Blountstown High School Home of the Tigers Grades 6-12
Graduation Requirements

Diploma Options

All Students

Florida students entering grade nine may choose from one of five options to earn a standard diploma. They are

  • 24-credit program*
  • 18-credit, Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) option
  • Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathway
  • An International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum
  • An Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) curriculum

Florida's public high school graduation requirements are specified in:

  • Section 1003.4282, Florida Statutes (F.S.), Requirements for a standard high school diploma
  • Section 1002.3105, F.S., Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) options

More detailed information regarding the CTE Pathway option for a standard high school diploma is at http://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/pathways-option.stml.

*In addition to the five options available for students to earn a standard diploma listed above, Rule 6A-1.09963, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), High School Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities, outlines two additional options that students with disabilities may complete. These include

  • specific requirements for students with disabilities for whom the individual educational plan (IEP) has determined that participation in the Florida Alternate Assessment is the most appropriate measure of the student’s skills and instruction in the access points is the most appropriate means of providing the student access to the general curriculum.
  • specific requirements for a standard diploma for students with disabilities for whom the IEP team has determined that mastery of both academic and employment competencies is the most appropriate way for the student to demonstrate his or her skills.

For additional information on exceptional student education programs, visit the Bureau of Exceptional Student Education web page.

Class of 2026

4 Credits ELA
  • ELA 1, 2, 3, 4
    • ELA honors, Advanced Placement (AP), AICE, IB and dual enrollment may satisfy this requirement

4 Credits Mathematics*
  • One of which must be Algebra 1 and one of which must be Geometry
  • Industry Certifications that lead to college credit may substitute for up to two mathematics credits (except for Algebra 1 and Geometry) **
  • An identified computer science*** credit may substitute for up to one mathematics credit (except for Algebra 1 and Geometry)

3 Credits Science*
  • One of which must be Biology, two of which must be equally rigorous science courses
  • Two of the three required course credits must have a laboratory component
  • Industry Certifications that lead to college credit may substitute for up to one science credit (except for Biology)**
  • An identified computer science*** credit may substitute for up to one science credit (except for Biology)

3 Credits Social Studies
  • 1 credit in World History
  • 1 credit in U.S. History
  • 0.5 credit in U.S. Government
  • 0.5 credit in Economics

1 Credit Fine and Performing Arts, Speech and Debate, Career and Technical Education, or Practical Arts*

1 Credit Physical Education*
  • To include the integration of health

8 Elective Credits

Students must earn a 2.0 unweighted grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale for all cohort years and

pass statewide, standardized assessments.

*Eligible courses are specified in the Florida Course Code Directory.

**Industry certifications for which there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement approved by the State Board of Education may substitute for mathematics and science credit.

***A computer science credit may not be used to substitute for both a mathematics and science credit.

Class of 2027 and Beyond

4 Credits ELA
  • ELA 1, 2, 3, 4
    • ELA honors, Advanced Placement (AP), AICE, IB and dual enrollment may satisfy this requirement

4 Credits Mathematics*
  • One of which must be Algebra 1 and one of which must be Geometry
  • Industry Certifications that lead to college credit may substitute for up to two mathematics credits (except for Algebra 1 and Geometry) **
  • An identified computer science*** credit may substitute for up to one mathematics credit (except for Algebra 1 and Geometry)

3 Credits Science*
  • One of which must be Biology, two of which must be equally rigorous science courses
  • Two of the three required course credits must have a laboratory component
  • Industry Certifications that lead to college credit may substitute for up to one science credit (except for Biology)**
  • An identified computer science*** credit may substitute for up to one science credit (except for Biology)

3 Credits Social Studies
  • 1 credit in World History
  • 1 credit in U.S. History
  • 0.5 credit in U.S. Government
  • 0.5 credit in Economics

0.5 Credit in Personal Financial Literacy****

1 Credit Fine and Performing Arts, Speech and Debate, Career and Technical Education, or Practical Arts*

1 Credit Physical Education*
  • To include the integration of health

7.5 Elective Credits

Students must earn a 2.0 unweighted grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale for all cohort years and

pass statewide, standardized assessments.

*Eligible courses are specified in the Florida Course Code Directory.

**Industry certifications for which there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement approved by the State Board of Education may substitute for mathematics and science credit.

***A computer science credit may not be used to substitute for both a mathematics and science credit.

****This requirement was added for students entering grade nine 2023-2024 and thereafter.