Contact the high school from which you graduated. Give the registrar your graduation date and the address to which an official transcript should be sent. An official transcript is an independent confirmation of your high school performance, so it will be mailed to the agency or school that needs it, not to you.
Provide information supporting your identity and pay a small processing fee for your transcript if required. Your school system may have a form to be completed to obtain a transcript.
Contact your school system at the administrative level if your high school does not keep your transcript on file or if your high school no longer exists. Transcripts may be available at the district or regional level or you can obtain further information about how to find your transcript.
Request an official transcript sent to you only if you must hand-deliver it to a potential employer or other person without a reliable mailing or FAX address. In that case, your transcript will arrive in a sealed envelope. To preserve its official status, deliver the transcript without opening the envelope.
Allow time for a transcript request to be processed. Especially during college-application season or late in the school year, when students are applying for summer jobs, it may take several weeks for your school system to process all the transcript requests it receives.