Senior Academic Awards

Senior Academic Awards Include:

• Valedictorian- Student(s) with the highest seven semester Grade Point Average
• Salutatorian- Student(s) with the second highest seven semester Grade Point Average
• Top 15% recognized by Stratford High School 
  • Magna Cum Laude- top 5%
  • Cum Laude- remainder of the top 15%
• Top 10% as recognized by the State of Texas
  • Cannot include more than 10% of the senior class
  • Determines priority admission to state colleges and universities
• State of Texas “Highest Ranking Graduate”- Texas Education Code, Section 54.201.  The SBISD approved method for selection at SHS is:
  • The valedictorian as determined by a seven-semester class rank.
  • In the case of a tie, the "Honor Graduate Certificate" will be awarded according to the following sequence until the tie is broken.
    • The student who has spent four years at Stratford High School in grades 9 - 12
    • The highest seven-semester numerical average (carried to four places after the decimal) of those courses used to calculate the class rank
    • The highest eight-semester numerical average (carried to four places after the decimal) of those courses used to calculate the class rank