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St. Michaels atop Greater Victoria elementary schools in Fraser Institute rankings

Three Oak Bay elementary schools in top 10 ranking for Victoria
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St.Michael’s Junior School was the top ranked school in Greater Victoria on the Fraser Institute school report. (Photo St.Michael’s Facebook)

Independent schools fill the first eight spots in Greater Victoria with Oak Bay’s St.Michaels taking first and Glenlyon Norfolk taking fourth. Willows is one of two public schools in the top 10, coming in tenth after Cordova Bay.

The Fraser Institute released the ranking, for 946 schools, last week.

Here are the top 10 Greater Victoria elementary schools ranked out of 946 in B.C. by the Fraser Institute on reading, writing and numeracy, possibly for the last time. Some are not ranked, such as downtown Victoria’s South Park and James Bay elementary schools.

Greater Victoria RankingSchool NameB.C. Ranking
#1St.Michaels Junior School23
#2St.Margaret’s30
#3Christ Church Cathedral30
#4Glenlyon Norfolk48
#5St.Joseph’s70
#6Maria Montessori95
#7Selkirk Montessori103
#8St.Patrick’s144
#9Cordova Bay144
#10Willows193

A full list can be found on the Fraser Institute School Ranking site.

The Fraser Institute ranking system is a contentious one in B.C..

Vice president Darren Companion (an Oaklands teacher) of the Greater Victoria Teachers Association is among those in the B.C. Teachers Federation union that have long disagreed with the Fraser Institute ranking.

Companion says the union doesn’t see a value in these tests enough to create a B.C. wide ranking.

“We’re disappointed that the government chose to continue these rankings,” Companion said. “There was discussion that these would discontinue, hopefully this is the last year.”

With teachers rolling out a diverse curriculum, and as each class has a different set of circumstances, it’s too much to base the success of a school on one test.

“It’s bad science,” Companion said. “I’d much rather see the focus stay on [the entirety] of the curriculum.”

Fraser Institute’s latest secondary school ranking is yet to be released.

-Files from Travis Paterson, Saanich News


 
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