The Mercy Class of 2026 - Graduation Requirements, Grading System and Test Scores

Sep 22, 2026

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Mercy High School Class of 2026 profile outlining enrollment, graduation expectations, course credit distribution, and academic policies. It specifies graduation prerequisites of 24 credits and 40 hours of community service, plus an unranked grading approach using a 4.0 GPA scale with defined grade-to-honor-point mappings. The overview also reports standardized testing outcomes via ACT and SAT mean scores and summarizes weighted GPA rules for AP courses beginning in 2022-2023.

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Graduation Requirements

Credit and Course Distribution

Grading System

Weighted GPA Policy

Standardized Test Score Data

Courses Offered by Discipline

| | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | The Class of 2026 The Mercy Class of 2026 is comprised of 110 students representing 30 communities. It includes: 10 AP Scholar with Honor, 18 AP Scholar, 9 National African-American Recognition Awardees, 4 National First-Generation Recognition Awardees and 1 National Hispanic Recognition Awardee | Graduation Requirements
24 credits and 40 hours of community service are required to graduate. | | | --- | --- | | English Mathematics Social Studies Science
World Language Religious Studies Health/PE Speech iExplore
Visual/Performing Arts Electives | 4 credits
4 credits
3 credits
3 credits
2 credits
3.5 credits 1 credit 0.5 credit
0.5 credit 1 credit
1.5 credit | | Grading System: Mercy High School uses a, 4.0 GPA scale. Students are not ranked.
Percentage Grade Honor Points | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 100-92.5 92.4-89.5 89.4-86.5
86.4-82.5
82.4-79.5 79.4-76.5
76.4-72.5
72.4-69.5 69.4-66.5
66.4-62.5
62.4-59.5 59.4-0 | A
A
B+
B
B
C+
C
C
D+
D
D
NCR | 4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0 | CR = credit with no grade NCR = no grade/no credit IP = work still in progress | Standardized Test Score Data ACT Composite Scores: Class of 2026 \# of testers 58 Mercy Mean: 24 SAT Scores Class of 2026 \# of testers: 33 Mercy Mean: 1163 total ERW: 599; Math: 565 Weighted GPA Beginning in the 2022-2023 Mercy High School began weighting AP courses with a 0.5 weight. This was retroactively applied to current Mercy students. Honors and Dual Enrollment courses are not weighted. | Class of 2026 Unweighted GPA Distribution | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | ART
Digital Graphics Ceramics Intermediate Ceramics Drawing Intermediate Drawing Fibers
Intermediate Fibers Film and Animation Jewelry Intermediate Jewelry Painting Intermediate Painting Photography Printmaking Sculpture
AP Art 2D & 3D
AP Drawing
BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY
Accounting 1
Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Media Life Skills & Personal Finance
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A
Intro to Engineering (Dual Enrollment)
ENGLISH
English 9
Honors English 9
English 10
Honors English 10
AP English Literature and Composition Advanced Composition Contemporary Literature
Creative Writing Literature to Film Mythology Great Books
Young Adult Literature Studies in Short Fiction Women in British Literature Women’s Literature World Cultures in Literature Journalism
Advanced Journalism Yearbook Design
Yearbook Production | COURSES OFFERED BY DISCIPLINE
MATHEMATICS
Concepts of Algebra I Algebra 1
Honors Algebra I Math Lab Applied Geometry Geometry Honors Geometry
Concepts of Algebra II Algebra II
Honors Algebra II-Trigonometry Pre-Calculus
Honors Pre-Calculus Calculus
AP Calculus AB Probability and Statistics College Algebra
AP Statistics
PERFORMING ARTS
Marlin & Varsity Chorus Mercyaires Honor Choir Orchestra & Advanced Orchestra Speech
Acting I & II Theater Production Broadcasting
Makeup & Costume Design Directing
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Health
Fitness Swim/Weight Training Lifeguard Training
Lifetime Fitness Nutrition and Exercise Swim/Physical Education
Science of Happiness and Wellbeing
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Introductory Theology The Bible
Christian Morality
Christian Tradition/Historical Context Catholic Theology
Women in the Bible Relationships Justice & Peace World Religions Prayer & Spirituality | SCIENCE
Biology Honors Biology AP Biology
ChemCom -Chemistry in the Community
Chemistry Honors Chemistry AP Chemistry Forensic Science Human Genetics
Anatomy and Physiology
Microbiology: Survey of Microorganisms & Lab Tech.
Microbiology: Host and Microbe Relationships Physics
AP Physics 1
AP Environmental Scienc

FAQs

How many credits and community service hours are required to graduate?

Students must complete 24 credits and 40 hours of community service to graduate.

Does Mercy High School rank students, and what GPA scale is used?

Mercy High School does not rank students and uses an unranked 4.0 GPA scale.

How does weighted GPA apply to AP courses?

Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, AP courses are weighted with a 0.5 weight and the policy is retroactively applied to current Mercy students. Honors and Dual Enrollment courses are not weighted.

Sep 22, 2026

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