The Fraser Institute is out with its Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools.
The 2025 number look at the rankings of more than 3,000 schools across the province.
The Report Card is said to assist parents when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.
It is also said to indicate that schools that perform well or show consistent improvement are applauded.
Poorly performing schools generate concern, as do those whose performance is deteriorating.
We looked across our region (Algonquin Park to Prince Edward County, Amherstview to Colborne) and found the best and worst ranking schools.
In a tie for 260 is Our Lady of Mercy in Bancroft, which scored an 8.3. That is up from the average of 5.9 over the last five years.
Second locally was St Joseph Catholic in Belleville in a tie for 392 at 7.9.
The top school in the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board is Stirling Public at 7.8, in a tie for 447.
Our Lady of Fatima in Belleville was the lowest ranked Catholic school at 2.4, in a tie for 2,936.
Trent River Public scored 0.7, which is in the bottom 20 provincially, in a tie for 3,039.
CLICK HERE to find out how your child’s school stacks up
The Overall rating out of 10 on the school’s performance on nine indicators, all of which are derived from province-wide tests of reading, writ-
ing, and mathematics skills that are developed and managed by the province’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). SEE BELOW
(1) average level of achievement on the grade-3 EQAO assessment in reading
(2) average level of achievement on the grade-3 EQAO assessment in writing
(3) average level of achievement on the grade-3 EQAO assessment in mathematics
(4) average level of achievement on the grade-6 EQAO assessment in reading
(5) average level of achievement on the grade-6 EQAO assessment in writing
(6) average level of achievement on the grade-6 EQAO assessment in mathematics
(7) the difference between male and female students in their average levels of achievement on the EQAO assessment in grade-6 reading
(8) the difference between male and female students in their average levels of achievement on the EQAO assessment in grade-6 mathematics
(9) the percentage of EQAO assessments that did not meet the provincial standard.
