Graduation Year Calculator
The year a child starts and finishes school from their birth year and month: US class of, GCSEs and A-levels, Scottish S4 and S6, Australian Year 12, Canada.
In most US states a child born January to August is class of (birth year + 18) and one born September to December a year later, because 1 September is the most common kindergarten cut-off. In England and Wales a child born January to August takes A-levels the summer they turn 18.
Graduation Year Calculator
Frequently asked
What year will my child graduate high school in the US?
For a 1 September kindergarten cut-off, the most common one, a child born January to August is class of (birth year + 18) and a child born September to December is class of (birth year + 19). States with later cut-offs, such as New York's 1 December, put more autumn birthdays in the earlier class.
When does my child take GCSEs?
In England and Wales, in Year 11, the summer they are 15 or 16. A child born between 1 September and 31 December takes them in the summer of (birth year + 17); a child born January to August in the summer of (birth year + 16).
Why are Scottish year groups different?
Scotland groups children born 1 March to the end of February, so a January or February birthday puts a child in the year above their English cousins born the same month.
What generation is the class of 2027?
Most of the US class of 2027 was born between September 2008 and August 2009, which is Generation Z on the 1997–2009 boundaries this site uses.
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