Course Numbers and Suffixes

Course numbers have a minimum 6-digit length.

  • The first digit represents the Grade Level designated for the course. 

    • 0 = Kindergarten, 9 = all grades 9-12

  • The second digit represents the Content Area.

  • If a course is leveled (as in the example screenshot above), the Course Level is represented by the 5th digit.

  • The Course Length is represented by the 6th digit. 

  • 0 = Year-Long, 1 = Quarter, 5 = Semester

  • If the course was previously a year-long course (prior to 2020-21) and has been split into two semester courses, a period (.) is added after the 6th digit, and the 8th character represents the Semester.

  • A single-letter Suffix can optionally be added at the end of a course number to further clarify the intended audience (see chart below)

Using the example (521250E):

  • 5 - Elementary Grade 5

  • 2 - English / Language Arts Content Area

  • 15 - Reading sub-content area

  • 5 - 5th level in Reading Where applicable, the fifth digit will denote the level of a course. If there is only one version of a course in a sub-content area, it should be a 0.

  • 0 - 120 Seat hours minimum. (typically, a 1-credit course meeting 5 days/week for a year)

  • E - Special Education version of this course

For High School courses, all course numbers will start with the number ‘9’.

Letters that display at the end of a course number indicate that the course is designed for a specific subset of students.

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