GRADE CLASSIFICATION FOR NINTH GRADE STUDENTS
ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL
IN 2009
Students in Shelby County high schools are to be classified as follows:
Less than five (5) credits
9th grade
Earned five (5) credits and passed English 9
10th grade
Earned eleven (11) credits and passed English 10
11th grade
Earned sixteen (16) credits* and passed English
11
12th grade
* In accordance to the Tennessee State Department of Education requirement, a
student classified as a 12th grader must be enrolled in a full schedule of credit-bearing
courses his/her senior year.