East Brunswick High School graduation requirements

140 credits, earned in grades 9 through 12. The course guide says these are a mix of state-mandated and district-required courses and credits. A full-year course is usually worth 5 credits and a one-semester course 2.5.

These are the required areas and the credits each one needs, as the course guide lists them:

The required areas above add up to 112.5 credits, so at least 27.5 credits come from electives. In practice most students take more than that, because a full schedule earns far more than the minimum (see below).

You need 15 credits across the two: 5 in fine arts, 5 in practical arts, and 5 more in either.

Fine arts means visual arts, performing arts or humanities courses. The course guide says every course in these departments meets the practical arts requirement:

• Business Education
• Engineering
• Computer Science
• Cooperative Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Technology Education

No separate one. The course guide says technology literacy is built into courses across the curriculum, so it carries no credits of its own.

For the Classes of 2025, 2026 and 2027, New Jersey law (P.L.2023, c.295) makes completing a financial aid application a condition of receiving a diploma: either the FAFSA or the New Jersey Alternative Financial Aid Application (NJAFAA).

There is a way out. Parents, or students who are 18 or older, can sign a waiver form that exempts the student from the requirement. So it is file one, or sign the waiver.

The 2026-27 course guide names only those three classes. It does not say whether the rule continues for the Class of 2028 and later, so ask your counselor if you are in a later class.

Every student is scheduled for eight classes plus lunch, which is 40 credits a year. Sophomores and juniors may take up to one full year of study hall, and must still carry at least 35 credits. Seniors can choose Late In / Early Out, which means six or seven classes plus lunch, and must still carry at least 30 or 35 credits depending on how many credits they have already earned.

The course guide does not list community service as a graduation requirement, and the school's community service packet calls the program voluntary. What the packet does say is that you need at least 15 hours in a school year for your service to appear on your transcript. Our community service guide covers the hours, the approval form and the due date.

To play at an NCAA Division I or Division II college, you have to meet NCAA eligibility rules for high school courses. The course guide marks each course that counts toward NCAA eligibility in its course description, so check those notes when you choose classes.