Ontario High School Rankings

The Fraser Institute’s latest report cards have found that Ontario, B.C. and Yukon high school students performed better in exams.  The Ontario report card reveals a decrease in the percentage of secondary school exams scoring below the provincial standard over the past five years, dropping to 26.9 per cent in 2009-2010 from 29.3 per cent in 2005-2006.

“This is a promising trend for Ontario schools,” said Michael Thomas, Fraser Institute associate director of school performance studies and co-author of the report card, in a press release. “But with more than a quarter of exams still falling below the provincial standard, there is room for academic improvement across the province.”

TOP 10 SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO

SCHOOL - CITY – OVERALL RATING ’09/10 – LAST 5 YEARS
St. Michael’s Choir (Sr), Toronto, 9.8, n/a
St. Michael, Kemptville, 9.6, 9.7
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Markham,  9.2, 9.2
London Central, London, 9.1, 9.6
Colonel By, Gloucester, 9.1, 8.9
Oakville Trafalgar, Oakville, 9.1, 8.8
West Carleton, Dunrobin, 9.1, 8.8
Chesley, Chesley, 9.1, 8.5
Père-René-de-Galinée, Cambridge, 9.0, 8.0
Bayview, Richmond Hill, 8.9, 9.2

TOP 10 IMPROVING SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO

SCHOOL – CITY – TYPE – ’09/10 RATING – 5-YEAR AVERAGEMonarch Park, Toronto, Public, 5.4, 3.0
Sir Sandford Fleming, Toronto, Public, 4.1, 1.5
Cathedral, Hamilton, Catholic, 6.4, 4.6
James Cardinal McGuigan, Toronto, Catholic, 4.8, 3.3
Louis-Riel, Gloucester, Public, 8.1, 7.0
Bawating, Sault Ste. Marie, Public, 5.8, 4.1
Riverdale, Toronto, Public, 7.4, 6.1
Thistletown, Toronto, Public, 4.6, 3.0
Ascension of Our Lord, Mississauga, Catholic, 5.2, 3.8
Jean Vanier, Toronto, Catholic, 7.5, 6.5

TOP 10 DECLINING SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO

SCHOOL – CITY – TYPE – ’09/10 RATING – 5-YEAR AVERAGEKapuskasing, Kapuskasing, Public, 1.4, 3.9
Monseigneur-Bruyère, London, Catholic, 4.7, 5.5
Centre Hastings, Madoc, Public, 4.0, 5.8
Smiths Falls District, Smiths Falls, Public, 4.2, 5.8
L’Horizon, Val Caron, Catholic, 3.7, 5.6
John L Forster, Windsor, Public, 2.1, 4.5
Embrun, Embrun, Catholic, 6.9, 7.9
Chelmsford Valley District, Chelmsford, Public, 1.5, 3.3
Marathon, Marathon, Public, 5.3, 7.5
Trenton, Trenton, Public, 4.2, 5.4