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Burnaby elementary school ranked highest in BC
The top school in the province was Deer Lake SDA in Burnaby, which received a rating of 9.2 out of 10, according to the Fraser Institute. The second school was St. Andrew’s in Vancouver, which had a rating of 8 out of 10. Third went to Upper Lynn in North Vancouver with a rating of 7.8.
More than ninety per cent of all elementary schools in the province that showed significant improvement are public, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of B.C. elementary schools.
Fifty-seven of the 61 schools that showed significant improvement were public.
However, the average overall rating for B.C.’s independent elementary schools was eight out of 10, compared to 5.6 out of 10 for public schools in the Report Card on British Columbia’s Elementary Schools 2017.
“Independent schools in the province continue to outperform their public school counterparts,” concluded Peter Cowley, director of School Performance Studies at the Fraser Institute.
This year’s report ranked 956 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the province-wide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) results.
For the complete results on all ranked schools, visit www.compareschoolrankings.org.
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10 fastest improving elementary schools in B.C. (fastest at the top) |
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School |
Location |
Overall rating for 2016 (out of 10) |
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St. Andrew’s |
Vancouver |
8 |
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Silverdale |
Mission |
6.4 |
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Upper Lynn |
North Vancouver |
7.8 |
|
Sunset |
Port McNeill |
6.9 |
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Deer Lake SDA |
Burnaby |
9.2 |
|
Ecole Cobble Hill |
Cobble Hill |
6.8 |
|
Pleasantside |
Port Moody |
7.5 |
|
Drinkwater |
Duncan |
4.7 |
|
Suwilaawks Community School |
Terrace |
4.1 |
|
Edwin S. Richards |
Mission |
5.7 |
Elementary School
|
2015-16 Rank |
Rank in the most recent five years |
Trend |
School Name |
City |
2015-16 Rating |
Rating in the most recent five years |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
— |
Crofton House |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
— |
Holy Cross |
Burnaby |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
— |
Mulgrave |
West Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
▲ |
Our Lady Of Mercy |
Burnaby |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
▼ |
Southridge |
Surrey |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
▼ |
St George's |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
▼ |
Vancouver College |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
— |
West Point Grey |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
1/780 |
— |
York House |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/956 |
10/780 |
— |
Corpus Christi |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.9 |
|
1/956 |
11/780 |
— |
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.8 |
|
1/956 |
11/780 |
— |
St Michaels |
Victoria |
10.0 |
9.8 |
|
1/956 |
11/780 |
— |
West Bay |
West Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.8 |
|
1/956 |
18/780 |
— |
St Michaels |
Burnaby |
10.0 |
9.6 |
|
1/956 |
24/780 |
— |
St Augustine's |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.4 |
|
1/956 |
33/780 |
— |
Southpointe |
Delta |
10.0 |
9.2 |
|
1/956 |
38/780 |
— |
Westcot |
West Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.1 |
|
1/956 |
n/a |
n/a |
Cornerstone Montessori |
Surrey |
10.0 |
n/a |
|
1/956 |
n/a |
n/a |
Cousteau |
North Vancouver |
10.0 |
n/a |
|
1/956 |
n/a |
n/a |
Diamond |
Surrey |
10.0 |
n/a |
|
1/956 |
n/a |
n/a |
St John's |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
n/a |
|
1/956 |
n/a |
n/a |
Vancouver Hebrew Academy |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
n/a |
|
23/956 |
11/780 |
— |
Meadowridge |
Maple Ridge |
9.9 |
9.8 |
|
23/956 |
18/780 |
— |
Cedardale |
West Vancouver |
9.9 |
9.6 |
|
23/956 |
33/780 |
— |
Holy Trinity |
North Vancouver |
9.9 |
9.2 |
|
26/956 |
18/780 |
— |
Our Lady Of Sorrows |
Vancouver |
9.8 |
9.6 |
|
26/956 |
24/780 |
— |
John Knox Christian |
Burnaby |
9.8 |
9.4 |
|
26/956 |
28/780 |
— |
Richmond Christian |
Richmond |
9.8 |
9.3 |
|
26/956 |
39/780 |
— |
Chartwell |
West Vancouver |
9.8 |
9.0 |
|
30/956 |
11/780 |
— |
Collingwood |
West Vancouver |
9.7 |
9.8 |
|
30/956 |
22/780 |
— |
Star Of The Sea |
Surrey |
9.7 |
9.5 |
|
30/956 |
28/780 |
— |
Stratford Hall |
Vancouver |
9.7 |
9.3 |
|
30/956 |
42/780 |
— |
Pauline Johnson |
West Vancouver |
9.7 |
8.8 |
|
30/956 |
n/a |
n/a |
Cornerstone Christian |
Richmond |
9.7 |
n/a |
Secondary School
|
2014-15 Rank |
Rank in the most recent five years |
Trend |
School Name |
City |
2014-15 Rating |
Rating in the most recent five years |
|
1/294 |
1/262 |
— |
York House |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
1/294 |
2/262 |
— |
Crofton House |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.9 |
|
1/294 |
3/262 |
▲ |
Little Flower |
Vancouver |
10.0 |
9.7 |
|
4/294 |
5/262 |
— |
St George's |
Vancouver |
9.9 |
9.6 |
|
5/294 |
7/262 |
▲ |
Collingwood |
West Vancouver |
9.8 |
9.3 |
|
6/294 |
3/262 |
— |
Southridge |
Surrey |
9.6 |
9.7 |
|
7/294 |
8/262 |
▲ |
Relevant |
Surrey |
9.5 |
9.2 |
|
7/294 |
n/a |
n/a |
Glenlyon Norfolk |
Victoria |
9.5 |
n/a |
|
9/294 |
6/262 |
— |
West Point Grey |
Vancouver |
9.4 |
9.5 |
|
9/294 |
13/262 |
— |
Shawnigan Lake |
Shawnigan Lake |
9.4 |
8.8 |
|
11/294 |
8/262 |
— |
Brentwood College |
Mill Bay |
9.2 |
9.2 |
|
12/294 |
n/a |
n/a |
Mulgrave |
West Vancouver |
9.1 |
n/a |
|
13/294 |
10/262 |
— |
St Michaels |
Victoria |
9.0 |
9.0 |
|
13/294 |
n/a |
n/a |
Timothy Christian |
Chilliwack |
9.0 |
n/a |
|
15/294 |
13/262 |
— |
Richmond Christian |
Richmond |
8.9 |
8.8 |
|
16/294 |
15/262 |
— |
Southpointe |
Delta |
8.8 |
8.6 |
|
17/294 |
16/262 |
— |
Lord Byng |
Vancouver |
8.7 |
8.5 |
|
17/294 |
21/262 |
— |
St John's |
Vancouver |
8.7 |
8.2 |
|
19/294 |
16/262 |
— |
St Thomas More |
Burnaby |
8.6 |
8.5 |
|
20/294 |
11/262 |
— |
Vancouver College |
Vancouver |
8.5 |
8.9 |
|
20/294 |
16/262 |
— |
King David |
Vancouver |
8.5 |
8.5 |
|
20/294 |
28/262 |
— |
Vernon Christian |
Vernon |
8.5 |
7.8 |
|
23/294 |
11/262 |
▼ |
Meadowridge |
Maple Ridge |
8.4 |
8.9 |
|
23/294 |
21/262 |
— |
Okanagan Mission |
Kelowna |
8.4 |
8.2 |
|
23/294 |
74/262 |
▲ |
Carver Christian |
Burnaby |
8.4 |
6.9 |
|
26/294 |
19/262 |
— |
Kelowna Christian |
Kelowna |
8.2 |
8.4 |
|
26/294 |
21/262 |
— |
Sentinel |
West Vancouver |
8.2 |
8.2 |
|
28/294 |
19/262 |
— |
University Hill |
Vancouver |
8.1 |
8.4 |
|
28/294 |
n/a |
n/a |
Deer Lake SDA |
Burnaby |
8.1 |
n/a |
|
30/294 |
21/262 |
— |
St Thomas Aquinas |
North Vancouver |
8.0 |
8.2 |
|
30/294 |
26/262 |
— |
Archbishop Carney |
Port Coquitlam |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
30/294 |
n/a |
n/a |
Stratford Hall |
Vancouver |
8.0 |
n/a |
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