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Free Editable High School Transcript Template

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Free Editable High School Transcript

I’m using Mondays to clear out my mailbox. The topic of this week’s message deals with our free editable high school transcript. Read on for all the deets.

Question: How do I make an “official” transcript for my homeschooler?

Dear Jennifer,

We’ve had a time, trying to get our “home schooled” kids set up for work, or drivers licenses, because the businesses want a school ID that is “legal like a public school ID” or our documents do not have an official seal, etc. Have you ever had this problem? Do you make ID’s for your kids? I used your free printable high school transcript, which is great, but since I didn’t type the copy and there was no official public school seal, they shied away from it.

Help!
Yvonne

Monday Mailbag Q&A

Answer: Maybe these tweaks will help

Dear Yvonne,

We haven’t had any trouble of that sort, but my transcripts are typed rather than penned in by hand. See if using this one will help:

High School Transcript Template - Fully Editable PDF

click to download your free editable high school transcript


Maybe this will help. I converted my original transcript file to this editable PDF. So now you can fill out the form on your computer before printing. That way, it will look more “official.”

To use our free editable high school transcript, follow these simple steps:

  1. Download our editable transcript file to your computer
  2. Adjust the display size to 100%
  3. Fill in the information: name, address, coursework, and grades
  4. Save your completed form under a different name (that way, you’ll still have the blank master to use for future students)

Going the Extra Mile

We haven’t done so when applying for driver’s permits, but for college admissions, we normally do have the kids’ high school transcripts notarized. You might try that, too, if the DPS or potential employers still shy away from the printed copy of your student’s transcript. It isn’t difficult to do this. If you don’t already know somebody who can notarize the transcript, do a Google search to find a notary public in your area.

This is totally optional, but I also ordered a seal embosser with the name of our homeschool on it, which I used on both transcripts and diplomas. It adds a nice touch, and with the number of children we have, it will see a good amount of use by the time we finish this homeschool journey!

You can get similar seals for about $25 on Amazon, and it can be used over and over again. (I bought extra plates for stamping books from our home library and monograming envelope flaps. They are easily interchangeable, so it’s easy to imprint different seal styles using the same embosser.)

As for student IDs, after 25 years of homeschooling, I finally printed and laminated “official” IDs for the first time last year. (Primarily, so we could use them when buying movie tickets for school-aged children over 12 and not have to pay adult prices for them.)

I designed our IDs myself using Pages on my Mac. They include each student’s name, photo, and school year, plus the logo from our local homeschool support group. If I figure out how to make an editable template for those, I’ll upload that to this site, as well.

In the meantime, if you haven’t already done so, I suggest you read this post. It’s all about making the most of the high school years.

Have your high schoolers read it, too! It explains how they can earn college credit for as much of their coursework as possible. Some of ours used these tips to rack up as many as 60 credit hours before ever graduating high school. That’s a huge savings of both time and money!

Hope all that helps!

Free Editable High School Transcript

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  1. Martha Perry says

    June 13, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    You are my favourite person on the planet right now!!! Thank you for blessing all of us with the transcript template.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      June 13, 2022 at 9:40 pm

      Well, this is my favorite comment on the blog right now, so I guess that makes us even, Martha! And you’re welcome. ❤️

      Reply
      • Gina says

        July 10, 2022 at 10:38 am

        Hi, can I save this into google docs?

        Reply
        • Jennifer Flanders says

          July 10, 2022 at 10:36 pm

          I don’t use google docs much, Gina, but I suggest you use a 2-step process: Save the PDF to your computer, then upload it from there to google docs.

          Reply
      • Kelly says

        October 20, 2022 at 10:03 am

        Thank you! This makes it so easy.

        Reply
        • Jennifer Flanders says

          October 21, 2022 at 8:17 am

          Happy to help, Kelly!

          Reply
  2. Lisa Dorsett says

    June 8, 2022 at 12:22 pm

    Thank you so much for this awesome transcript. I will be using this one for both of my high schoolers!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      June 9, 2022 at 6:50 am

      Glad to hear it, Lisa. And I’m happy to share!

      Reply
  3. Jessica says

    May 31, 2022 at 3:36 pm

    Thank you so much Mrs. Flanders! After much researching online this has, by far, been the most simple and explanatory transcript and information I’ve come across. God bless you and your family ❤️
    Jessica H.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      June 9, 2022 at 6:51 am

      You’re very welcome, Jessica. I’m so glad you found it helpful!

      Reply
  4. Sara Souza says

    May 23, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    Just wanted to thank you for the transcript! I couldn’t have done it without you <3

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      May 24, 2022 at 10:58 am

      You’re welcome, Sara. I’m so glad you found it helpful!

      Reply
  5. C says

    April 12, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    I’m curious where the seal goes on the transcript? Could you show a sample? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      May 24, 2022 at 11:01 am

      I don’t have a picture handy, but mine is just an embossing seal (so it doesn’t cover up anything), and I normally position it in the lower right hand corner. When I need to submit a notarized transcript, my notary puts her stamp and seal in the bottom margin.

      Reply
  6. Aurelio Mikrot says

    October 18, 2021 at 10:50 am

    Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      October 19, 2021 at 9:36 am

      You’re welcome. I’m happy to help!

      Reply
  7. Jennifer says

    August 17, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    I filled out the editable transcript on my computer, however when I print it its warped with the lines not lining up or the words. I did not hit enter at all or disturb the lines in anyway. Please Help

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      September 2, 2021 at 9:05 pm

      I don’t know why the file is misbehaving for you. I’ve filled it in here and printed it out no problem. Maybe try saving it to your desktop before filling in the blanks and printing from there? Sometimes when I’ve tried to print other PDFs directly from the download page, it only prints the part displayed on the screen instead of the entire file. Maybe you’re experiencing a similar problem? Let me know if that gets it to work for you!

      Reply
  8. Terri Orr says

    April 13, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    I just wanted to thank you for the transcript!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      May 30, 2021 at 7:23 pm

      You’re very welcome, Terri!

      Reply
  9. Emily says

    January 31, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    Thank you so much for writing this post, it has definitely helped get our oldest into college 🙂 However, while we did educate our oldest in a way that was easily transferable into credits and courses, I am not sure how to do that with my second oldest, who will be attending the community college as long as we can provide an official transcript. After our oldest left for college, we decided to change the way we homeschooled. We focused on a path that was dedicated to God instead of academics, and we didn’t homeschool our second oldest in a way that was subject-based. Instead, we chose to teach her Christian morals and values that would help her throughout life. The problem I have right now is that I can’t really put together a transcript as I didn’t teach her common subjects such as Math and English. I contacted the community college and they were unhelpful about it, and just told us to provide them a transcript by March or else she would no longer be able to go to college in the fall. I know that your situation isn’t the same as ours, but I am at ends here. Do you have any ideas on how we would be able to provide a transcript?

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      September 30, 2021 at 5:38 pm

      I am SO SORRY for the delayed response, Emily. I thought I had already answered you. I got a slew of questions in quick succession from homeschooling readers about filling out high school transcripts, and yours slipped through the cracks. I just emailed you some information that may be helpful, including ideas on awarding credit for life experience and non-traditional education. If you know longer need any of that information, just delete.

      Reply
  10. Barbie Bassett says

    January 23, 2021 at 3:49 pm

    Your transcript is PERFECT. I need more lines for courses, tho. I really want to use your ediable template. Is there any way to add more lines?

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      September 30, 2021 at 5:07 pm

      I’ve had requests for several tweaks that I plan to incorporate in an updated file soon. Will make a note to add more lines when I do. ?

      Reply
  11. Sharon Rogerson says

    May 6, 2020 at 12:52 pm

    Hi,
    When I have the transcript notarized, what is the notary notarizing? I hope that makes sense.
    When I take a form camp medical form to a notary, they are notarizing my signature basically
    stating that I’m the person who signed the form. So what is being notarized on the transcript?
    If it’s my signature, why would the college care or is it just another way of making the form more
    legitimate.

    Thanks for your help.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      May 6, 2020 at 1:34 pm

      Yes, Sharon. Your question makes perfect sense. And it is indeed your signature that the notary is notarizing. I wouldn’t bother with this step if it were just for appearance sake; the colleges my kids have attended required an “official high school transcript.” When I emailed the digital file to them, they requested I have my student deliver a notarized hard copy, so that is what we’ve done ever since.

      Reply
      • Lana says

        April 7, 2021 at 3:40 pm

        Hi, thank you so much for making this template and making it editable! Is there a way to change the heading from High School Academic Transcript to Official High School Transcript? I was unable to change that part of the transcript but I love the transcript, just need it to say official.

        Reply
        • Jennifer Flanders says

          September 30, 2021 at 5:10 pm

          Yes, Lana. I will try to do that and post the updated file soon!

          Reply
      • Kelly Purcell says

        August 10, 2021 at 4:10 pm

        Hello,
        Is the Homeschool Academic Transcript template you share here on this page, considered an “official high school transcript?”
        I am just wondering because it doesn’t say “Official” on it. I have seen other transcripts with the word ‘official” on them, so I wanted to know if it literally had to be that specific. I really like your template, so I would like to use it, I’m just not sure if it is considered “Official”. Please get back to me. Thanks.
        Kelly Purcell
        Jacksonville, Fl 2021

        Reply
        • Jennifer Flanders says

          September 30, 2021 at 5:16 pm

          Sorry for the delayed response, Kelly. I’ve sent 9 to college using this transcript, and none of the schools ever questioned it. I did have to send a notarized copy, though. Nevertheless, I’ve gotten several requests to add “official” to the title… so maybe other schools require it. So I will tweak the original and post an updated file soon.

          Reply
  12. SS says

    March 24, 2020 at 9:30 am

    I am trying to work with this template and the information I type is really low and can’t be seen. Is there something I am doing wrong?

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      June 1, 2020 at 7:18 am

      I don’t know. I downloaded it myself and tested it again, and it all looks fine. If you are able to check the parameters on your font size and color, you may be able to make adjustments there to ensure the type is visible. Also, make certain you aren’t hitting the return button before you start to type, as that would bump the text down a line where it couldn’t be seen.

      Readers? Has anyone else had trouble using this template? Did you find a solution or work-around to it? Whether you did or you didn’t, please chime in and tell me. I’d like to know how widespread this problem is.

      Reply
      • Deborah says

        June 1, 2020 at 8:00 am

        I just used it and it lined up and printed just fine. I didn’t have to change anything in my settings. Thanks for sharing this!
        Deborah

        Reply
        • Jennifer Flanders says

          June 1, 2020 at 8:02 am

          So glad to hear it, Deborah. Thanks for letting me know!

          Reply
  13. may says

    January 10, 2020 at 1:40 am

    Hello,

    I am looking to make a transcript for my daughter and I am finding it to be
    very overwhelming and confusing. I have been homeschooling my daughter since she was in 2nd grade.
    She is now graduating homeschool and looking into colleges…
    I am finding it very difficult to create a transcript for her for college.
    I live in Ohio and I am not sure how many credits she needs to get into college,
    I am having trouble understanding GPA and all that.
    I just happened to run across your website and you seem like the only person who would understand my struggle.
    If you have any information to help me at all it would be greatly appreciated.
    Thank you so so much.

    May.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      February 1, 2020 at 10:34 pm

      Hi, May

      I know it can be a little overwhelming the first time around, but maybe I can simplify it a little for you. I’ll try to break down the process I use in awarding credit to my high schoolers. Then hopefully you can adapt those ideas to your own situation. Every student is different, and requirements for each state differ slightly as well.

      Here are a couple of links for what Texas public schools require of their graduates to make them competitive for college. Ohio may not do things exactly the same way, but it will probably be close. You can begin here, or Google search “high school graduation requirements in Ohio” to search for a similar document for your home state.

      ➡️ tea.texas.gov/Graduation_Toolkit_Summer2019 (page 5, in particular, is user friendly)
      ➡️ tea.state.tx.us/rules (this one is more detailed — all options are listed, but you’ll need to scroll through the bulk of the document to read through them)

      On page 5 of that first link, you’ll find a chart that lists the number of credits required for graduation in each of several different subjects. These include:

      ✅ English (4 credits)
      ✅ Mathematics (3 credits)
      ✅ Science (3 credits)
      ✅ History (2 credits)
      ✅ U.S.Government(1/2 credit)
      ✅ Economics(1/2 credit)
      ✅ Languages Other Than English (2 credits)
      ✅ Physical Education (1 credit)
      ✅ Fine Arts (1 credit)
      ✅ Electives (5 credits)

      Students earn credits for successfully completing a course of study. Normally, courses that last a full school year receive 1 credit, while those the last only one semester get 1/2 credits. In Texas, students are required to earn a minimum of 22 credits to qualify for graduation.

      In preparing my own children’s transcripts, I award credit according to the following criteria:

      ? traditional schooling – I award 1 full credit when we complete a traditional textbook, such as Saxon Algebra 1 or Apologia Biology or Bob Jones American History. I give them the full year’s credit, even if it takes us less than a year to finish. For instance, if my child does two math lessons a day and finishes in half the time, he still gets full credit for the course. I also give him credit whether he studies the subject at home, at co-op, or on a college campus as a dual-credit course.
      ? independent study – sometimes my kids study a subject on their own, such as psychology or economics, in order to take a CLEP test on it. If they learn the material well enough to pass the CLEP exam, I award them credit on the high school transcript – half a credit if the CLEP awards 3 hours of college credit, and a full credit if the CLEP is worth 6-8 hours of college credit.
      ? life experience – I also award credit on my kids’ high school credits for extra curricular involvement. For instance, one son played basketball with a local private school for three seasons. I gave him 1/2 a PE credit for each semester he played. Another son trained for (and successfully completed) a half-iron man race, so I awarded him a PE credit for that. Several of my children have taken piano lessons, and I’ve awarded them a Fine Arts credit for that. I gave my kids who spent summers volunteering at the hospital a 1/2 elective credit in first aid. One of my sons built three stone patios on our property and spent several weeks preparing and planting flowerbeds on our property, so I gave him 1 elective credit in landscape and design.

      Please note that high school credits are different than grades. The credits tell how much time a student has devoted to a particular course of study. Grades tell how well they mastered the material covered in that course. The GPA is an average of the grades your student makes divided by the hours he’s spent in class. For my graduates, I calculate the GPA based on the following scale:

      A (90-100%) = 4.0
      B (80-89%) = 3.0
      C (70-79%) = 2.0
      D (65-69%) = 1.0
      F (64% or below) = 0.0

      To calculate the GPA, I add the number of grade points received times each credit awarded, then divide by the total number of credits earned during that school year. (So if my student received 4 As and 2 Bs taking 6 credits worth of classes, her GPA would be { [(4 x 4.0) + (2 x 3.0)] / 6 } = [ (16.0 + 6.0) / 6 ] = ( 22.0 / 6 ) = 3.67 GPA

      You should be aware, though, that some schools now use a 5.0 scale instead of a 4.0 in calculating the GPA, and others set stricter definitions for what qualifies as an A, B, C, etc. So mine is not certainly not the only way (or even the best way) to calculate GPA. It has, however, successfully gotten all my graduates (so far) into college. So hopefully, it will work for you, too. 🙂

      Reply
      • Kim Pritchard says

        February 19, 2020 at 9:37 am

        What a blessing you have been to me! Thank you for such a great resource and easy to understand directions! God bless you!

        Reply
        • Jennifer Flanders says

          February 29, 2020 at 7:38 pm

          You’re very welcome, Kim. Glad to help!

          Reply
  14. Lacey Grim says

    November 13, 2019 at 11:47 am

    This is a GODSEND!! Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      November 28, 2019 at 10:07 pm

      You’re welcome, Lacey. Glad you found what you needed.

      Reply
  15. amber harston says

    September 12, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    Thank you so much for the easy High School Academic Transcript template! It was very helpful! I am seeing many other interesting articles and helps to explore!
    Blessings to you and your family for all your time and effort to help others!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      September 14, 2019 at 4:59 pm

      Happy to help, Amber! So glad you found the transcript helpful. May God pour out His richest blessings upon you and your family, as well!

      Reply
  16. Molly says

    January 12, 2019 at 7:27 am

    Thank you so much, Jennifer! And your website looks great! So helpful. I sent the kids chore chart to [my married children] in case it might be a springboard for great ideas. ☺️
    Love you my friend!
    Molly

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      January 12, 2019 at 9:58 am

      Happy to be of service, Molly. And thanks for your encouragement. We’ve been working hard to update the website and make things easier to find. We still have more to do, but are glad to know you like the changes so far.

      Reply
  17. Allison says

    October 24, 2018 at 6:49 am

    Hi Jennifer,

    Just wanted to let you know how helpful your simple transcript was today! I needed to quickly prepare one for my older son in order to sign him with with a Charter School and every website was just way too detailed and expensive! Your simple and editable sheet (plus a quick google search to see how many units I should award!) helped so much!!!

    All the best to you!

    Kindly,
    Allison

    Reply
    • Jennifer Flanders says

      October 24, 2018 at 6:51 am

      So happy to hear this, Allison. I’m glad you found what you needed.

      Reply
  18. pheap says

    August 18, 2016 at 4:30 pm

    Thank you so much for making it so easy to download and change as need it! What a blessing! Thanks again!

    Reply
  19. talltexasmom says

    March 31, 2015 at 11:06 am

    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this! We are considering making the switch to a private school and they were super impressed with my child’s transcript. They were a tad condesending toward homeschooling when we spoke on the phone, so it made me feel great to get such positive compliments when in person. I couldn’t have done it without you!

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Abby and I made lots of sweet memories at the Moth Abby and I made lots of sweet memories at the Mother-Daughter Retreat we attended last week, despite my having to leave early after injuring my hip. But —good news — it wasn’t broken and is feeling almost completely back to normal now, for which we are all very grateful!  #motherdaughterlove #havingfun #mybabyisnotababyanymore
Here’s another book I finished earlier this mont Here’s another book I finished earlier this month. I’d read and enjoyed a couple of Alexandra Kuykendall’s other books in the past, and Loving My Actual Life was written in the same vein.  In this volume, the author spends nine months tackling nine areas in her "actual life" (as opposed to the Pinterest- and Instagram-fueled ideas of what her life "should" be like) that need work, one at a time.  Many of the problem-areas she discusses in this journal-style narrative and the solutions she finds for dealing with them, will resonate with readers and point the way to improving their own situations. It was a fun, quick, and easy read with some good actionable ideas for loving your own actual life.  #flandersfamilyreads #bookreview #bibliophile #bookwormlife
The kids and I enjoyed a leisurely bike ride along The kids and I enjoyed a leisurely bike ride along the Florida coast while Dad and Nana were out computer shopping.  #flandersfamilytravels #freshairandsunshine
I’m behind again… not on reading, but on posti I’m behind again… not on reading, but on posting the books as I finish them. My second read for the year was an audiobook by Robert and Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth called You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.  I found it both enjoyable and encouraging. The authors take turns reading the book, detailing the stories of biblical, historical, and modern day believers and sharing the journey God has taken each of them through for their good and His glory.  #flandersfamilyreads #godisgoodallthetime
We enjoyed some gorgeous sunsets in Florida last w We enjoyed some gorgeous sunsets in Florida last week, including this one on Laguna Beach.  #flandersfamilytravels #goodtimes #floridabeaches #ontheroadagain
We got one more State Capitol stamp in our passpor We got one more State Capitol stamp in our passports.  #ontheroadagain #flandersfamilytravels #louisianastatecapitol
Does the new year give anybody else the itch to ta Does the new year give anybody else the itch to tackle home improvement projects?  We’ve been gaining a lot of good woodworking experience over here for the past week (and dirt work/stone laying before that). Today our new picket fence (hopefully) gets a coat or two of white paint!  #householdchores #fixerupper

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