Two Guelph high schools received top-10 ratings for secondary schools in Ontario for the 2012-13 school year based on the annual education performance report card released by the Fraser Institute.
Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute and Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute were ranked in the top 100 based on a combination of their 2012-13 scores and their five-year averages, but based solely on the past year’s ratings of 8.2 and 7.8 respectively, both schools have top-10 ratings.
Secondary school scores on the Fraser Institute’s report card are out of 10 and based on the results of tests administered by Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).
The high schools were ranked based on the 2012-13 school year as well as on their average performance over the last five academic years.
The overall ranking for a specific school year is based on how the school rates in comparison to other schools in the province assessed on the report card.
Secondary school scores are based on Grade 9 EQAO academic and applied mathematics test scores, an assessment of students who didn’t meet the mandatory provincial standard, the difference between males and females in average achievement on the EQAO academic mathematics testing, the percentage of high school students who didn’t successfully pass the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test and the difference between the success rate of male and female students when attempting the literacy test for the first time.
There were 740 Ontario high schools included in the assessment.
Wellington County
Centre Wellington District High School in Fergus ranked 343, with a 2012-13 score of 6.4 and five-year score of 6.4.
Erin District High School was ranked 421, with a 2012-13 score of 5.9 and five-year average of 6.4.
Norwell District Secondary School in Palmerston received a ranking of 324, with a 2012-13 score of 6.5 and five-year average of 6.9.
Wellington Heights Secondary School in Mount Forest was ranked 421, with a 2012-13 score of 5.9 and five-year average of 5.9.
Guelph
Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School ranked 122 in 2012-13 with a score of 7.6 and a 7.4 average over five years.
Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute ranked 48 in the province with a 2012-13 score of 8.2 and an 8.1 average over five years.
College Heights Secondary School was ranked 724, with a 2012-13 score of 1.7 and five-year average of 1.1.
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute received a ranking of 87 in 2012-13 with a score of 7.8, five-year overall rating of 8.3.
John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute received a 2012-13 ranking of 208, with a score of 7.1 and a five-year average of 7.4.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School ranked 249 in 2012-13 with a score of 6.8 and a five-year overall average of 6.9
Saint James Catholic School was ranked 301 with a 2012-13 ranking of 6.6 and five-year average of 6.4.
For a complete listing of all Ontario schools visit http://www.fraserinstitute.org.
