Ranking the schools

Important notes Not all the province’s secondary schools are in- to the rankings cluded in the tables or the ranking. Excluded are schools at which fewer than 15 students were en- In this table, schools are ranked (on the left side of rolled in grade 12. These schools do not generate the page) in descending order from 1 to 278 ac- a sufficiently large set of data about their students cording to their academic performance as meas- to allow a fair and reasonable analysis and presen- ured by the Overall rating out of 10 (shown on the tation of the results. right side of the table) for the school year Also excluded from the ratings and rankings 1999/2000. Each school’s five-year average rank- are centres for adult education and continuing ed- ing and Overall rating out of 10 are also listed. The ucation, schools that cater largely to non-resident higher the overall rating (out of 10), the higher the foreign students, and certain alternative schools rank awarded to the school. Where schools tied in that do not offer a full program of courses. the overall rating, they were awarded the same The exclusion of a school from the Report rank. Where fewer than five years of data were Card should in no way be construed as a judge- available “n/a” appears in the table. ment of the school’s effectiveness.

Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 1 1 Vancouver Crofton House 10.0 10.0 1 2 Vancouver St. George’s School 10.0 9.9 1 3 Vancouver York House School 10.0 9.8 1 4 Vancouver Little Flower Academy 10.0 9.7 5 6 Cowichan Valley Brentwood College 9.9 9.6 6 4 Greater Victoria St. Margaret’s 9.8 9.7 7 7 Vancouver University Hill Secondary 9.2 9.5 7 10 Cowichan Valley Shawnigan Lake 9.2 9.1 9 8 Greater Victoria St. Michaels University School 9.1 9.4 9 n/a Surrey Southridge Senior Secondary 9.1 n/a 11 11 Greater Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Senior School 8.7 8.8 12 9 West Vancouver Collingwood School 8.6 9.2 13 51 Greater Victoria Pacific Christian School 8.4 6.9 13 n/a Maple Ridge Meadowridge Senior School 8.4 n/a 15 12 Vancouver Point Grey Secondary 8.3 8.5 15 13 Vancouver Prince of Wales Secondary 8.3 8.4 15 n/a Coquitlam Archbishop Carney Secondary 8.3 n/a

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Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 18 17 Vancouver Kitsilano Secondary 8.2 7.8 19 15 Vancouver Vancouver College 8.1 8.1 19 15 North Vancouver Handsworth Secondary 8.1 8.1 21 20 Chilliwack Timothy Christian School 8.0 7.6 21 25 Vancouver Lord Byng Secondary 8.0 7.5 21 n/a Kamloops/Thompson John Peterson Secondary 8.0 n/a 24 14 West Vancouver Sentinel Secondary 7.9 8.2 24 25 Surrey Semiahmoo Secondary 7.9 7.5 24 66 Cowichan Valley Frances Kelsey Secondary 7.9 6.7 24 103 Kamloops/Thompson St. Ann’s Academy 7.9 6.2 24 120 Greater Victoria St. Andrew’s Regional High School 7.9 6.0 29 25 Surrey Elgin Park Secondary 7.8 7.5 30 25 Abbotsford Mennonite Educational Institute 7.6 7.5 30 25 Langley Langley Fine Arts School 7.6 7.5 30 35 Nanaimo Dover Bay Secondary 7.6 7.2 33 19 North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas 7.5 7.7 33 31 Kootenay Lake L.V. Rogers Secondary 7.5 7.3 33 66 Boundary Boundary Central Secondary 7.5 6.7 33 n/a Francophone Education Kitsilano Secondary 7.5 n/a 37 17 Vancouver Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 7.4 7.8 37 31 Langley Credo Christian High School 7.4 7.3 37 35 Sunshine Coast Pender Harbour Secondary 7.4 7.2 37 n/a Howe Sound Whistler Secondary Community 7.4 n/a 41 20 Surrey Holy Cross Regional High 7.3 7.6 41 20 Surrey Pacific Academy 7.3 7.6 41 31 Central Okanagan Kelowna Secondary 7.3 7.3 41 51 Vernon Kalamalka Secondary 7.3 6.9 41 n/a Burnaby Moscrop Secondary 7.3 n/a 46 38 Kootenay-Columbia Rossland Secondary 7.2 7.1 46 38 Surrey Fraser Valley Christian High 7.2 7.1 46 38 Cowichan Valley Maxwell International Baha’i School 7.2 7.1 46 51 Southeast Kootenay Sparwood Secondary 7.2 6.9 46 76 Nanaimo Wellington Secondary 7.2 6.6 51 20 Vancouver Magee Secondary 7.1 7.6 51 20 Vancouver St. Patrick’s Regional Secondary 7.1 7.6 51 41 Abbotsford Yale Secondary 7.1 7.0 51 87 Sunshine Coast Chatelech Secondary 7.1 6.4 51 227 Haida Gwaii-Queen Charlotte Is. Queen Charlotte Elementary-Secondary 7.1 4.2 51 n/a Kootenay Lake Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary 7.1 n/a 57 41 Surrey Earl Marriott Secondary 7.0 7.0 57 51 Greater Victoria Mount Douglas Senior Secondary 7.0 6.9 57 59 New Westminster New Westminster Secondary 7.0 6.8 57 59 Okanagan Skaha Summerland Secondary 7.0 6.8 57 76 Cowichan Valley Chemainus Secondary 7.0 6.6 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 91

Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 57 103 Prince George College Heights Secondary 7.0 6.2 57 120 Abbotsford Robert Bateman Secondary 7.0 6.0 57 153 Revelstoke Revelstoke Secondary 7.0 5.6 57 209 Prince George Valemount Secondary 7.0 4.8 57 n/a Richmond Hugh McRoberts Secondary 7.0 n/a 67 35 North Vancouver Argyle Secondary 6.9 7.2 67 41 Kootenay Lake Mount Sentinel Elementary-Secondary 6.9 7.0 67 41 West Vancouver West Vancouver Secondary 6.9 7.0 67 41 Saanich Stelly’s Secondary 6.9 7.0 67 51 Coquitlam Centennial Senior Secondary 6.9 6.9 67 59 Burnaby St. Thomas More Collegiate 6.9 6.8 67 95 Cowichan Valley Duncan Christian School 6.9 6.3 67 103 Vernon Clarence Fulton Secondary 6.9 6.2 67 n/a Kamloops/Thompson Valleyview Secondary 6.9 n/a 67 n/a Kamloops/Thompson Sa-Hali Secondary 6.9 n/a 77 31 Abbotsford Abbotsford Christian School 6.8 7.3 77 41 Burnaby Burnaby North Secondary 6.8 7.0 77 51 Saanich Claremont Secondary 6.8 6.9 77 59 Kamloops/Thompson Kamloops Senior Secondary 6.8 6.8 77 66 Vancouver Killarney Secondary 6.8 6.7 77 114 Burnaby Burnaby South Secondary 6.8 6.1 77 n/a Coquitlam Gleneagle Secondary 6.8 n/a 84 41 Abbotsford W.J. Mouat Secondary 6.7 7.0 84 59 Vancouver Notre Dame Regional Secondary 6.7 6.8 84 66 Greater Victoria Lambrick Park Secondary 6.7 6.7 84 66 Saanich Parkland Secondary 6.7 6.7 84 66 Alberni Ucluelet Secondary 6.7 6.7 84 95 Vernon W.L. Seaton Secondary 6.7 6.3 84 95 Central Okanagan Okanagan Mission Secondary 6.7 6.3 84 103 Central Okanagan George Elliot Secondary 6.7 6.2 84 180 Kamloops/Thompson Logan Lake Elementary-Secondary 6.7 5.3 84 n/a Abbotsford St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary 6.7 n/a 84 n/a Vancouver St John’s School 6.7 n/a 95 25 Vancouver Eric Hamber Secondary 6.6 7.5 95 41 Richmond Richmond Christian School 6.6 7.0 95 41 Courtenay Highland Secondary 6.6 7.0 95 59 Greater Victoria Oak Bay Secondary 6.6 6.8 95 103 Maple Ridge Thomas Haney Secondary 6.6 6.2 95 114 Kootenay Lake J.V. Humphries School 6.6 6.1 95 162 Central Okanagan Springvalley Secondary 6.6 5.5 102 76 North Vancouver Sutherland Secondary 6.5 6.6 102 87 Richmond Steveston Senior Secondary 6.5 6.4 102 95 Rocky Mountain Selkirk Secondary 6.5 6.3 102 95 Langley Brookswood Secondary 6.5 6.3 92 Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2001 Edition

Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 102 114 Qualicum Ballenas Secondary 6.5 6.1 102 180 Vernon Charles Bloom Secondary 6.5 5.3 102 194 Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Secondary 6.5 5.1 102 n/a Richmond Hugh Boyd Secondary 6.5 n/a 102 n/a Campbell River Campbell River Christian School 6.5 n/a 111 66 Delta Seaquam Secondary 6.4 6.7 111 66 Bulkley Valley Smithers Secondary 6.4 6.7 111 83 Courtenay Georges P. Vanier Secondary 6.4 6.5 111 87 Kootenay-Columbia Stanley Humphries Secondary 6.4 6.4 111 87 Surrey Johnston Heights Secondary 6.4 6.4 111 95 Southeast Kootenay Mount Baker Secondary 6.4 6.3 111 103 Coquitlam Port Moody Senior Secondary 6.4 6.2 111 114 Prince George Kelly Road Secondary 6.4 6.1 111 120 Abbotsford Abbotsford Senior Secondary 6.4 6.0 111 132 Vancouver Island West Gold River Secondary 6.4 5.9 111 153 Southeast Kootenay Elkford Secondary 6.4 5.6 111 162 Rocky Mountain Golden Secondary 6.4 5.5 111 n/a Mission Heritage Park Secondary 6.4 n/a 124 41 North Vancouver Seycove Community Secondary 6.3 7.0 124 51 Vancouver David Thompson Secondary 6.3 6.9 124 83 Burnaby Cariboo Hill Secondary 6.3 6.5 124 103 Surrey Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary 6.3 6.2 124 120 Chilliwack Sardis Secondary 6.3 6.0 124 153 Abbotsford Rick Hansen Secondary 6.3 5.6 124 162 Central Okanagan Rutland Secondary 6.3 5.5 124 n/a Surrey Enver Creek Secondary 6.3 n/a 132 83 Okanagan Skaha Penticton Secondary 6.2 6.5 132 87 Richmond Richmond Senior Secondary 6.2 6.4 132 103 Central Okanagan K.L.O. Secondary 6.2 6.2 132 103 Delta South Delta Secondary 6.2 6.2 132 120 Maple Ridge Garibaldi Secondary 6.2 6.0 132 120 Prince George McBride Secondary 6.2 6.0 132 162 North Okanagan-Shuswap A.L. Fortune Secondary 6.2 5.5 132 217 Kamloops/Thompson Chase Secondary 6.2 4.5 132 n/a Richmond J.N. Burnett Secondary 6.2 n/a 132 n/a Coquitlam Pinetree Secondary 6.2 n/a 132 n/a Coquitlam Riverside Secondary 6.2 n/a 143 51 Fraser-Cascade Agassiz Elementary-Secondary 6.1 6.9 143 66 Boundary Grand Forks Secondary 6.1 6.7 143 76 Kootenay-Columbia J. Lloyd Crowe Secondary 6.1 6.6 143 87 Delta Delta Secondary 6.1 6.4 143 87 North Okanagan-Shuswap Salmon Arm Senior Secondary 6.1 6.4 143 120 Prince George D.P. Todd Secondary 6.1 6.0 143 n/a Langley Langley Christian 6.1 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 93

Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 150 59 Central Okanagan Kelowna Christian School 6.0 6.8 150 76 North Vancouver Windsor Secondary 6.0 6.6 150 76 Prince George Duchess Park Secondary 6.0 6.6 150 87 Burnaby Burnaby Central Secondary 6.0 6.4 150 144 Burnaby Alpha Secondary 6.0 5.7 150 144 Cowichan Valley Cowichan Secondary 6.0 5.7 150 172 Langley Aldergrove Secondary 6.0 5.4 150 180 Mission Hatzic Secondary 6.0 5.3 150 194 Peace River North North Peace Secondary 6.0 5.1 150 n/a Cowichan Valley Queen Margaret’s 6.0 n/a 160 76 Rocky Mountain David Thompson Secondary 5.9 6.6 160 114 Cariboo-Chilcotin Peter Skene Ogden Secondary 5.9 6.1 160 120 Central Okanagan Mount Boucherie Secondary 5.9 6.0 160 120 Qualicum Kwalikum Secondary 5.9 6.0 160 132 Vancouver Vancouver Technical Secondary 5.9 5.9 160 132 Gulf Islands Gulf Islands Secondary 5.9 5.9 160 137 Bulkley Valley Bulkley Valley Christian School 5.9 5.8 160 144 Nanaimo Woodlands Secondary 5.9 5.7 160 162 Nanaimo Nanaimo District Secondary 5.9 5.5 160 n/a Campbell River Timberline Secondary School 5.9 n/a 170 66 Sunshine Coast Elphinstone Secondary 5.8 6.7 170 83 Okanagan Similkameen Southern Okanagan Secondary 5.8 6.5 170 103 Surrey Fleetwood Park Secondary 5.8 6.2 170 114 Nanaimo Ladysmith Secondary 5.8 6.1 170 132 Langley Walnut Grove Secondary 5.8 5.9 170 132 Peace River South South Peace Secondary 5.8 5.9 170 144 Vernon Vernon Secondary 5.8 5.7 170 153 Central Okanagan Immaculata Regional High School 5.8 5.6 170 162 Howe Sound Howe Sound Secondary 5.8 5.5 170 162 Bulkley Valley Houston Secondary 5.8 5.5 170 180 Langley H.D. Stafford Secondary 5.8 5.3 170 186 Kamloops/Thompson Brocklehurst Secondary 5.8 5.2 170 216 Kamloops/Thompson Barriere Secondary 5.8 4.6 183 95 North Vancouver Carson Graham Secondary 5.7 6.3 183 120 Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Secondary 5.7 6.0 183 137 Greater Victoria Spectrum Community 5.7 5.8 183 153 Southeast Kootenay Fernie Secondary 5.7 5.6 183 172 Kamloops/Thompson Westsyde Secondary 5.7 5.4 183 n/a Central Okanagan Okanagan Adventist Academy 5.7 n/a 183 n/a Richmond Charles E. London Secondary 5.7 n/a 183 n/a Bulkley Valley Houston Christian School 5.7 n/a 191 153 Alberni Alberni District Secondary 5.6 5.6 191 172 Quesnel Correlieu Secondary 5.6 5.4 191 217 Kootenay Lake Salmo Secondary 5.6 4.5 94 Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2001 Edition

Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 191 217 Kamloops/Thompson Clearwater Secondary 5.6 4.5 191 n/a Cariboo-Chilcotin Williams Lake Secondary 5.6 n/a 191 n/a Peace River North Prespatou Elementary-Secondary 5.6 n/a 197 95 Okanagan Similkameen Similkameen Secondary 5.5 6.3 197 137 Surrey Tamanawis Secondary 5.5 5.8 197 153 Langley D.W. Poppy Secondary 5.5 5.6 197 162 Sooke Belmont Secondary 5.5 5.5 197 172 North Okanagan-Shuswap Eagle River Secondary 5.5 5.4 197 186 Prince George Prince George Secondary 5.5 5.2 197 194 Fraser-Cascade Hope Secondary 5.5 5.1 197 209 Peace River South Tumbler Ridge Secondary 5.5 4.8 197 n/a Richmond R.C. Palmer Secondary 5.5 n/a 206 120 Arrow Lakes Lucerne Elementary-Secondary 5.4 6.0 206 120 Maple Ridge Maple Ridge Secondary 5.4 6.0 206 137 North Okanagan-Shuswap Pleasant Valley Secondary 5.4 5.8 206 162 Prince Rupert Charles Hays Secondary 5.4 5.5 206 n/a Surrey White Rock Christian Academy 5.4 n/a 206 n/a Richmond Cambie Secondary 5.4 n/a 212 144 Greater Victoria Reynolds Secondary 5.3 5.7 212 186 Surrey Queen Elizabeth Senior Secondary 5.3 5.2 212 217 Kamloops/Thompson Norkam Secondary 5.3 4.5 215 144 Powell River Max Cameron Senior Secondary 5.2 5.7 215 180 Sooke Edward Milne Community School 5.2 5.3 215 186 Nicola-Similkameen Merritt Secondary 5.2 5.2 215 200 Maple Ridge Westview Secondary 5.2 5.0 215 n/a Surrey L A Matheson Secondary 5.2 n/a 220 137 Vancouver Templeton Secondary 5.1 5.8 220 137 Campbell River Carihi Secondary 5.1 5.8 220 162 Chilliwack Chilliwack Secondary 5.1 5.5 220 172 Greater Victoria Esquimalt Secondary 5.1 5.4 220 172 Gold Trail Lillooet Secondary 5.1 5.4 220 186 Kootenay Lake Prince Charles Secondary 5.1 5.2 220 186 Okanagan Similkameen Osoyoos Secondary 5.1 5.2 220 209 Central Okanagan George Pringle Secondary 5.1 4.8 228 186 Surrey Princess Margaret Secondary 5.0 5.2 228 194 Nechako Lakes Lakes District Secondary 5.0 5.1 230 144 Langley Langley Secondary 4.9 5.7 230 144 Coquitlam Terry Fox Senior Secondary 4.9 5.7 230 200 Fort Nelson Fort Nelson Secondary 4.9 5.0 230 209 Vancouver Gladstone Secondary 4.9 4.8 230 231 Nechako Lakes Fraser Lake Elementary-Secondary 4.9 4.0 235 153 Delta North Delta Senior Secondary 4.8 5.6 235 180 Greater Victoria Victoria Secondary 4.8 5.3 235 209 Quesnel Quesnel Secondary 4.8 4.8 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 95

Provincial Rank District School Overall Rating 1999/ Last 5 1999/ Last 5 2000 years 2000 years 235 n/a Surrey Regent Christian Academy 4.8 n/a 239 103 Kamloops/Thompson Kamloops Christian School 4.7 6.2 239 186 Peace River South Chetwynd Secondary 4.7 5.2 239 194 Surrey Guildford Park Secondary 4.7 5.1 239 229 Langley Fraser Valley Adventist Academy 4.7 4.1 243 144 Vancouver Windermere Secondary 4.6 5.7 243 n/a Abbotsford Valley Christian School 4.6 n/a 243 n/a Powell River Brooks Secondary 4.6 n/a 246 172 Coast Mountains Caledonia Senior Secondary 4.5 5.4 246 200 Cariboo-Chilcotin Columneetza Senior Secondary 4.5 5.0 246 206 Nechako Lakes Nechako Valley Secondary 4.5 4.9 246 n/a Chilliwack Highroad Academy 4.5 n/a 250 137 Surrey North Surrey Secondary 4.4 5.8 250 153 Vancouver King George Secondary 4.4 5.6 250 200 Langley Mountain Secondary 4.4 5.0 250 200 Vancouver Britannia Secondary 4.4 5.0 250 222 Prince George Mackenzie Secondary 4.4 4.4 255 206 Coast Mountains Mount Elizabeth Secondary 4.3 4.9 255 223 Richmond Matthew McNair Senior Secondary 4.3 4.3 255 227 Nanaimo John Barsby Secondary 4.3 4.2 258 206 Vancouver Island North North Island Secondary 4.2 4.9 258 215 Prince George O'Grady Catholic High School 4.2 4.7 258 233 Coast Mountains Hazelton Secondary 4.2 3.6 261 223 Vancouver Sir Charles Tupper Secondary 4.1 4.3 261 223 Howe Sound Pemberton Secondary 4.1 4.3 263 232 Cowichan Valley Lake Cowichan Secondary 4.0 3.9 264 217 Vancouver Island North Port Hardy Secondary 3.9 4.5 265 194 Surrey Frank Hurt Secondary 3.8 5.1 266 229 Vancouver John Oliver Secondary 3.5 4.1 267 223 Nicola-Similkameen Princeton Secondary 3.4 4.3 268 209 Mission Mission Secondary 3.2 4.8 269 172 Central Coast Sir Alexander Mackenzie Secondary 2.8 5.4 269 200 Arrow Lakes Nakusp Secondary 2.8 5.0 271 235 Nechako Lakes Fort St. James Secondary 2.7 2.8 272 n/a Central Okanagan Heritage Christian School 2.2 n/a 273 n/a Central Coast Bella Bella Community School 2.1 n/a 274 236 Haida Gwaii-Queen Charlotte Is. George M. Dawson Secondary 1.9 1.1 275 234 Gold Trail Ashcroft Secondary 1.6 3.3 276 n/a Cariboo-Chilcotin Anne Stevenson Secondary 1.1 n/a 277 n/a Langley Delphi Academy 0.7 n/a 278 237 Gold Trail Kumsheen Secondary 0.0 0.8 278 238 Nisga'a Nisga’a Elementary-Secondary 0.0 0.1 278 n/a Coast Mountains Kitimat City High School 0.0 n/a 278 n/a Vancouver Island West Kyuquot Elementary-Junior Secondary 0.0 n/a