Points-based grade calculator
Use this when your course adds points across assignments, rather than assigning fixed percentages to categories. Keep ungraded work distinct from a missed assignment recorded as zero.
Estimates use only the rules you enter. The example grade-point scale is a U.S. college 4.0 model, not any school’s official policy or a local grading system.
Enter your rules
Your inputs are saved locally in this browser. No account or network calculation is needed.
Possible points must be greater than zero. An ungraded item is excluded from the current grade.
How total-points grading works
Current grade = points earned on graded and missing items ÷ points possible on those items. Predicted final grade = all earned points, including scenario estimates, ÷ all possible points. An ungraded assignment is left out of the current denominator.
A quiz is 18/20, a project is ungraded out of 80. Current grade: 18 ÷ 20 = 90%. With 72 project points, scenario A final is (18 + 72) ÷ 100 = 90%. With 56, scenario B is 74%.
Do not use this model if your syllabus gives categories fixed weights: use weighted course scenarios. Read how to tell the two methods apart. No letter grade is inferred from the resulting percentage.