Fraser Institute secondary school rankings
Posted Mar 17, 2013 07:20:41 AM.
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Waterloo Region’s high schools haven’t made any significant improvements over the past five years.
The Fraser Institute has released its report card on Ontario’s secondary schools.
The report uses results from standardized EQAO literacy and math tests.
The top ranked school in the region continues to be Elmira District Secondary School, which is 67th out of 725 public and Catholic schools.
The next highest ranked is Bluevale in Waterloo at 94th.
The worst-performing school in the region is Cambridge’s Glenview Park.
Overall, the region’s public high schools saw no major gains or drops in overall scores.
Waterloo District Catholic high schools all continue to rank near the middle of the pack.
The survey lists Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute as the top school in Guelph Wellington, tied for 47th.
The top ranked school in the province is London Central.
Peter Cowley, Director of School Performance Studies for the Fraser Institute, says the good news in the report is that every school is capable of improvement, regardless of its geographic or socioeconomic challenges.
He says of the 20 Ontario secondary schools showing the fastest academic improvement over the past five years, 10 are public schools where the parental income is below average. At four of those schools, special needs students account for more than 20 per cent of school enrolment.
A full list of the rankings and results can be found at here.
