Homeschool transcript generator.
Fill in the courses your student took, the grades, and the credits — year by year — and this builds a clean, college-style transcript with an auto-computed per-year and cumulative GPA, total credits, a grading-scale key, and signature lines. Print it or save it as a PDF.
Everything below runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us or saved on a server — when you print, the form fields print as plain text.
Cumulative GPA
Total credits
Grading scale (unweighted 4.0): A = 4.0 (93–100) · A- = 3.7 (90–92) · B+ = 3.3 (87–89) · B = 3.0 (83–86) · B- = 2.7 (80–82) · C+ = 2.3 (77–79) · C = 2.0 (73–76) · C- = 1.7 (70–72) · D = 1.0 (60–69) · F = 0.0 (below 60). GPA is credit-weighted across all years.
Tip: in the print dialog, turn off headers/footers and choose “Save as PDF” for a clean one-page transcript. A grade of F counts in the GPA (0 points) but still earns no credit unless you give it some.
What goes on a homeschool transcript
A transcript is a one-page summary, not a portfolio. It lists, at minimum: the student's name and date of birth; the school name and location; every course by year with its grade and credit value; the grading scale used; the cumulative GPA; total credits earned; and the graduation date with a parent/administrator signature. Some families add standardized-test scores or a short list of honors. Keep it to a page — the depth lives in the portfolio and, where colleges ask, a separate course-description document.
Group courses either by year (most common — 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) or by subject (all English together, all math together). This generator uses the by-year layout, which reads most like a conventional school transcript and makes the per-year GPA easy to show.
Making it credible to a college
Admissions offices read thousands of homeschool transcripts; they're not suspicious of them, but they reward consistency. Define a credit the same way every year, state your grading scale right on the page (this one does), and make sure grades trace back to real coursework you could show if asked. If you weight Honors or AP/dual-enrollment courses, say so and report the unweighted number too — our GPA calculator does both. For the full anatomy of a transcript and what selective colleges look for, see the transcript guide; for how many credits a diploma needs, the diploma guide.
Questions homeschool families actually ask
Can I really issue my own transcript?
Yes. As the school of record you assign grades, define credits, and sign the transcript — it's a legitimate school record. Colleges accept parent-issued homeschool transcripts as a matter of course; what they want is a clear, consistent document, not a third-party stamp. Some highly selective schools ask for supporting evidence (test scores, a graded sample, or dual-enrollment grades) alongside it.
How many credits do I list per year?
A typical full-time year is about 5–7 credits (six year-long courses ≈ 6 credits). Over four years that lands around 22–26 total, which is what most state diplomas expect across English, math, science, social studies, and electives. There's no fixed rule for homeschoolers — apply your credit definition consistently and the totals will look right.
Do I need to show a GPA?
Include it — a cumulative GPA plus the scale it's on lets a reader interpret the number. This tool computes the credit-weighted cumulative GPA as you type. If you'd rather model weighted vs. unweighted scenarios first, use the GPA calculator, then bring the courses here.
What if my student took dual-enrollment or AP courses?
List them on the transcript like any other course, and note the level (e.g. "Biology (Dual Enrollment)" or "AP U.S. History"). Keep the college transcript or AP score report as backing evidence. If you weight those courses, label the GPA as weighted and also show the unweighted figure so the number is unambiguous.
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