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July 2016
Report Card on
Albertas High Schools
2016
By Peter Cowley and Stephen Easton
Contents
Introduction / 3
Key academic indicators of school performance / 5
Other indicators of school performance / 10
Notes / 11
Detailed school reports / 12
How does your school stack up? / 36
Appendix: Calculating the Overall rating out of 10 / 40
Introduction
The Report Card on Albertas High Schools 2016
(hereafter, Report Card) collects a variety of relevant,
objective indicators of school performance into one,
easily accessible public document so that anyone can
analyze and compare the performance of individual
schools. By doing so, the Report Card assists parents
when they choose a school for their children and
encourages and assists all those seeking to improve
their schools.
techniques used in schools where students are successful, less effective schools may find ways to improve.
Comparisons are at the heart of improvement and
making comparisons among schools is made simpler
and more meaningful by the Report Cards indicators,
ratings, and rankings.
The foundation of the Report Card is an overall rating of each schools academic performance. Building
on data about student results provided by Alberta
Education (the provincial ministry of education) we
rate each school on a scale from zero to 10. We base
our overall rating of each schools academic performance on eight indicators:
2 Percentage of diploma
examinations failed
An indication of consistency
in teaching and assessment
The Gender gap indicators
Other indicators of
school performance
Since the first edition of the Report Card, we have
added other indicators that, while they are not used to
derive the Overall rating out of 10, add more information on the schools effectiveness.
Indicators of student
characteristics and programs
10
Notes
1 See, for instance, Michael Rutter et al.,
FifteenThousand Hours: Secondary Schools
and Their Effects on Children (Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press, 1979) and Peter
Mortimore et al., School Matters: The Junior
Years (Wells, Somerset: Open Books, 1988).
11
program should be complemented by effective programs in areas of school activity not measured by the
Report Card.
Geographical area
AGeographical area
BGr 12 Enrollment
The number of regular day students enrolled in grade
12 as of September 30, 2014. Indicator results for
small schools tend to be more variable than do those
for larger schools and caution should be used in inter12
13
NTrend
In the Trend column, an upward-pointing arrow at
the end of an indicator row means that the school is
probably improving on that indicator; a downwardpointing arrow means that the school is probably
getting worse. The researchers had to be at least 90%
sure that the changes were not just random before
indicating a trend. A dash () indicates that there is
no significant change; n/a indicates that there were
insufficient data available with which to calculate a
trend. Note that for Percentage of exams failed, School
vs exam mark, the two Gender gap indicators, and the
14
Other notes
Note 1
Not all of the provinces high schools are included in
the tables or the ranking. Of all the schools in the
province at which any diploma examination results
were generated, 307 are included in this Report Card.
Excluded are schools at which fewer than 10 students were enrolled in grade 12 and schools that did
not generate a sufficiently large set of student data
to enable the calculation of an Overall rating out of
10. Also excluded from the ratings and rankings are
centres for adult education and continuing education;
some home-schooling support centres, and certain
alternative schools that do not offer a full program
of courses.
The exclusion of a school from the Report Card
should not be considered to be a judgement of the
schools effectiveness.
Note 3
In accordance with its regulations regarding the privacy of personal information, where school results
involved less than six students, Alberta Education
provided no data.
Note 4
Where there were insufficient data available with
which to calculate an indicator or where a school was
not in operation during a specific year, n/a appears
in the tables.
Note 5
You can compare a schools results with the all-schools
average results shown below.
Average values for all schools 2014/2015
Average Gr 12 Enrollment: 154
ESL (%): 8.7
Special Needs (%): 13.9 Alt. French program (%): 2.9
Average Parents Income: $ n/a
Academic Performance
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Trend
Average exam mark
63.8 64.3 64.5 64.4 64.6 p
Percentage of exams failed
18.7 17.7 17.7 17.6 17.6
School vs exam mark difference 8.1 7.6 8.0 8.5 8.4
Language Arts gender gap *
2.7 2.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Math gender gap *
4.2 4.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Courses taken per student*
3.9 3.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Diploma completion rate
82.4 82.7 82.6 82.3 82.8
Delayed advancement rate
20.2 20.4 20.5 23.0 20.5
Overall rating out of 10
6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 n/a
* These indicators are not available this year.
Note 2
Note 6
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School city
Geographical area
Acme
Airdrie
Ardrossan
Ashmont
Athabasca
Banff
Barrhead
Bassano
Bawlf
Beaumont
Beaverlodge
Beiseker
Bentley
Black Diamond
Bonnyville
Bow Island
Bowden
Boyle
Breton
Brooks
Buck Lake
Calgary
Calmar
Camrose
Canmore
Cardston
Caroline
Carstairs
Castor
Champion
Chestermere
Claresholm
Coaldale
Coalhurst
Cochrane
Cold Lake
Coleman
Condor
Consort
Coronation
Cremona
Crossfield
Daysland
Delburne
Devon
Didsbury
Donnelly
Drayton Valley
Drumheller
Duchess
Dunmore
Eckville
Edmonton
Edson
Elk Point
Evansburg
Fairview
Falun
Foremost
Forestburg
Fort Macleod
Fort McMurray
Fort Saskatchewan
Fox Creek
Glendon
Grande Cache
Grande Prairie
Grassy Lake
Grimshaw
Hanna
Hay Lakes
High Level
High Prairie
High River
Hinton
Hughenden
Innisfail
Jasper
Kitscoty
La Crete
Lac La Biche
Lacombe
Lamont
Leduc
Lethbridge
Lundbreck
Magrath
Mallaig
Manning
Marwayne
Mayerthorpe
Medicine Hat
Milk River
Morinville
Morrin
Namao
Nanton
New Norway
New Sarepta
Okotoks
Olds
Onoway
Oyen
Paradise Valley
Edmonton
Edson/Whitecourt Area
St. Paul/Bonnyville Area
St. Albert/Stony Plain Area
Peace River Area
Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Stettler Area
Fort MacLeod Area
Fort McMurray Area
Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area
Edson/Whitecourt Area
St. Paul/Bonnyville Area
Jasper/Hinton Area
Grande Prairie Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Peace River Area
Drumheller/Three Hills Area
Camrose Area
High Level/Fort Vermilion Area
Grande Prairie Area
High River Area
Jasper/Hinton Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
Olds/Didsbury Area
Jasper/Hinton Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
High Level/Fort Vermilion Area
Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area
Lacombe/Ponoka Area
Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area
Leduc Area
Lethbridge Area
Fort MacLeod Area
Lethbridge Area
St. Paul/Bonnyville Area
High Level/Fort Vermilion Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
Edson/Whitecourt Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Lethbridge Area
Barrhead/Westlock Area
Drumheller/Three Hills Area
Barrhead/Westlock Area
High River Area
Camrose Area
Sherwood Park Area
Okotoks Area
Olds/Didsbury Area
St. Albert/Stony Plain Area
Drumheller/Three Hills Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
Acme Area
Airdrie Area
Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area
Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area
Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area
Banff Area
Barrhead/Westlock Area
Brooks Area
Camrose Area
Leduc Area
Grande Prairie Area
Acme Area
Rocky Mountain House Area
Okotoks Area
St. Paul/Bonnyville Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Olds/Didsbury Area
Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area
Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area
Brooks Area
Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area
Calgary
Leduc Area
Camrose Area
Banff Area
Lethbridge Area
Rocky Mountain House Area
Acme Area
Stettler Area
Picture Butte Area
Strathmore Area
Picture Butte Area
Lethbridge Area
Lethbridge Area
Cochrane/Bragg Creek Area
St. Paul/Bonnyville Area
Picture Butte Area
Rocky Mountain House Area
Stettler Area
Stettler Area
Olds/Didsbury Area
Airdrie Area
Camrose Area
Stettler Area
Leduc Area
Olds/Didsbury Area
Peace River Area
Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area
Drumheller/Three Hills Area
Brooks Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Rocky Mountain House Area
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School city
Geographical area
Peace River
Picture Butte
Pincher Creek
Plamondon
Ponoka
Provost
Raymond
Red Deer
Redwater
Rimbey
Rocky Mountain House
Rosemary
Ryley
Sedgewick
Sexsmith
Sherwood Park
Slave Lake
Smoky Lake
Spirit River
Spruce Grove
St. Albert
St. Paul
Standard
Stettler
Stirling
Stony Plain
Strathmore
Sundre
Sylvan Lake
Taber
Thorhild
Thorsby
Three Hills
Tofield
Trochu
Two Hills
Valleyview
Vauxhall
Vegreville
Vermilion
Viking
Vulcan
Wainwright
Warburg
Warner
Westlock
Wetaskiwin
Whitecourt
Lethbridge Area
St. Albert/Stony Plain Area
Strathmore Area
Olds/Didsbury Area
Rocky Mountain House Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area
Leduc Area
Drumheller/Three Hills Area
Sherwood Park Area
Drumheller/Three Hills Area
Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area
Grande Prairie Area
Taber/Medicine Hat Area
Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
High River Area
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area
Lethbridge Area
Barrhead/Westlock Area
Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area
Edson/Whitecourt Area
Page
Geographical area
17
Page
Acme Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lacombe/Ponoka Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Airdrie Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Leduc Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lethbridge Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Banff Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Okotoks Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Barrhead/Westlock Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Olds/Didsbury Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brooks Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Calgary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Camrose Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Red Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Edmonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Edson/Whitecourt Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Stettler Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Strathmore Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Wainwright/Vermilion Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jasper/Hinton Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
18
Acme Area
Airdrie Area
19
Barrhead/Westlock Area
Brooks Area
Calgary
20
21
22
Camrose Area
23
Edmonton
24
25
Edson/Whitecourt Area
26
Fort Mcmurray Area
27
Lacombe/Ponoka Area
Leduc Area
28
Lethbridge Area
Okotoks Area
29
Olds/Didsbury Area
30
Red Deer
31
32
Stettler Area
Strathmore Area
33
34
Wainwright/Vermilion Area
35
Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
1 1 Old Scona
1 1 Webber
1 3 Rundle College
4 4 West Island College
4 n/a n/a Tempo
6 5 Strathcona-Tweedsmuir
7 8 Bearspaw Christian
8 18 St. Timothy
9 6 Western Canada
9 9 Westmount
11 11 p Olds
11 36 Olds Koinonia
13 6 Sir Winston Churchill
14 11 Archbishop MacDonald
14 14 Strathcona Christian
14 n/a n/a Alberta Fine Arts
14 n/a n/a E. H. Walter
Edmonton
Calgary
Calgary
Calgary
Edmonton
Okotoks
Calgary
Cochrane
Calgary
Calgary
Olds
Olds
Calgary
Edmonton
Sherwood Park
Okotoks
Paradise Valley
10.0
10.0
10.0
9.8
9.8
9.2
9.1
8.9
8.7
8.7
8.6
8.6
8.5
8.4
8.4
8.4
8.4
10.0
10.0
9.9
9.6
n/a
9.1
8.6
8.0
8.8
8.5
8.3
7.5
8.8
8.3
8.2
n/a
n/a
36
14
19
19
21
21
21
24
24
24
24
28
28
28
28
32
32
32
n/a
51
n/a
10
16
n/a
11
20
30
43
16
25
92
n/a
14
20
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
p
p
n/a
8.4
8.3
8.3
8.2
8.2
8.2
8.1
8.1
8.1
8.1
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
7.9
7.9
7.9
n/a
7.2
n/a
8.4
8.1
n/a
8.3
7.9
7.6
7.4
8.1
7.8
6.6
n/a
8.2
7.9
7.9
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Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
101
101
101
101
101
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
118
118
118
118
118
118
118
118
118
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
140
140
140
140
140
140
146
146
146
146
146
146
146
32
32
37
38
38
38
38
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
49
49
49
49
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
60
60
60
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
72
72
72
72
72
77
77
77
77
77
77
77
77
77
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
25
43
20
68
135
170
192
18
28
28
36
43
n/a
n/a
25
30
30
51
30
43
57
86
100
100
n/a
20
48
126
30
43
48
51
57
63
63
n/a
n/a
36
36
92
196
n/a
36
36
51
57
80
176
204
n/a
n/a
48
51
57
57
100
108
135
150
p
p
p
n/a
n/a
p
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
q
q
q
p
n/a
n/a
p
p
W. R. Myers
Didsbury
Beaumont
Ernest Manning
Holy Trinity Academy
St. Marys
Mallaig
Calgary Christian
J H Picard
Millwoods Christian
Strathcona
Bev Facey
Airdrie Koinonia Christian
Learning@HOME
Rundle College Academy
Edge
Henry Wise Wood
Magrath
Centennial
South Central
Foothills Academy
Crowsnest
Hughenden
Tofield
Horizon MAP
Immanuel Christian
Queen Elizabeth
Matthew Halton
Christ The King
Masters College
Onoway
George McDougall
Hunting Hills
Holy Cross
McCoy
St. Jeromes
St. Peter the Apostle
Archbishop Jordan
St. Francis
Vegreville
Delburne Centralized
Stirling
Cochrane
Harry Ainlay
John G Diefenbaker
Bishop OByrne
Spruce Grove
Innisfail
Sexsmith
Calgary Academy Collegiate
Lillian Osborne
St. Albert
Hugh Sutherland
Eagle Butte
Kate Andrews
W. G. Murdoch
Cold Lake
J. T. Foster
Notre Dame
Taber
Didsbury
Beaumont
Calgary
Drayton Valley
Taber
Mallaig
Calgary
Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton
Sherwood Park
Airdrie
Okotoks
Calgary
Calgary
Calgary
Magrath
Calgary
Oyen
Calgary
Coleman
Hughenden
Tofield
Vauxhall
Lethbridge
Calgary
Pincher Creek
Leduc
Calgary
Onoway
Airdrie
Red Deer
Strathmore
Medicine Hat
Vermilion
Spruce Grove
Sherwood Park
Calgary
Vegreville
Delburne
Stirling
Cochrane
Edmonton
Calgary
Calgary
Spruce Grove
Innisfail
Sexsmith
Calgary
Edmonton
St. Albert
Carstairs
Dunmore
Coaldale
Crossfield
Cold Lake
Nanton
Bonnyville
7.9
7.9
7.8
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.6
7.6
7.6
7.6
7.6
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
7.8
7.4
7.9
6.9
6.1
5.6
5.2
8.0
7.7
7.7
7.5
7.4
n/a
n/a
7.8
7.6
7.6
7.2
7.6
7.4
7.1
6.7
6.5
6.5
n/a
7.9
7.3
6.2
7.6
7.4
7.3
7.2
7.1
7.0
7.0
n/a
n/a
7.5
7.5
6.6
5.1
n/a
7.5
7.5
7.2
7.1
6.8
5.5
4.9
n/a
n/a
7.3
7.2
7.1
7.1
6.5
6.4
6.1
5.9
150
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
51
92
92
100
n/a
30
36
63
63
68
68
80
92
108
108
120
158
57
68
80
80
86
92
92
108
n/a
68
68
68
80
86
100
100
108
120
120
126
143
n/a
86
92
100
135
158
192
68
68
80
108
126
165
165
p
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
q
p
p
n/a
q
p
n/a
Willow Creek
Calgary Islamic
des Beaux-Lacs
Living Waters
Maurice-Lavallee
Mother Margaret Mary
St. Dominic
Notre Dame Collegiate
Foothills
St. Gabriel the Archangel
Notre Dame
Foremost
National Sport
Picture Butte
Bow Valley
St. Martin De Porres
Central Alberta Christian
Redwater
St. Francis Xavier
Memorial
Leduc
Rosemary
Wetaskiwin
La Crete
Livingstone
Paul Kane
Austin OBrien
Three Hills
Louis St. Laurent
Bishop Grandin
Vimy Ridge
Chestermere
New Sarepta
Highwood
Morinville
Senator Gershaw
Sundre
Parkview Adventist
J. R. Robson
Rimbey
Crescent Heights
Central Memorial
Lord Beaverbrook
St. Marys
Two Hills
Alexandre-Tach
Jasper
Holy Trinity
Bowness
Gerard Redmond
H. J. Cody
Thorhild Central
Acme
Canmore Collegiate
New Norway
Cremona
Calgary Academy
Eckville
Richard F Staples
Claresholm
6.9 5.9
Calgary
6.9 n/a
Bonnyville
6.9 n/a
Spruce Grove
6.9 n/a
Edmonton
6.9 n/a
Edmonton
6.9 n/a
Rocky Mountain House 6.9 n/a
High River
6.8 7.2
Okotoks
6.8 6.6
Chestermere
6.8 6.6
Calgary
6.8 6.5
Foremost
6.8 n/a
Calgary
6.7 7.6
Picture Butte
6.7 7.5
Cochrane
6.7 7.0
Airdrie
6.7 7.0
Lacombe
6.7 6.9
Redwater
6.7 6.9
Edmonton
6.7 6.8
Stony Plain
6.7 6.6
Leduc
6.7 6.4
Rosemary
6.7 6.4
Wetaskiwin
6.7 6.3
La Crete
6.7 5.8
Lundbreck
6.6 7.1
St. Albert
6.6 6.9
Edmonton
6.6 6.8
Three Hills
6.6 6.8
Edmonton
6.6 6.7
Calgary
6.6 6.6
Edmonton
6.6 6.6
Calgary
6.6 6.4
New Sarepta
6.6 n/a
High River
6.5 6.9
Morinville
6.5 6.9
Bow Island
6.5 6.9
Sundre
6.5 6.8
Lacombe
6.5 6.7
Vermilion
6.5 6.5
Rimbey
6.5 6.5
Calgary
6.5 6.4
Calgary
6.5 6.3
Calgary
6.5 6.3
Vegreville
6.5 6.2
Two Hills
6.5 6.0
St. Albert
6.5 n/a
Jasper
6.4 6.7
Edmonton
6.4 6.6
Calgary
6.4 6.5
Hinton
6.4 6.1
Sylvan Lake
6.4 5.8
Thorhild
6.4 5.2
Acme
6.3 6.9
Canmore
6.3 6.9
New Norway
6.3 6.8
Cremona
6.3 6.4
Calgary
6.3 6.2
Eckville
6.3 5.7
Westlock
6.3 5.7
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Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
146
154
154
154
154
154
154
154
161
161
161
161
165
165
165
165
165
165
165
165
173
173
173
173
173
173
173
173
173
182
182
182
182
182
182
182
189
189
189
189
189
189
195
195
195
195
195
195
201
201
201
201
201
201
201
201
201
201
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
218
218
218
218
218
218
224
224
224
224
224
224
224
224
224
224
224
235
235
235
235
235
240
240
240
240
240
245
245
245
248
248
248
248
248
248
248
255
256
256
256
259
259
259
259
259
264
265
265
265
268
268
268
204
68
68
126
135
143
143
158
120
126
126
143
63
100
108
108
135
150
158
n/a
108
108
108
120
126
135
170
180
211
126
143
150
176
196
n/a
n/a
108
196
204
n/a
n/a
n/a
143
150
183
183
204
n/a
86
150
158
170
170
180
183
183
n/a
n/a
158
q
q
n/a
q
q
p
p
p
p
n/a
n/a
p
n/a
n/a
n/a
p
n/a
q
n/a
n/a
Thorsby
Assumption
County Central
Sturgeon
Provost
Central High Sedgewick
Holy Redeemer
Bowden Grandview
Notre Dame
Archbishop Oscar Romero
John Maland
Daysland
Coronation
Raymond
Bert Church
W P Wagner
Glenmary
Salisbury
Strathmore
Northstar
Catholic Central
St. Joseph
Westwood
Ross Sheppard
Archbishop OLeary
Barrhead
Frank Maddock
Chinook
Peace Wapiti Academy
F. P. Walshe
Parkland
Winston Churchill
Fort Saskatchewan
Kitscoty
Marwayne Jubilee
Morrin
St. Josephs
Bonnyville
J. C. Charyk Hanna
Chinook Winds Adventist
Holy Trinity
Learning Store on Whyte
Medicine Hat
Will Sinclair
Jasper Place
Peace River
Lamont
Edmonton Islamic
Edmonton Christian
Lacombe
Father Patrick Mercredi
Georges P Vanier
Oilfields
Bellerose
Hilltop
Lindsay Thurber
Headway
Trochu Valley
Camrose
Thorsby
6.3 4.9
Cold Lake
6.2 6.9
Vulcan
6.2 6.9
Namao
6.2 6.2
Provost
6.2 6.1
Sedgewick
6.2 6.0
Edson
6.2 6.0
Bowden
6.2 5.8
Red Deer
6.1 6.3
Edmonton
6.1 6.2
Devon
6.1 6.2
Daysland
6.1 6.0
Coronation
6.0 7.0
Raymond
6.0 6.5
Airdrie
6.0 6.4
Edmonton
6.0 6.4
Peace River
6.0 6.1
Sherwood Park
6.0 5.9
Strathmore
6.0 5.8
Didsbury
6.0 n/a
Lethbridge
5.9 6.4
Whitecourt
5.9 6.4
Fort McMurray
5.9 6.4
Edmonton
5.9 6.3
Edmonton
5.9 6.2
Barrhead
5.9 6.1
Drayton Valley
5.9 5.6
Lethbridge
5.9 5.4
Grande Prairie
5.9 4.8
Fort Macleod
5.8 6.2
Edson
5.8 6.0
Lethbridge
5.8 5.9
Fort Saskatchewan 5.8 5.5
Kitscoty
5.8 5.1
Marwayne
5.8 n/a
Morrin
5.8 n/a
Brooks
5.7 6.4
Bonnyville
5.7 5.1
Hanna
5.7 4.9
Calgary
5.7 n/a
Fort McMurray
5.7 n/a
Edmonton
5.7 n/a
Medicine Hat
5.6 6.0
Rocky Mountain House 5.6 5.9
Edmonton
5.6 5.3
Peace River
5.6 5.3
Lamont
5.6 4.9
Edmonton
5.6 n/a
Edmonton
5.5 6.7
Lacombe
5.5 5.9
Fort McMurray
5.5 5.8
Donnelly
5.5 5.6
Black Diamond
5.5 5.6
St. Albert
5.5 5.4
Whitecourt
5.5 5.3
Red Deer
5.5 5.3
Edmonton
5.5 n/a
Trochu
5.5 n/a
Camrose
5.4 5.8
165
183
213
213
n/a
n/a
120
150
192
202
226
n/a
68
86
126
135
158
183
183
217
232
n/a
n/a
170
196
204
204
n/a
135
165
204
213
n/a
150
228
n/a
180
192
217
222
n/a
n/a
n/a
183
196
222
229
176
183
229
232
n/a
176
202
211
217
165
213
n/a
p
n/a
n/a
p
n/a
q
q
q
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
q
p
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
q
p
q
p
n/a
q
n/a
Fairview
M. E. LaZerte
Harry Collinge
Pigeon Lake
Erle Rivers
Warner
Bassano
Lethbridge Collegiate
Bentley
Our Lady of Mount Pleasant
Grimshaw
Buck Mountain
Viking
Coalhurst
Calmar
Gus Wetter
Banff
Edwin Parr
St. Anthonys
Father Lacombe
St. Andrews
Robert Thirsk
Vista-Virtual
Mayerthorpe
H. A. Kostash
Cardston
St. Joseph
Breton
St. Michaels
St. Augustine
Paul Rowe
Hillside
CBe - Learn
St. Marys
Bishop McNally
Charles Spencer
Prairie Christian
Wainwright
Warburg
Caroline
Forestburg
Gabrielle-Roy
St. Mary
John Paul II
William E Hay
Brooks
J A Williams
McNally
Lester B. Pearson
David Thompson
Grande Prairie
Hope Christian
Crescent Heights
Ponoka
Victoria
Fort McMurray
Blessed Sacrament
Spirit River
La Rose Sauvage
Fairview
Edmonton
Hinton
Falun
Milk River
Warner
Bassano
Lethbridge
Bentley
Camrose
Grimshaw
Buck Lake
Viking
Coalhurst
Calmar
Castor
Banff
Athabasca
Drumheller
Calgary
High Prairie
Calgary
Barrhead
Mayerthorpe
Smoky Lake
Cardston
Grande Prairie
Breton
Pincher Creek
Ponoka
Manning
Valleyview
Calgary
Calgary
Calgary
Grande Prairie
Three Hills
Wainwright
Warburg
Caroline
Forestburg
Edmonton
Westlock
Fort Saskatchewan
Stettler
Brooks
Lac La Biche
Edmonton
Calgary
Condor
Grande Prairie
Champion
Medicine Hat
Ponoka
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Wainwright
Spirit River
Calgary
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.9
4.9
4.9
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.2
4.2
4.2
5.7
5.3
4.7
4.7
n/a
n/a
6.3
5.9
5.2
5.0
4.2
n/a
6.9
6.7
6.2
6.1
5.8
5.3
5.3
4.6
3.9
n/a
n/a
5.6
5.1
4.9
4.9
n/a
6.1
5.7
4.9
4.7
n/a
5.9
4.1
n/a
5.4
5.2
4.6
4.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
5.3
5.1
4.4
4.0
5.5
5.3
4.0
3.9
n/a
5.5
5.0
4.8
4.6
5.7
4.7
n/a
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Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
Rank
Overall rating
Last Last
2014/ 5
2014/ 5
2015 yrs Trend School name
City
2015 yrs
268
272
272
272
272
276
276
276
279
279
281
281
283
284
285
285
287
287
289
290
290
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
305
305
n/a
143
224
226
232
196
237
n/a
229
240
217
237
237
n/a
n/a
n/a
236
n/a
170
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
q
Airdrie
Hay Lakes
Duchess
Grande Cache
Boyle
Beiseker
Plamondon
Edmonton
Slave Lake
High Level
Beaverlodge
Calgary
Calgary
Edmonton
Barrhead
Red Deer
Drumheller
Red Deer
Ryley
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.7
3.7
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.1
n/a
6.0
4.3
4.2
3.9
5.1
3.6
n/a
4.0
3.5
4.6
3.6
3.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
3.8
n/a
5.6
217
n/a
224
244
232
241
243
245
n/a
n/a
241
n/a
n/a
246
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
q
q
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Glendon
Airdrie Learning Connection
Standard
J Percy Page
Grand Trunk
E W Pratt
Queen Elizabeth
Eastglen
Fox Creek
Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys
St. Thomas More
Ashmont
Cardinal Collins
Braemar
St. Marys
Amiskwaciy
Frank Spragins
St. John Bosco
Glendon
Airdrie
Standard
Edmonton
Evansburg
High Prairie
Edmonton
Edmonton
Fox Creek
Calgary
Fairview
Ashmont
Edmonton
Edmonton
Sexsmith
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Grande Prairie
3.0
3.0
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.4
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.3
0.9
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
n/a
4.3
2.8
3.9
3.1
3.0
2.3
n/a
n/a
3.1
n/a
n/a
0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Appendix: Calculating
the Overall rating out of 10
The Overall rating out of 10 is intended to answer the question, In general, how is the school doing, academically
compared with other schools in the Report Card? The following is a simplified description of the procedure used
to convert the raw indicator data into the Overall rating out of 10.
1 Course by course, the average diploma examination marks and failure rates for each school were standardized
by calculating Z, which is defined by:
Z = (X ) /
where X is the individual schools result, is the mean of the all-schools distribution of results, and is the
standard deviation of the same all-schools distribution.
2. The School vs exam mark difference for each course was calculated using the raw data and then standardized as
described in step 1 above.
3 The course-by-course standardized data were then aggregated to produce weighted average indicator values.
The weighting used was the number of student course completions in each course at the school relative to the
total number of student course completions at the school.
4 These weighted average results were then re-standardized.
5 The Gender gap indicators were calculated using the raw data and then standardized as described in step 1
above.
6 The Courses taken per student, Diploma completion rate, and Delayed advancement rate indicators were calculated
using the raw data and then standardized as described in step 1 above.
7 The eight standardized indicator results were then combined to produce a weighted average summary
standardized score for the school. The weightings used in these calculations were Average exam mark20%,
Percentage of exams failed20%, School vs exam mark10%, English 30-1 gender gap5%, Pure Math 30
gender gap5%, Courses taken per student20%, Diploma completion rate10%, and Delayed advancement
rate10%. In instances when fewer than two Gender gap indicators could be calculated, Gender gap results
did not contribute to the Overall rating. In such instances, the School vs exam mark difference was weighted at
20%. Similarly, when the Delayed advancement rate could not be calculated, the Diploma completion rate was
weighted at 20%.
8 This summary standardized score was re-standardized.
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This standardized score was converted into an Overall rating between 0 and 10 as follows:
9 The maximum and minimum standardized scores were set at 2.2 and 3.29 respectively. Scores equal to, or
greater than, 2.2 received the highest overall rating of 10. This cut-off was chosen because it allows more than
one school in a given year to be awarded 10 out of 10. Scores of equal to, or less than, 3.29 received the
lowest overall rating of 0. Schools with scores below 3.29 are likely to be outliers, a statistical term used to
denote members of a population that appear to have characteristics substantially different from the rest of the
population. We chose, therefore, to set the minimum score so as to disregard such extreme differences.
10 The resulting standardized scores were converted into Overall ratings according to the formula:
OR = + ( * StanScore),
where OR is the resulting Overall rating, is the average calculated according to the formula:
= (10 ) / Zmax ,
and StanScore is the standardized score calculated in (8) above and adjusted as required for minimum and
maximum values as noted in (9) above. As noted in (9) above, ORmin equals zero, Zmin equals 3.29; and Zmax
equals 2.2.
11 Finally, the derived Overall rating is rounded to one place of the decimal to reflect the significant number of
places of the decimal in the original raw data.
Note that the Overall rating out of 10, based as it is on standardized scores, is a relative rating. That is, in order for
a school to show improvement in its Overall rating, it must improve more than the average. If it improves but at
a rate less than the average, it will show a decline in its rating.
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Stephen T. Easton
Stephen T. Easton is a professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University and a Senior Scholar at the Fraser
Institute. He received his A.B. from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Recent works
published by the Fraser Institute include Privatizing Prisons (editor, 1998), The Costs of Crime: Who Pays and How
Much? 1998 Update (with Paul Brantingham, 1998), and Rating Global Economic Freedom (editor, 1992). A coauthor of A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia (1998), Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic Gender
Balance in British Columbias Secondary Schools (1999) and the Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British
Columbia (2004), he has continued to co-author the Report Cards of British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick
and, most recently, Ontario. Other publications about education include Do We Have a Problem Yet? Women
and Men in Higher Education, in David Laidler (ed.), Renovating the Ivory Tower: Canadian Universities and the
Knowledge Economy (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 2002), pp. 6079; Plus a change, plus cest la mme chose
in Stephen B. Lawton, Rodney Reed, and Fons van Wieringen, Restructuring Public Schooling (Berlin: SpringerVerlag, 1997) and Education in Canada: An Analysis of Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Schooling (Vancouver:
the Fraser Institute, 1988). His editorials have been carried by the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, the National
Post, the Ottawa Citizen, the Stirling chain and many other newspapers around the country.
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Media
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July 2016
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