Fraser Institute Gives High Marks to Immaculate Conception
The annual report card on academic performance of schools throughout the Province ranks schools out of a mark of ten, based on provincewide test results in reading, writing, and math written by students in grades 4 and 7.
The Fraser Institute says the average, among all schools in the province is 6, so the marks above or below that average indicate how well the school is performing when compared with all other schools in the Province, which in this latest report is a total of 944 . It notes that a mark of 10, doesn’t mean a school is perfect, only that it was performing the best among all other schools.
In Prince George, Immaculate Conception scored an 8.5 among all elementary schools in P.G. St. Mary’s was second with 8.1.
Among public elementary schools, Lac de Bois scored 7.2 out of ten, making it the top ranked public school in the City.
The good news is, that with a few exceptions, most of the public elementary schools in Prince George saw an improvement in their mark from previous reports. Four public elementary schools which saw their mark slip from previous reports are:
- Van Bien
- Spruceland
- Blackburn and
- Glenview
Cedars Christian also slipped from its previous mark, as did Highglen Montessori.
When it comes to Secondary Schools, the ratings are based on provincewide test results in language arts, math and science in grades 10, 11 and 12.
Cedars Christian received a 6.5 out of 10, unchanged from its previous mark, but high enough to keep it in top spot among Secondary Schools in Prince George.
Although all public secondary schools in P.G. saw their marks slide, Duchess Park was the top public secondary school with a mark of 5.3, down from the 5.7 scored previously.
College Heights scored a mark of 5, down from 5.3
D.P. Todd and PGSS each had a mark of 4.8, but that reflected a slide from 6 that had been scored by DP Todd in the past, and a previous mark of 5.2 for PGSS.
Kelly Road scored 4, which is down from the 4.6 recorded in the previous report card.
The Fraser Institute says parents should not choose a school for their children based solely on these rankings. It advises parents can get a better idea of what the school can offer by visiting the school and by talking with the principal, teachers and other parents.
The rankings of all schools in B.C. can be found here.
Comments
The problem is that this does not register the quality of education received by students. It only registers how they did on a set of test.
Wonder what the results would be if taxpayer subsidized private schools had the same demographic as public schools.
Tell you what, granddaughter is special needs and the attention and education she gets at Immaculate is fantastic. School rates 82 out of 944 in BC.
Quinson rates a near bottom of 935/944 and Harwin 929/944. The taxpayer is getting ripped off big time. An easy way to measure quality is indeed how the kids do on tests unless you are an apologist for the sh.t performance by the school district and the BCTF.
What are the resources available compared to a public school? How many special needs per school population, and again resources available?
A larger majority of parents with children in private schools are more involved with their kids. Public school catchment is the neighbourhood they are placed in and as we all know some neighbourhoods are somewhat sketchy whereas private schools collect from all over town so throws a accuracy of the survey out the window.
Seamutt hit the nail square on the head. For those that need further proof there is a reason Lac de Bois and Duchess Park are at the top of the rankings. The reason being French Immersion and it has nothing to do about the wonders of the brain learning a second language. It is entirely based on the fact they have engaged, motivated, parents with resources. If you can find a way to get your child half way across town for school everyday then you can find find time to read to them, afford the books to read to them, find the time to help them with their school etc. These parents are more likely to have higher education themselves and with that comes the belief that education is important.
Parental involvement. Whether you are paying tuition, or simply as little as choosing a program for your child, that parent is more engaged and their child will do better.
Seamutt, don’t forget the private schools receive 50% funding compared to the public schools. What are you getting at? What is the spin?
Private schools shouldn’t receive any public funding.
Dumbfounded, the parents of “private school” students pay school taxes. If you don’t think that private schools should receive any public funding, do you think that their parents should be exempt from paying public school taxes?
Read it again.
Then there is a school in the polygamist community of Bountiful, BC that ranked near the highest in BC by the Fraser Institute in 2011, and was closed down the next year by the Ministry of Child & Family Services over concerns about child abuse and safety. In other words, anyone that views the Fraser Institute’s ranking of schools as even remotely credible, should give their heads a shake!
www .theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/school-in-polygamous-community-near-top-of-fraser-institutes-rankings/article570606/
www .cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/school-in-b-c-polygamous-community-closes-1.1195069
I find it rather odd that a person can comment on a story about a private school yet the story about public schools is closed for comment.
Why would you find it odd?
The public school article comments are closed due to the topic being about First Nations wanting input into what happens at SD57. I am sure that resulted in racial based comments, thus it gets closed down.
It has nothing to do with the topic or any discrimination of public versus private schools. It has everything to do with the nature of the comments so frequently made by commentators on this site which go against the rules for posting.
Perhaps they know that the comments will be closed and that is what they want to achieve. Who knows?
More worthless data from the Fossil Institute.
Go ahead and keep your head in the sand.
I’d have to have my head in the sand to take anything the Fossil Institute publishes seriously. Fixed that for you.
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