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School Rankings
The Fraser Institute released their 2018 school rankings for Oakville this past week. (Caveat - the numbers for High School rankings is from 2016/2017. The Fraser Institute has not released the High School rankings for 2018.)They rank the elementary and secondary schools of the Halton District School Board, and the secondary schools of the Halton Catholic School Board.
Private schools are not ranked.
Elementary 2018 School Rankings
There are a total of 3046 Ontario elementary schools; however, there are several schools that have achieved the same ranking.
- Abbey Lane - 1322
- Brookdale - 865
- Captain R. Wilson - 796
- Eastview - 559
- EJ James - 102
- Emily Carr - 622
- Falgarwood - 796
- Forest Trail - 123
- Gladys Speers - 947
- Heritage Glen - 681
- James W. Hill - 388
- Joshua Creek - 163
- Maple Grove - 284
- Montclair - 2100
- Munn's - 123
- New Central - 123
- Oakvwood - 1921
- Oodenawi - 213
- Palermo - 1470
- Pilgrim Wood - 144
- Pine Grove - 446
- Post's Corners - 213
- River Oaks - 1400
- Sunningdale - 250
- West Oak - 446
- WH Morden - 388
Oakville elementary schools rankings as they relate to other Ontario elementary schools
- 10 schools rank in the top 10 percent
- 5 schools rank between 10 to 20 percent
- 5 schools rank between 20 to 30 percent
- 1 school ranks between 30 to 40 percent
- 4 schools rank between 40 to 50 percent
- 1 school ranks between 60 to 70 percent
High school rankings 2016/2017
Halton District School Board
There are a total of 747 Ontario high schools
- Abbey Park - 2
- Garth Webb - 33
- Iroquiois Ridge - 25
- Oakville Trafalgar - 11
- Thomas A Blakelock - 59
- White Oaks - 43
Oakville High schools rankings as compared to other Ontario High Schools
- 1 school ranks in the top 1 percent
- 3 schools rank between 1 to 5 percent
- 2 schools rank between 5 to 10 percent
Halton Catholic District School Board
There are a total of 623 Ontario Catholic high schools
- St. Thomas Aquinas - 104
- Holy Trinity - 183
- St. Ignatius of Loyola - 87
Oakville Catholic high schools rankings as compared to Ontario Catholic high schools
- 2 schools rank in between 10 to 20 percent
- 1 school ranks in between 20 to 30 percent
According to the Fraser Institute Oakville schools are doing extremely well in comparison to all other Ontario schools.
More information
More information about what criteria is used to determine how schools are performing is available on their website: fraserinstitute.org. The website also provides information on how a school's performance is either getting better or worse. They use a wide range of sources which include standardized provincial testing.
Should a school not be listed, the institute did not have a enough information to determine the school's rank.