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Sa June 15 2019 Her 3 Making 1 1 Old Scona Edmonton 10.0 10.0 1 1 Webber Calgary 10.0 10.0 1 Calgary French International Calgary 10.0 4 3 Rundle College Calgary 9.9 9.9 5 4 West Island College Calgary 9.3 9.5 5 8 Foundations for the Future (FFCA) Calgary 9.3 8.8 7 5 Bearspaw Christian Calgary 9.2 9.1 7 6 Archbishop MacDonald Edmonton 9.2 8.9 9 9 Westmount Calgary 9.0 8.7 9 31 College Calgary 9.0 7.6 11 6 Strathcona-Tweedsmuir Okotoks 8.9 8.9 12 11 Springbank Calgary 8.7 8.4 12 14 Millwoods Christian Edmonton 8.7 8.3 14 11 Olds Koinonia Olds 8.6 8.4 14 20 Picard Edmonton 8.6 7.9 16 10 Western Canada Calgary 8.5 8.6 17 11 Sir Winston Churchill Calgary 8.4 8.4 17 20 Calgary Christian Calgary 8.4 7.9 17 20 Ernest Manning Calgary 8.4 7.9 17 20 Vauxhall Vauxhall 8.4 7.9 21 Calgary Academy Collegiate Calgary 8.3 22 15 William Aberhart Calgary 8.2 8.2 23 16 Olds Olds 8.1 8.1 23 17 Holy Trinity Academy Okotoks 8.1 8.0 23 20 Strathcona Edmonton 8.1 7.9 23 31 St. Vermilion 8.1 7.6 23 Bowden Grandview Bowden 8.1 28 17 Ardrossan Ardrossan 8.0 8.0 28 20 Dr. E. P. Scarlett Calgary 8.0 7.9 28 31 Christ The King Leduc 8.0 7.6 28 65 Edmonton Islamic Edmonton 8.0 6.7 32 28 Beaumont Beaumont 7.9 7.7 32 St.

Thomas Aquinas Provost 7.9 34 31 Harry Ainlay Edmonton 7.8 7.6 35 31 St. Francis Calgary 7.7 7.6 35 38 Archbishop Jordan Sherwood Park 7.7 7.5 35 38 Lillian Osborne Edmonton 7.7 7.5 35 Mother Margaret Mary Edmonton 7.7 39 26 Rundle College Academy Calgary 7.6 7.8 39 38 Miller Elk Point 7.6 7.5 39 49 South Central Oyen 7.6 7.1 39 Erle Rivers Milk River 7.6 43 28 Bishop Carroll Calgary 7.5 7.7 43 41 Bev Facey Sherwood Park 7.5 7.4 43 41 St. Gabriel the Archangel Chestermere 7.5 7.4 46 26 Didsbury Didsbury 7.4 7.8 46 28 Centennial Calgary 7.4 7.7 46 82 J. R. Robson Vermilion 7.4 6.5 49 46 Hugh Sutherland Carstairs 7.3 7.2 49 49 John Diefenbaker Calgary 7.3 7.1 49 65 Rimbey Rimbey 7.3 6.7 52 17 Strathcona Christian Sherwood Park 7.2 8.0 52 31 W.

R. Myers Taber 7.2 7.6 52 55 W. G. Murdoch Crossfield 7.2 7.0 52 65 National Sport Calgary 7.2 6.7 56 41 Henry Wise Wood Calgary 7.1 7.4 56 49 Bishop Calgary 7.1 7.1 56 55 Cochrane Cochrane 7.1 7.0 56 106 St. Calgary 7.1 6.2 60 49 Magrath Magrath 7.0 7.1 60 49 Paul Kane St.

Albert 7.0 7.1 60 65 Foothills Okotoks 7.0 6.7 60 65 Wagner Edmonton 7.0 6.7 60 78 Raymond Raymond 7.0 6.6 60 112 Mayerthorpe Mayerthorpe 7.0 6.1 60 Spruce View Spruce View 7.0 67 31 St. Timothy Cochrane 6.9 7.6 67 46 Edge Calgary 6.9 7.2 67 46 Heritage Christian Calgary 6.9 7.2 67 55 Notre Dame Calgary 6.9 7.0 67 61 McCoy Medicine Hat 6.9 6.8 67 65 Assumption Cold Lake 6.9 6.7 67 82 Holy Trinity Edmonton 6.9 6.5 67 101 Archbishop Edmonton 6.9 6.3 67 131 St. Brooks 6.9 5.9 67 157 McNally Edmonton 6.9 5.5 67 188 St. Augustine Ponoka 6.9 4.8 67 Hay Lakes Hay Lakes 6.9 67 New Norway New Norway 6.9 80 61 Queen Elizabeth Calgary 6.8 6.8 80 95 F. P.

Walshe Fort Macleod 6.8 6.4 80 95 Ross Sheppard Edmonton 6.8 6.4 80 Cremona Cremona 6.8 84 61 Eagle Butte Dunmore 6.7 6.8 84 65 Innisfail Innisfail 6.7 6.7 84 65 Spruce Grove Spruce Grove 6.7 6.7 84 65 St. Francis Xavier Edmonton 6.7 6.7 84 65 Vimy Ridge Edmonton 6.7 6.7 84 95 Edmonton Christian Edmonton 6.7 6.4 84 112 Fairview Fairview 6.7 6.1 84 Maurice-Lavallee Edmonton 6.7 84 Westwood Fort McMurray 6.7 93 45 St. Peter the Apostle Spruce Grove 6.6 7.3 93 58 Central Alberta Christian Lacombe 6.6 6.9 93 58 Holy Cross Strathmore 6.6 6.9 93 125 Lacombe Lacombe 6.6 6.0 93 151 Prairie Christian Three Hills 6.6 5.6 93 Coalhurst Coalhurst 6.6 93 Livingstone Lundbreck 6.6 100 41 Immanuel Christian Lethbridge 6.5 7.4 100 65 Cold Lake Cold Lake 6.5 6.7 100 125 Bellerose St. Albert 6.5 6.0 103 61 Hunting Hills Red Deer 6.4 6.8 103 65 Crescent Heights Calgary 6.4 6.7 103 82 Coronation Coronation 6.4 6.5 103 131 Sundre Sundre 6.4 5.9 103 169 William Hay Stettler 6.4 5.3 108 49 St. Paul St.

Paul 6.3 7.1 108 78 Calgary Academy Calgary 6.3 6.6 108 78 Vegreville Vegreville 6.3 6.6 108 82 Canmore Collegiate Canmore 6.3 6.5 108 82 Notre Dame Collegiate High River 6.3 6.5 108 95 Bishop Grandin Calgary 6.3 6.4 108 106 Notre Dame Red Deer 6.3 6.2 108 125 Jasper Place Edmonton 6.3 6.0 116 65 St. Martin De Porres Airdrie 6.2 6.7 116 82 Highwood High River 6.2 6.5 116 82 Memorial Stony Plain 6.2 6.5 116 82 Onoway Onoway 6.2 6.5 116 95 Louis St. Laurent Edmonton 6.2 6.4 116 112 Bowness Calgary 6.2 6.1 116 151 J. C. Charyk Hanna Hanna 6.2 5.6 116 163 Bishop McNally Calgary 6.2 5.4 116 171 John Paul II Fort Saskatchewan 6.2 5.2 116 Father Patrick Mercredi Fort McMurray 6.2 116 Thorsby Thorsby 6.2 127 101 Salisbury Sherwood Park 6.1 6.3 127 106 Chestermere Calgary 6.1 6.2 127 112 Notre Dame Bonnyville 6.1 6.1 127 131 St.

Taber 6.1 5.9 127 147 M. E. LaZerte Edmonton 6.1 5.7 127 New Sarepta New Sarepta 6.1 127 St. Dominic Rocky Mountain House 6.1 134 78 George McDougall Airdrie 6.0 6.6 134 95 Lord Beaverbrook Calgary 6.0 6.4 134 101 Bow Valley Cochrane 6.0 6.3 134 112 John Maland Devon 6.0 6.1 134 131 La Crete La Crete 6.0 5.9 134 138 Lethbridge Collegiate Lethbridge 6.0 5.8 134 St. Albert 6.0 134 Holy Trinity Fort McMurray 6.0 142 58 Bawlf Bawlf 5.9 6.9 142 112 Archbishop Oscar Romero Edmonton 5.9 6.1 142 112 Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin 5.9 6.1 142 125 H.

J. Cody Sylvan Lake 5.9 6.0 142 138 Will Sinclair Rocky Mountain House 5.9 5.8 142 147 Hilltop Whitecourt 5.9 5.7 142 Robert Thirsk Calgary 5.9 149 101 Leduc Leduc 5.8 6.3 149 112 Holy Redeemer Edson 5.8 6.1 149 157 Peace Wapiti Academy Grande Prairie 5.8 5.5 149 163 Wainwright Wainwright 5.8 5.4 149 Calvin Christian Coalhurst 5.8 149 County Central Vulcan 5.8 149 Morinville Morinville 5.8 156 82 Austin Edmonton 5.7 6.5 156 131 Catholic Central Lethbridge 5.7 5.9 156 138 Calmar Calmar 5.7 5.8 156 151 Bonnyville Bonnyville 5.7 5.6 156 171 Father Lacombe Calgary 5.7 5.2 156 La Rose Sauvage Calgary 5.7 156 Penhold Crossing Penhold 5.7 163 82 Three Hills Three Hills 5.6 6.5 163 106 Senator Gershaw Bow Island 5.6 6.2 163 125 Strathmore Strathmore 5.6 6.0 163 147 Matthew Halton Pincher Creek 5.6 5.7 163 163 Oilfields Black Diamond 5.6 5.4 163 Airdrie Airdrie 5.6 163 Nelson Mandela Calgary 5.6 170 112 Acme Acme 5.5 6.1 170 112 Picture Butte Picture Butte 5.5 6.1 170 125 Richard Staples Westlock 5.5 6.0 170 138 Barrhead Barrhead 5.5 5.8 170 138 Central High Sedgewick Sedgewick 5.5 5.8 170 138 Frank Maddock Drayton Valley 5.5 5.8 176 82 Tofield Tofield 5.4 6.5 176 82 Willow Creek Claresholm 5.4 6.5 176 106 Airdrie Koinonia Christian Airdrie 5.4 6.2 176 131 Sexsmith Sexsmith 5.4 5.9 176 157 Blessed Sacrament Wainwright 5.4 5.5 176 157 Trochu Valley Trochu 5.4 5.5 176 163 Chinook Lethbridge 5.4 5.4 176 171 Lindsay Thurber Red Deer 5.4 5.2 176 182 Cardston Cardston 5.4 5.0 176 182 Harry Collinge Hinton 5.4 5.0 176 191 Paul Rowe Manning 5.4 4.7 176 195 Roland Michener Slave Lake 5.4 4.6 176 Charles Spencer Grande Prairie 5.4 176 Edmonton 5.4 190 82 Foothills Calgary 5.3 6.5 190 101 Holy Trinity Academy Drayton Valley 5.3 6.3 190 106 Redwater Redwater 5.3 6.2 190 151 Bert Church Airdrie 5.3 5.6 190 200 Spirit River Spirit River 5.3 4.3 195 147 Parkland Edson 5.2 5.7 195 157 Grimshaw Grimshaw 5.2 5.5 195 176 Banff Banff 5.2 5.1 195 176 Edwin Parr Athabasca 5.2 5.1 195 186 Peace River Peace River 5.2 4.9 200 112 Crowsnest Coleman 5.1 6.1 200 131 Sturgeon Namao 5.1 5.9 200 157 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat 5.1 5.5 200 163 Bassano Bassano 5.1 5.4 200 163 Pigeon Lake Falun 5.1 5.4 200 176 Victoria Edmonton 5.1 5.1 200 182 Buck Mountain Buck Lake 5.1 5.0 200 186 Lester B. Pearson Calgary 5.1 4.9 200 188 Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Camrose 5.1 4.8 200 197 Beaverlodge Beaverlodge 5.1 4.5 210 138 Central Memorial Calgary 5.0 5.8 210 171 Camrose Camrose 5.0 5.2 210 176 Georges Vanier Donnelly 5.0 5.1 210 182 David Thompson Condor 5.0 5.0 210 Marwayne Jubilee Marwayne 5.0 215 191 Ponoka Ponoka 4.9 4.7 215 St. Pincher Creek 4.9 217 St. Drumheller 4.8 218 112 Kate Andrews Coaldale 4.7 6.1 218 112 Rosemary Rosemary 4.7 6.1 218 176 Fort Saskatchewan Fort Saskatchewan 4.7 5.1 221 151 Jasper Jasper 4.6 5.6 221 169 Kitscoty Kitscoty 4.6 5.3 221 199 A Williams Lac La Biche 4.6 4.4 221 Bashaw Bashaw 4.6 225 171 St.

Joseph Whitecourt 4.5 5.2 225 210 Percy Page Edmonton 4.5 3.4 225 Morrin Morrin 4.5 228 138 St. Vegreville 4.4 5.8 228 195 Crescent Heights Medicine Hat 4.4 4.6 228 204 Plamondon Plamondon 4.4 3.8 228 Wheatland Crossing Standard 4.4 232 151 Glenmary Peace River 4.3 5.6 232 188 St. Joseph Grande Prairie 4.3 4.8 232 W.H. Croxford Airdrie 4.3 235 176 Lamont Lamont 4.2 5.1 236 211 Eastglen Edmonton 4.1 2.8 237 202 High Level High Level 4.0 3.9 238 191 Winston Churchill Lethbridge 3.9 4.7 239 197 Hillside Valleyview 3.8 4.5 239 200 Grande Prairie Grande Prairie 3.8 4.3 239 204 Grande Cache Grande Cache 3.8 3.8 242 138 J. T.

Foster Nanton 3.7 5.8 242 191 Northstar Didsbury 3.7 4.7 242 204 James Fowler Calgary 3.7 3.8 242 209 Forest Lawn Calgary 3.7 3.5 246 Fox Creek Fox Creek 3.5 247 202 Brooks Brooks 3.4 3.9 248 Hines Creek Hines Creek 3.2 249 204 Drumheller Drumheller 3.0 3.8 249 211 Queen Elizabeth Edmonton 3.0 2.8 251 213 St. Gabriel Cyber Red Deer 2.7 2.7 252 St. High Prairie 2.4 253 208 Duchess Duchess 2.2 3.6 254 Fort McMurray Fort McMurray 2.0 255 Grand Trunk Evansburg 1.9 256 214 Pratt High Prairie 1.6 1.9 257 216 Ashmont Ashmont 1.5 0.8 258 215 Hope Christian Champion 0.8 1.4 259 217 Braemar Edmonton 0.6 0.2 260 Fort Vermilion Fort Vermilion 0.0 260 Mistassiniy Wabasca 0.0 260 St. John Bosco Grande Prairie 0.0 In this table, schools are ranked (on the left hand side of the page) in descending order (from one to 260) according to their academic performance as measured by the Overall rating out of 10 (shown on the right hand side of the table) for the school year Each five-year average ranking and Overall rating out of 10 are also listed. The higher the overall rating (out of 10), the higher the rank awarded to the school.

Where schools tied in the overall rating, they were awarded the same rank. Where less than five years of data were available, appears in the table. Not all the high schools are included in the tables or the ranking. Excluded are schools at which fewer than 10 regular day students were enrolled in Grade 12 and schools that did not generate a sufficiently large set of student data to enable the calculation of an Overall rating out of 10. Also excluded from the ratings and rankings are: centres for adult education and continuing education; schools that cater largely to non-resident foreign students; and certain alternative schools that do not offer a full program of courses.

The exclusion of a school from the Report Card should in no way be construed as a judgment of the ectiveness. Ranking high schools Important notes about the rankings PROVINCIAL RANK OVERALL RATING Last Last 2018 5 yrs Trend School name City 2018 5 yrs PROVINCIAL RANK OVERALL RATING Last Last 2018 5 yrs Trend School name City 2018 5 yrs PROVINCIAL RANK OVERALL RATING Last Last 2018 5 yrs Trend School name City 2018 5 yrs For complete school-by-school results and more details, visit compareschoolrankings.org provincial achievement tests are the only annual data that are completely objective, allowing us to take a look at how a school is MacLeod adds. Yet the report is not without controversy. The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) is among those that does not consider the report to be a fulsome assessment, noting results from Provincial Achievement Tests and Diploma exams are only one measure of student the board stated in an email response. CBE considers the overall success of students, which includes the ways they demonstrate citizenship, personal development and character in addition to academic As well, the union representing teachers in the province, the Alberta Association, argues the report card from the Fraser Institute sends the wrong message.

rankings provide no meaningful information to help improve its president, Greg Je ery, stated in an email. The report card promotes competition among schools in the education system rather than promoting values of and he adds. stop ranking schools: parents want it; teachers like it and not good for While both the Calgary public board and the union consider it unhelpful, the chair of the department of education at Mount Royal University says the Fraser Institute report can er value for some parents, educators and policymakers. form of assessment is helpful to give us a temperature on how students are says Kevin also an associate professor at the post-secondary institution. I know for a fact there are parents who are waiting for those rankings to come out to see where their school fits, and to make informed That said, he understands why the report card is controversial.

For that matter, the standardized test results that the report card is based on are not without critics either, he adds. Still, notes the provincial exams, and the school report card, are one way among many to measure how students are doing. value in them, not only from an external perspective, but also for the teachers, the students and the he says. what I do worry about is the ect the process can have on public perceptions and the day-to-day operations of schools because anytime ranking, you have winners, losers and MacLeod agrees The Fraser Institute report card is not without shortcomings, but she adds it is not designed to be an all-encompassing portrait of educational performance. But she notes provincial exams are the only widely available, standardized data compiled on academic performance.

there was more data available, use She adds Albertans should consider the report card a snapshot of how schools are performing not just this year. It also provides a look back at how they have done over the last five years. schools are fairly she says. tend to see schools have 10 out of 10 one year and three out of 10 the following But some do show significant improvement. And those ranking lower should look to others that have improved to find out what they are doing right, MacLeod suggests.

In no way is the report card meant to shame schools, she adds. like an annual checkup, so if you go to the doctor and have a great checkup, the doctor is not trying to make you feel MacLeod says. maybe there are areas of your life you need to improve, and things you need to School rankings have their critics CALGARY SCHOOLS FROM B1 Rundle College emphasizes individualized learning to help students thrive. ADRIAN SHELLARD.