Ontario Elementary Rankings Let You See How Your Child’s School Fares

An annual ranking of Ontario elementary schools is now available, allowing the academic comparison of schools across the province. “Our Report Cards offer parents information they can’t easily get anywhere else, about how their child’s school performs and how it compares to other schools in Ontario,” said Peter Cowley, a Fraser Institute senior fellow. The Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools ranks 2,975 public, Catholic, and independent schools. The Fraser Institute uses results from provincewide tests and ranks school performance based on nine academic indicators that look at reading, math, and writing test results. “It doesn’t matter where a school is ranked, or what challenges its students may face. The evidence is clear—all types of schools, located all over the province with different types of students, are all capable of improvement,” Mr. Cowley said....