diff --git a/app/util/students.py b/app/util/students.py
index 77fe53d..1056af0 100644
--- a/app/util/students.py
+++ b/app/util/students.py
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ def getStudents(
           "remainingAlts": [],
           "studentIndex": len(students)
         }
+        newStudent["gradelevel"] = row.get("Grade") if row.get("Grade") is not None else row.get("grade")
         for i in range(1, totalBlocks+1): newStudent["schedule"][f'block{i}'] = []
         students.append(newStudent)
 
   # Estimate student grades
   for student in students:
-    student["gradelevel"] = estimateStudentGrade(student)
+    if student["gradelevel"] is None: student["gradelevel"] = estimateStudentGrade(student)
 
   if log:
     with open(log_dir, "w") as outfile:
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 00dcef1..360a8ee 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from app.util.errorCalculator import writeErrorsToCSV
 from app.util.validator import validateInputData
 
 eel.init('template')
-  
+
 @eel.expose  
 def start(
   raw_file_data:          str,