numbers, from a Mac, but a good start and I will see if I can convert them somehow.
Thank you so much!