Independent elementary schools take 80 of top 102 spots in annual report

Independent elementary schools in British Columbia continue to outperform the province’s public schools. 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 province-wide 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 those 22 public schools ranked in the top 102 spots, nine are located in West Vancouver including the top-ranked Cedardale and West Bay Elementary. Other schools in the top 10 elementary schools include Crofton House, Vancouver College, West Point Grey and York House of Vancouver, Southridge of Surrey, and Holy Cross and Our Lady of Mercy in Burnaby. Some other secondary schools in the top 10 include Little Flower and St. George’s in Vancouver, Relevant in Surrey, Collingwood in West Vancouver, Southpointe in Delta and Timothy Christian in Chilliwack.

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.

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 province-wide—has improved its overall rating from 2.8 to 6.6 between 2013 and 2017. 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, please visit www.compareschoolrankings.org.

 

 

Elementary Schools

 

2016-17 Rank

Rank in the most recent five years

Trend

School Name

City

2016-17 Rating

Rating in the most recent five years

1/946

1/811

Cedardale

West Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

Crofton House

Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

Diamond

Surrey

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

Holy Cross

Burnaby

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

Our Lady Of Mercy

Burnaby

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

Southridge

Surrey

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

St George’s

Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

Vancouver College

Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

West Point Grey

Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/946

1/811

York House

Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/946

11/811

Corpus Christi

Vancouver

10.0

9.9

1/946

13/811

Meadowridge

Maple Ridge

10.0

9.8

1/946

13/811

Our Lady Of Perpetual Help

Vancouver

10.0

9.8

1/946

13/811

Our Lady Of Sorrows

Vancouver

10.0

9.8

1/946

13/811

West Bay

West Vancouver

10.0

9.8

1/946

18/811

St Paul’s

Richmond

10.0

9.7

1/946

24/811

St Augustine’s

Vancouver

10.0

9.4

1/946

24/811

St John’s

Vancouver

10.0

9.4

1/946

41/811

St Edmund’s

North Vancouver

10.0

9.1

1/946

84/811

Surrey Muslim

Surrey

10.0

8.2

1/946

n/a

n/a

Cornerstone Montessori

Surrey

10.0

n/a

 

Secondary Schools­

 

2015-16 Rank

Rank in the most recent five years

Trend

School Name

City

2015-16 Rating

Rating in the most recent five years

1/293

1/264

York House

Vancouver

10.0

10.0

1/293

2/264

Crofton House

Vancouver

10.0

9.9

1/293

3/264

Little Flower

Vancouver

10.0

9.8

1/293

 

8/264

 

 

Relevant

 

Surrey

 

10.0

 

9.4

 

5/293

4/264

Southridge

Surrey

9.9

9.7

5/293

4/264

St George’s

Vancouver

9.9

9.7

5/293

6/264

West Point Grey

Vancouver

9.9

9.6

8/293

7/264

Collingwood

West Vancouver

9.8

9.5

9/293

11/264

Southpointe

Delta

9.7

8.9

10/293

n/a

n/a

Timothy Christian

Chilliwack

9.4

n/a

11/293

11/264

Richmond Christian

Richmond

9.2

8.9

11/293

56/264

Deer Lake SDA

Burnaby

9.2

7.2

13/293

16/264

St John’s

Vancouver

9.1

8.6

14/293

n/a

n/a

Stratford Hall

Vancouver

9.0

n/a

15/293

9/264

St Michaels

Victoria

8.9

9.0

15/293

11/264

Shawnigan Lake

Shawnigan Lake

8.9

8.9

15/293

n/a

n/a

Glenlyon Norfolk

Victoria

8.9

n/a

18/293

26/264

Vernon Christian

Vernon

8.8

8.0

19/293

17/264

Lord Byng

Vancouver

8.7

8.5

19/293

n/a

n/a

Mulgrave

West Vancouver

8.7

n/a

21/293

9/264

Brentwood College

Mill Bay

8.6

9.0

21/293

14/264

Vancouver College

Vancouver

8.6

8.7

21/293

19/264

King David

Vancouver

8.6

8.3

 

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