High school graduating classes
Pick a class year to see the birth year behind it, the full kindergarten-to-graduation timeline, what grade that class is in right now, and every reunion year.
Classes in school in 2026-27
| Class of | Grade this year | Born in | Kindergarten |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 12th Grade (Senior) | 2009 | Fall 2014 |
| 2028 | 11th Grade (Junior) | 2010 | Fall 2015 |
| 2029 | 10th Grade (Sophomore) | 2011 | Fall 2016 |
| 2030 | 9th Grade (Freshman) | 2012 | Fall 2017 |
| 2031 | 8th Grade | 2013 | Fall 2018 |
| 2032 | 7th Grade | 2014 | Fall 2019 |
| 2033 | 6th Grade | 2015 | Fall 2020 |
| 2034 | 5th Grade | 2016 | Fall 2021 |
| 2035 | 4th Grade | 2017 | Fall 2022 |
| 2036 | 3rd Grade | 2018 | Fall 2023 |
| 2037 | 2nd Grade | 2019 | Fall 2024 |
| 2038 | 1st Grade | 2020 | Fall 2025 |
| 2039 | Kindergarten | 2021 | Fall 2026 |
Every class, 1958–2043
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Frequently Asked Questions
Subtract 18 from the class year. The Class of 2030 was mostly born in 2012. Classmates with a September to December birthday were born the year before, because they missed the 1 September kindergarten cut-off and started school a year after their birth-year peers.
Thirteen: kindergarten plus grades 1 through 12. Kindergarten starts in the fall 13 years before the spring you graduate, so the Class of 2030 started kindergarten in the fall of 2017.
The common milestones are 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 years after graduation. Each class page lists the calendar year for every one of them so you do not have to count.
Almost all US high schools label a class by the calendar year its students graduate, so the Class of 2030 finishes in the spring of 2030. Schools on a different calendar, and students who graduate mid-year, can fall outside that.