The Role of the School Registrar

Main Duties

• The main job duty of a high school registrar is registering and withdrawing students. The registrar requests records and transcripts for new students transferring from other districts and verifies residency.

Databases and Transcripts

• The high school registrar maintains databases of grades, and sometimes attendance and extracurricular activity records for all students. She provides transcripts of grades to colleges and technical schools upon request.

Grades and Credits Verification

• The job description for a high school registrar includes generating report cards and verifying credits earned to fulfill graduation requirements.