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Independent schools dominate
top spots in annual ranking of B.C.
elementary schools
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
-- Independent elementary schools
in British Columbia continue to
outperform the province’s public
schools, claiming 80 of the top 102
spots in the Fraser Institute’s annual
ranking of B.C. elementary schools
released today.
The Report Card on British
Columbia’s Elementary Schools, 2018
ranks 946 public and independent
elementary schools based on 10
academic indicators derived from
the provincewide Foundation Skills
Assessment (FSA) results.
“The report card provides parents
with information they can’t easily get
anywhere else about how their child’s
school is performing over time and
compared to other schools across the
province,” said Peter Cowley, director
of school performance studies at the
Fraser Institute.
Of the top 102 ranked schools
provincewide, only 22 are public. And
of those 22 schools, nine are located
in West Vancouver including the top-
ranked Cedardale and West Bay
Elementary.
Contrary
to
common
misconceptions,
according
to
previous research, families with
children enrolled in most independent
schools in B.C. have an average (after
tax) income only 1.9 per cent higher
than parents with children in public
schools.
“Simply put, differences in parental
income do not appear to explain the
differences in the overall ratings of
independent and public schools,”
Cowley said.
In addition to the ranking, the
report card also spotlights schools
that are improving or falling behind.
This year, 16 of the 20 fastest-
improving schools are public schools.
Parkview Elementary in Sicamous—
the
fastest-improving
school
provincewide—has
improved
its
overall rating from 2.8 to 6.6 between
2013 and 2017. And Woodland Park
Elementary in Surrey improved its
overall rating from 5.2 to 7.0 over the
same four-year period.
“All too often we hear excuses
that public schools can’t improve
student performance because of the
communities and the students they
serve, but the evidence suggests
otherwise.” Cowley said.
For the complete results on all
ranked schools, and to easily compare
the performance of different schools,
visit www.compareschoolrankings.org.
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