More than 68 percent of 2010 high school graduates enrolled in college, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A transcript is an official record of a student's grades earned at a particular school, usually a high school or college. Most colleges evaluate high school transcripts as one factor in determining whether to accept a student's application. Some employers require college transcripts as part of an employment application.
Instructions
1. Contact the appropriate public school district administration office. Ask for the records department, and tell them what you want. Local school districts supervise individual schools in a particular geographic area and maintain the records of schools that have closed.
2. Ask any open school in the area if you don't know find the school district office. The staff there can give you names and telephone numbers of the appropriate people at the school district office.
3. Contact the local Catholic diocese education office for private Catholic school records. Find the telephone number in the local telephone directory, or call any local Catholic school that is open. Catholic schools are private, and local school districts do not regulate them or keep their records.
4. Ask your state Department of Education for contact information for private, non-Catholic schools or for any school if you can't locate the records through the school district.
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