<p>With the creeping grade inflation and lowered standards in American schools, does the honor roll actually count? In my school, about 25%+ of the students are on the honor roll, and there are several more schools around the nation who have over half of their students on their honor rolls, despite mediocre standardized scores. With the average HS GPA at 3.1 and rising, does the honor roll still mean outstanding achievement, or does it just mean that you are simply average?</p>
<p>Another fun question: What % of students at your school are on the Honor Roll?</p>
<p>I haven’t checked my kids’ high school, but when I looked at their 7th grade class, a full 66% of the kids were on the honor roll! I was shocked.</p>
<p>A lot of people at my school get on the honor roll. I consider it a big award, but nothing I would go bragging to others outside of school about.</p>
<p>Unless I’m totally mistaken, honor roll is just 3.5+ GPA right? I really don’t think you can brag about that.</p>
<p>At my old school, about half of all students were on honor roll with about 1/4 on high honor [3.75 GPA+]. At my new school, only about 1/4 are on honor, with another 1/4 on high honor.</p>
<p>It does seem like a larger percent of kids make honor roll these days, but even if there is grade inflation, maybe it keeps some students focused on doing well and staying in school. Not sure how I feel about this…The downside is that kids who think they are doing great, get their class rank and find they are not doing as well as they thought. And then students who can’t do college level work are shocked (and maybe a little angry) I guess it is a double edge sword. College as a money making entity, needs students who can pay because nowadays everyone is expected to be college bound and many entry level jobs require a 4 year degree. It does water down the academics at many schools and colleges. I like the school that uses the top 20% of class as the criteria. It is a more realistic picture of how you are doing compared to your peers.</p>
<p>It usually varies from school to school. Most schools have something akin to this to distinguish the “top scholars.” At my school an honor roll equals to all As and Bs, and a Principal’s List equals all As.</p>
<p>@MaineLonghorn:</p>
<p>I am not surprised. From what I’ve heard, there was a middle school with about 85% of its students on the honor roll. And some schools nowadays have been doing away with the honor roll altogether. </p>
<p>@marybee333:</p>
<p>I certainly see what you are trying to say. The problem here is that some of these honor roll students may not be prepared for college, which is why standardized testing is a necessary evil.</p>
<p>At my school almost everybody is either on honor roll or high honor roll, but then they will kick you out at my school if your GPA is lower then a 2.5 and you only need a 3.0 for honor roll, though you need a 3.5 for high honor roll…</p>
<p>Honor Roll/Principle’s Honor Roll - no. The former requires a 3.3 W GPA and the latter requires a 4.0 W GPA. The former itself makes up half the class already.</p>
<p>Highest/Second Highest Average - yes. The latter requires students to take the maximum amount of AP/Honors classes and only get 1 B. The former requires maximum amount of AP/Honors classes and get all A’s. In each of these two, only about 15-20 are listed. Getting straight A’s in my school while taking all the hardest classes is quite a feat.</p>
<p>At my school, the honor roll is for people who have only made As on semester grades all 4 years of high school. Right now, there is around 6 people on the list.</p>
<p>I don’t really think it’s a big deal though xD.</p>