It depends on how your school and district calculates high school GPA. I teach in a Texas public high school. Our district calculates high school GPA by adding up the semester grades of all high school credit courses (regardless when and where it’s taken) with weights, then divide the sum by the number of courses semesters. If you were in our feeder middle school, assume you will earn 100 in Algebra next semester, assume you get 100 on all your high school courses (7 each semester for 8 semesters) with no additional weight, your grade sum would be 100x7x8+81+100, divide it by 58 course semesters and you get your GPA. You’ll see it almost doesn’t matter.
what does matter is how well you master algebra. If you leave any small holes now, it’s much likely that you’ll have difficulty when you take higher level math courses. If you plan to take anything beyond pre-cal, this is the time to make sure your algebra foundation is rock solid.
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