OAKVILLE SCHOOL RANKINGS

The Fraser Institute's Report Card on Ontario Schools provides Oakville parents an idea of where their children's school ranks against the rest.

The Report, released in 2008, ranks all schools in Ontario based on their results in the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) standardized tests. A score out of 10 is given and compared to previous years' scores as well as previous years' rankings.

"Of course this would only be one source of information for parents," said Peter Cowley, Director of School Performance Studies for the Fraser Institute and co-author of the report.

"This report card says nothing about fine arts, physical education or how schools develop leadership and citizenship amongst their kids. This will tell parents how students are doing in areas of basic skills in which the province tests them."

The rankings also allow parents to monitor any significant trends for increases or decreases in the test scores, Cowley said.

Despite caution from many observers that the Report is only a single measure of any school's effectiveness, one can nevertheless gain some insight as to the academic credentials of Oakville's schools, and how they measure up against each other.

note: ranking numbers on left columns are for all of Ontario

Oakville High Schools
(based on 2005/2006 grade 9 EQAO results)

Oakville Elementary School Rankings
(Based on 2006/2007 grade 3 EQAO results. Schools not listed are due to offering more than grades 1-5. Private/federally funded schools are not required to take the EQAO tests. The exclusion of a school should in no way be construed as a judgement of the school's effectiveness.)

To view the complete reports by the Fraser Institute, visit them online at http://www.fraserinstitute.org/

and here's a great link,  http://www.oakville.com/directory/schools/ containing complete addresses, telephone numbers and interactive mapping for all Oakville schools.