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Grade to Age Chart
Overview
Below is the expected grade level based on student age as of October 1st of a given school year. For students on an IEP, grade/age calculation is based on the age as of December 1st for a given school year. Both the October 1st and December 1st age cut-off correlate with the Student October Count collection and the Special Education IEP Interchange collection respectively.
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Grade Level Code |
Grade Level |
Expected Age |
Minimum Age Warning |
Maximum Age Warning |
Error: Outside of Minimum Age Range |
Error: Outside of Maximum Age Range |
002 |
Infant |
0 – 2 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
>4 |
004 |
Preschool |
3 – 5 |
2 |
6 |
<2 |
>7 |
006 |
½ Day Kindergarten |
5 – 6 |
4 |
7 |
<4 |
>8 |
007 |
Full Day Kindergarten |
5 – 6 |
4 |
7 |
<4 |
>8 |
010 |
Grade 1 |
6 – 7 |
5 |
8 |
<5 |
>9 |
020 |
Grade 2 |
7 - 8 |
6 |
9 |
< 6 |
>10 |
030 |
Grade 3 |
8 - 9 |
7 |
10 |
< 7 |
>11 |
040 |
Grade 4 |
9 - 10 |
8 |
11 |
< 8 |
> 12 |
050 |
Grade 5 |
10 - 11 |
9 |
12 |
< 9 |
> 13 |
060 |
Grade 6 |
11 - 12 |
10 |
13 |
< 10 |
> 14 |
070 |
Grade 7 |
12 - 13 |
11 |
15 |
< 11 |
> 16 |
080 |
Grade 8 |
13 - 14 |
12 |
16 |
< 12 |
> 17 |
090 |
Grade 9 |
14 - 15 |
13 |
17 |
< 13 |
> 18 |
100 |
Grade 10 |
15 - 16 |
14 |
18 |
< 14 |
> 19 |
110 |
Grade 11 |
16 - 17 |
15 |
20 |
< 15 |
> 21 |
120 |
Grade 12 |
17 - 18 |
16 |
21 |
< 16 |
> 22 |
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