straight A

or straight-A

adjective

1. achieving or showing the highest grade or superior accomplishment, especially scholastically:

   a straight A report card.

Word History and Origins

Origin of straight A¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

A straight A student with a GPA above 4.0, she studies her school books as rigorously as she does the playbook.

From Los Angeles Times

But she bonded with an Afro-Latina teacher who understood her culturally and made the straight A student, feel her poor attendance didn’t define her.

From Los Angeles Times

“Will I get straight A’s this school year?”

From Literature

I am not the perfect student, have never had straight A’s and often struggle to find motivation.

From Seattle Times

He gets straight A’s in school and is so humble you’d never know he was an All-America.

From Los Angeles Times