As School year ends, Fraser Institute Report card is released for BC Secondary schools

Much like the students leaving school this week, administrators and school officials across the province have been given their grades by the Fraser Institute, which has released its annual findings for Secondary Schools in the province.

And this year, for School District 52, the Coast Mountain District in Terrace/Kitimat and the Bulkley Valley the results are showing an improved level of success from the Fraser Institutes findings.

The highest level of success from the findings for 2019 goes to Caledonia in Terrace which received a 7.1 rating, ranking 59th out 251 schools surveyed.

In the press release that comes with the roll out of data, the Fraser Institute made note of the 10 fastest improving schools from this years review, with Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace all hailed for their improvement.

Angela McLeod, a Senior Policy analyst with the Fraser Institute noted that the annual report highlights both areas where improvement are needed and how improvement is possible regardless of where the schools are geographically located.

“This Report Card proves that improvement is possible in every corner of the province, in every type of school serving every type of student,”

The annual report is compiled by Ms. MacLeod and Mr. Peter Cowley and as the Fraser Institute describes it, provides the key academic indicators to help parents and guardians determine a schools performance.

As for the list of results, for Charles Hays Secondary the data review saw the Prince Rupert High school gain a 5.4 rating, listed at 167th out of 251, making for a slight dip from last year's mark of 6.0, and a listing of 121 out of 253.

But still high enough to merit the mention from the Fraser Institute analysts.

Among the areas of note from the report, an upward trend in Average exam marks and a drop in those exams which are failed.

The remainder of the findings for the Northwest can be found below:

The full report card for 2019 can be reviewed here.

Earlier this year, the Fraser Institute released its findings for elementary schools, which you can review here.

While the numbers show positive results for the Northwest, there probably won't be much mention of the findings from School District officials across the region.

As has been the case in the past, administrators and teachers prefer to take a wider overview of the spectrum of education in the region.

With the one shot data release from the Fraser Institute something which they tend to ignore for the most part, while the BCTF takes a more public push back against the annual results. Frequently noting that the limited scope of the Fraser Institute numbers does not provide a complete picture of school performance and disregards some of the challenges to education that are found.

For more information related to education in the region see our archive page here.


Cross posted from the North Coast Review.