This grade calculator finds your current class grade using the same structure as your gradebook. Choose weighted categories when the syllabus assigns percentages, or total points when the class adds earned points and possible points.
Match the calculator to your gradebook
The most important choice is not a formula detail: it is whether your class uses category weights or one combined points pool.
Choose Weighted categories if it lists shares such as Homework 20% and Exams 50%. Choose Total points if every point goes into one running total.
Leave an ungraded row blank. The engine excludes it from both the numerator and denominator.
The result is a percentage. Apply the official scale from your course or school.
Example: four graded categories
- Scores of 88%, 82%, 91%, and 94% at weights of 20%, 15%, 25%, and 15% contribute 66.75 weighted points across 75% of the course.
- The engine normalizes
66.75 ÷ 75 × 100and returns a current grade of 89.00%.
Why an ungraded category is not zero
A blank category has no result yet. Treating it as 0 would answer a different question—what the full-course grade would be if the missing work received zero. Current-grade mode instead measures only the work that has a score, which is how many gradebooks present an in-progress percentage.
Weighted grades versus total points
With category weights, a 10-point quiz can matter more or less than a 100-point exam depending on its category. With total points, every point has the same value. Mixing the two systems can produce a plausible-looking but wrong answer, so use the method stated in the syllabus.
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate my current grade in a class?
Match your gradebook method. For weighted categories, add each score times its weight and divide by the entered weight total. For total points, divide all earned points by all possible points and multiply by 100.
How do I turn a test score into a grade?
Use Total points and enter the points earned and points possible in one row. The percentage is earned divided by possible, multiplied by 100. The Quiz Grade Calculator is faster when you know only correct or wrong question counts.
How do I find the score I need on my final?
Use the Final Grade Calculator for that three-value question. It needs your current course grade, target course grade, and the final exam's course weight.