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1 ing the schools Important notes to the rankings In this table, schools are ranked (on the left side of the page) in descending order (from 1 to 1,007) according to their academic performance as measured by the (shown on the right side of the table) for the school year 2004/2005. Each school s five-year average ranking and are also listed. The higher the overall school rating (out of 10), the higher the rank awarded to the school. Where schools tied in the,, they were awarded the same rank. Where fewer than five years of data were available, n/a appears in the table. Not all the province s elementary schools are included in the tables or the ranking. Of all the schools in the province reporting FSA results, 1,009 are included in this Report Card.. Included are schools that enrolled at least 15 students in both grade 4 and grade 7. Also included are eligible schools (noted in this table with a double asterisk) whose students advanced to a middle school after grade 5 or grade 6 (see Elementary schools included in this report on page 5). Excluded are those schools including the province s francophone schools that did not generate a sufficiently large set of student data to enable the calculation of an for the school year 2004/2005. The exclusion of a school from the Report Card should not be considered a judgment of the school s effectiveness. 1 1 Crofton House Vancouver St George s Vancouver York House Vancouver St Paul s Richmond St Joseph The Worker Richmond Corpus Christi Vancouver Jules Quesnel Vancouver West Point Grey Vancouver Richmond Christian Richmond Immaculate Conception Vancouver Queen Of All Saints Coquitlam Blessed Sacrament Vancouver Khalsa (Surrey) Surrey n/a Admiral Seymour Vancouver 10.0 n/a 1 n/a Diamond Surrey 10.0 n/a 1 n/a J V Humphries Kaslo 10.0 n/a 1 n/a Meadowridge Maple Ridge 10.0 n/a 1 n/a Mulgrave West Vancouver 10.0 n/a 1 n/a St Margaret s Victoria 10.0 n/a Westcot West Vancouver Vancouver College Vancouver Maywood Burnaby Trafalgar Vancouver n/a St Pius X North Vancouver 9.8 n/a 25 4 Southridge Surrey Sir William Osler Vancouver Our Lady Of Fatima Coquitlam Uplands Langley Gleneagles West Vancouver Pauline Johnson West Vancouver Immaculate Conception Delta Queen Mary Vancouver St Anthony s West Vancouver St Patrick s Maple Ridge n/a Khalsa (Vancouver) Vancouver 9.5 n/a 32 n/a Southpointe Delta 9.5 n/a 32 n/a St John s Vancouver 9.5 n/a Holy Trinity North Vancouver Our Lady Of Good Counsel Surrey Sansbury Sidney

2 104 Report Card on British Columbia s Elementary Schools 2006 Edition Chartwell West Vancouver Collingwood West Vancouver St Catherines Langley Vancouver Talmud Torah Vancouver Carisbrooke North Vancouver St Ann s Kamloops Beach Grove Delta David Lloyd George Vancouver White Rock Christian Surrey Dr R E McKechnie Vancouver Riverview Park Coquitlam Queen Elizabeth Vancouver Sacred Heart Delta St Andrew s Victoria n/a Tyee Vancouver 9.0 n/a 56 5 Highlands North Vancouver Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Vancouver St Augustine s Vancouver Anne McClymont Kelowna Boundary Park Surrey Dr George M Weir Vancouver St Helen s Burnaby n/a Glenlyon Norfolk Victoria 8.9 n/a Shaughnessy Vancouver Canyon Heights North Vancouver Blueridge North Vancouver Panorama Heights Coquitlam Montecito Burnaby Bramblewood Coquitlam Our Lady Of Sorrows Vancouver Langley Fine Arts Fort Langley n/a Spul u kwuks Richmond 8.8 n/a Irwin Park West Vancouver St Edmund s North Vancouver Holy Cross Penticton Tomekichi Homma Richmond Herbert Spencer New Westminster St Joseph s Victoria Maple Grove Vancouver St Francis Xavier Vancouver Highroad Academy Chilliwack Seaforth Burnaby St Jude s Vancouver W D Ferris Richmond Juniper Ridge Kamloops Maple Lane Richmond Parkcrest Burnaby Donald E McKay Richmond n/a Blakeburn Port Coquitlam 8.6 n/a John Knox Christian Burnaby Caulfeild West Vancouver Cove Cliff North Vancouver Cleveland North Vancouver Sperling Burnaby Bowen Island Bowen Island Fromme North Vancouver General Currie Richmond Manoah Steves Richmond Lord Beaconsfield Vancouver St Mary s Vancouver n/a Neilson Grove Delta 8.5 n/a 90 n/a St Michael s Trail 8.5 n/a Lord Kitchener Vancouver West Bay West Vancouver Archibald Blair Richmond Braemar North Vancouver Jessie Wowk Richmond Mennonite Educational Institute Abbotsford Suncrest Burnaby Bayridge Surrey Aubrey Burnaby Forest Park Nanaimo Haney-Pitt Meadows Christian Maple Ridge n/a Ecole Robb Road Comox 8.4 n/a Kerrisdale Vancouver Ridgeview West Vancouver Lord Tennyson Vancouver Coldstream Coldstream Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex Vancouver Sir Wm Van Horne Vancouver Brooke Delta Dorothy Lynas North Vancouver Campus View Victoria MacLean Rossland Our Lady Of Mercy Burnaby Parkland Coquitlam Duncan Christian Duncan Ralph Bell Kamloops n/a Watson Road Kelowna 8.3 n/a Quilchena Vancouver Bayview Vancouver Holly Delta Heritage Mountain Port Moody Cliff Drive Delta Ocean Cliff Surrey South Park Delta Gordon Greenwood Langley Sangster Victoria Nelson Burnaby Annieville Delta David Livingstone Vancouver n/a Buckingham Burnaby 8.2 n/a 130 n/a Edgewood Prince George 8.2 n/a 130 n/a Hillcrest Victoria 8.2 n/a L Ecole Bilingue Vancouver Mountain Meadows Port Moody Queensbury North Vancouver Kelowna Christian Kelowna British Columbia Christian Port Coquitlam Erma Stephenson Surrey Alex Hope Langley Edwin S Richards Mission Emily Carr Vancouver Cougar Canyon Delta Langley Fundamental Langley Pacific Christian Victoria

3 Fraser Institute Studies in Education Policy Queen Of Angels Duncan Timothy Christian Chilliwack Bert Ambrose Fort St John Laronde Surrey R M Grauer Richmond St James Abbotsford Sullivan Surrey Immaculate Conception Prince George Blundell Richmond Hastings Vancouver Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Kamloops Mount Begbie Revelstoke Dr Annie B Jamieson Vancouver St Francis of Assisi Vancouver King Traditional Abbotsford General Gordon Vancouver Brentwood Park Burnaby Dorothea Walker Kelowna Beairsto Vernon St Joseph s Vancouver James Gilmore Richmond Crescent Park Surrey Henry Anderson Richmond Jackson Abbotsford Bothwell Surrey Sir Richard McBride Vancouver John MacLure Abbotsford Clinton Burnaby Oyama Oyama n/a Deer Lake SDA Burnaby 7.9 n/a Sir Wilfrid Laurier Vancouver Monterey Victoria John G Diefenbaker Richmond Auguston Traditional Abbotsford English Bluff Delta Hollyburn West Vancouver Silver Star Vernon Cascade Heights Burnaby Sir John Franklin Vancouver Henry Hudson Vancouver Gilmore Burnaby Sunshine Hills Delta Gordon Head Victoria Sir Sandford Fleming Vancouver Mundy Road Coquitlam Arrow Heights Revelstoke St Mary s Chilliwack Mountain View Revelstoke n/a Barrowtown Abbotsford 7.8 n/a John T Errington Richmond Torquay Victoria Pebble Hill Delta Pinewood Delta Carnarvon Vancouver Upper Lynn North Vancouver Pacific Academy Surrey Pinetree Way Coquitlam Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Vancouver St Joseph Kelowna Frost Road Surrey H T Thrift Surrey Quilchena Richmond Peace Arch White Rock Miracle Beach Black Creek Kildala Kitimat n/a Dasmesh Punjabi Abbotsford 7.7 n/a 206 n/a Fraser Valley Adventist Aldergrove 7.7 n/a 206 n/a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Vancouver 7.7 n/a 206 n/a Richmond Jewish Richmond 7.7 n/a St Patrick s Victoria Inman Burnaby Lord Byng Richmond Kathleen McNeely Richmond Delta Christian Delta St Patrick s Vancouver James Whiteside Richmond McGowan Park Kamloops False Creek Vancouver White Rock White Rock Chaffey-Burke Burnaby Adam Robertson Creston Anmore Anmore Silverdale Mission Veritas Catholic Terrace n/a Arrowview Qualicum Beach 7.6 n/a 226 n/a Aspenwood Port Moody 7.6 n/a 226 n/a St Anthony Of Padua Vancouver 7.6 n/a Willows Victoria Star Of The Sea Surrey St Bernadette Surrey William Cook Richmond North Poplar Fine Arts Abbotsford St Francis de Sales Burnaby Nanoose Bay Nanoose Bay Walnut Road Surrey Laity View Maple Ridge Mountain Abbotsford Vernon Christian Vernon Southridge Prince George Bench Cowichan Bay n/a North Shuswap Celista 7.5 n/a Montroyal North Vancouver University Hill Vancouver Boundary North Vancouver Cordova Bay Victoria South Meridian White Rock Hawthorne Delta Nestor Coquitlam Marlborough Burnaby Rose Valley Kelowna Surrey Christian Surrey Lakeview Burnaby Dorothy Peacock Langley Grief Point Powell River Vanier Coquitlam Walter Lee Richmond

4 106 Report Card on British Columbia s Elementary Schools 2006 Edition J.W. Sexsmith Vancouver Brookside Surrey Heritage Christian Kelowna Chilcotin Road Williams Lake Davis Bay Sechelt n/a Pacific Way Kamloops 7.4 n/a Summit Kamloops Edith Cavell Vancouver Seymour Heights North Vancouver Lochdale Burnaby Lord Roberts Vancouver Alfred B Dixon Richmond Coyote Creek Surrey General Wolfe Vancouver Highland Park Pitt Meadows Ladner Delta Topham Langley Sunrise Ridge Surrey Davie Jones Pitt Meadows Rutherford Nanaimo Valley View Courtenay Blarchmont Kimberley n/a Bradner Abbotsford 7.3 n/a 279 n/a King s Christian Salmon Arm 7.3 n/a 279 n/a Surrey Traditional Surrey 7.3 n/a Frank Hobbs Victoria Yennadon Maple Ridge Garden City Richmond Sir Wilfred Grenfell Vancouver Dr Thomas A Swift Abbotsford Hellings Delta Ross Road North Vancouver Westwind Richmond Pleasantside Port Moody James Thompson Richmond Langley Christian Langley West Langley Langley Windebank Mission Beaver Lake Victoria Fort Langley Fort Langley Savory Victoria Chase River Nanaimo n/a Nelson Waldorf Nelson 7.2 n/a Margaret Jenkins Victoria Eastview North Vancouver St Anthony s Kitimat Vancouver Christian Vancouver Langley Meadows Langley Mitchell Richmond Fraser Wood Surrey Larson North Vancouver Baker Drive Coquitlam Ridgeway North Vancouver Willoughby Langley College Heights Prince George Lynn Valley North Vancouver Dallas Kamloops Hillcrest Surrey Lord Tweedsmuir New Westminster n/a Anniedale Traditional Surrey 7.1 n/a 316 n/a Colwood Victoria 7.1 n/a 316 n/a Fulford Salt Spring Island 7.1 n/a 316 n/a Port Kells Surrey 7.1 n/a Sir Matthew Begbie Vancouver Highland Park Armstrong John Calvin Chilliwack Annunciation Prince Rupert Halfmoon Bay Halfmoon Bay Daniel Woodward Richmond Lochside Victoria Captain James Cook Vancouver Hazel Trembath Port Coquitlam Roy Stibbs Coquitlam Simon Fraser Vancouver South Slope Burnaby Abbotsford Christian Abbotsford Helen Gorman Westbank Alexander Robinson Maple Ridge Peter Greer Winfield n/a Castle Park Port Coquitlam 7.0 n/a 336 n/a Grandview Vancouver 7.0 n/a 336 n/a Mennonite Educ. Institute (Chilliwack) Chilliwack 7.0 n/a James McKinney Richmond Ray Shepherd Surrey Port Guichon Delta Renfrew Vancouver Rogers Victoria Southlands Vancouver Doncaster Victoria Kidston Coldstream James Kennedy Langley Sandy Hill Abbotsford St Mary s Prince George Lakewood Victoria Seaview Lantzville Westwood Port Coquitlam Richard McBride New Westminster Kwaleen Williams Lake Sechelt Sechelt Osoyoos Osoyoos Our Lady Of The Assumption Port Coquitlam Harbour View Coquitlam Hume Nelson William A. Fraser Abbotsford Edith McDermott Pitt Meadows Miller Park Coquitlam Robert J Tait Richmond Samuel Brighouse Richmond Capitol Hill Burnaby Centennial Park Abbotsford Frank J. Ney Nanaimo Shannon Lake Westbank Eagle Ridge Coquitlam Hatzic Mission Lake Hill Victoria

5 Fraser Institute Studies in Education Policy Cedar Drive Port Coquitlam Roberts Creek Roberts Creek Chemainus Chemainus Frank Ross Dawson Creek n/a Glenmerry Trail 6.8 n/a 373 n/a Grandview Heights Surrey 6.8 n/a North Otter Aldergrove Kingswood Richmond Westridge Burnaby Aberdeen Abbotsford Trout Creek Summerland Braefoot Victoria Delta Manor Delta Gibson Delta Kamloops Christian Kamloops Keating Victoria Golden Ears Maple Ridge Tuc-El-Nuit Oliver Websters Corner Maple Ridge Sir James Douglas Vancouver William F. Davidson Surrey Fruitvale Fruitvale Murrayville Langley Clayton Surrey Kinnaird Castlegar Alexander Abbotsford Raft River Clearwater n/a Lake Kathlyn Smithers 6.7 n/a 394 n/a Morgan Surrey 6.7 n/a 394 n/a Stuart Wood Kamloops 6.7 n/a Pauline Haarer Nanaimo Bradshaw Langley Ranch Park Coquitlam Waverley Vancouver Howard de Beck Richmond Cameron Burnaby Davidson Road Winfield Horse Lake Lone Butte Peterson Road Langley Lord Nelson Vancouver Chalmers Delta Edgehill Powell River Highlands Cranbrook Martha Currie Surrey Central Elementary - Arts Fort St John Gabriola Gabriola Island Stride Avenue Burnaby Beaverly Prince George Lincoln Port Coquitlam Mile House 100 Mile House Wood Port Alberni Crofton Crofton n/a Langdale Gibsons 6.6 n/a 418 n/a R. C. Talmey Richmond 6.6 n/a 418 n/a Traditional Learning Coquitlam 6.6 n/a 418 n/a Valleycliffe Squamish 6.6 n/a Cloverdale Catholic Surrey Holy Cross Burnaby Randerson Ridge Nanaimo Mission Hill Vernon Dr Roberta Bondar Abbotsford Alouette Maple Ridge Bonaccord Surrey Royston Royston Ellison Kelowna Uplands Terrace Pineview Prince George Yarrow Chilliwack Madeira Park Madeira Park South Sa-Hali Kamloops Sinkutview Vanderhoof Christine Morrison Mission Nesika Williams Lake n/a South Poplar Abbotsford 6.5 n/a St Andrew s Vancouver Marysville Marysville Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows Sherwood Park North Vancouver Wiltse Penticton Berkshire Park Surrey Nootka Vancouver Ocean Grove Campbell River Oliver Oliver Porter Street Coquitlam Harry Hooge Maple Ridge Windermere Windermere Foothills Prince George Isabella Dicken Fernie Ten Broeck Abbotsford Fleetwood Surrey General Brock Vancouver Uplands Park Nanaimo Chief Tomat Westbank Frank J Mitchell Sparwood Lavington Vernon n/a Nukko Lake Prince George 6.4 n/a 462 n/a Spring Creek Whistler 6.4 n/a Chantrell Creek Surrey Belmont Langley Stoney Creek Burnaby Tecumseh Vancouver Bastion Salmon Arm Janice Churchill Surrey C M Finch Fort St John Duncan Duncan James Park Port Coquitlam George Greenaway Surrey Godson Abbotsford Black Mountain Kelowna n/a Eagle View Victoria 6.3 n/a 485 n/a Errington Errington 6.3 n/a 485 n/a Hudson s Hope Hudson s Hope 6.3 n/a 485 n/a Iqra Islamic Surrey 6.3 n/a 485 n/a Merritt Bench Merritt 6.3 n/a Arthur Stevenson Kamloops Surrey Centre Surrey

6 108 Report Card on British Columbia s Elementary Schools 2006 Edition Capilano North Vancouver Hamilton Richmond Gray Delta Coquitlam River Port Coquitlam Glenmore Kelowna North Glenmore Kelowna Laura Secord Vancouver McCloskey Delta John Norquay Vancouver Leigh Coquitlam Garibaldi Highlands Garibaldi Highlands Myrtle Philip Whistler F W Howay New Westminster Tsolum Courtenay Sir Guy Carleton Vancouver Twin Rivers Castlegar Lord Selkirk Vancouver M B Sanford Surrey Salt Spring Salt Spring Island Douglas Park Langley n/a Brantford Burnaby 6.2 n/a 502 n/a Maple Bay Duncan 6.2 n/a 502 n/a Millside Coquitlam 6.2 n/a 502 n/a Rocky Mountain Elkford 6.2 n/a Coronation Park Port Moody Kanaka Creek Maple Ridge Semiahmoo Trail Surrey Sir James Douglas Victoria Rayleigh Kamloops Thomas Kidd Richmond Village Park Comox Blue Jay Abbotsford Cape Horn Coquitlam Strawberry Vale Victoria Charles Dickens Vancouver Westview Prince Rupert Robert L Clemitson Kamloops Roy Wilcox Kitimat Northridge Victoria Philip Sheffield Abbotsford Len W. Wood Armstrong Lord Strathcona Vancouver Dewdney Dewdney Colebrook Surrey David Cameron Victoria Morley Burnaby Maquinna Port Alberni Aldergrove Langley Oaklands Victoria Sunnyside Surrey Mount Crescent Maple Ridge East Chilliwack Chilliwack Kootenay Orchards Cranbrook n/a Lord Selkirk Annex Vancouver 6.1 n/a Chief Maquinna Vancouver Harry Sayers Abbotsford Walton Coquitlam College Park Port Moody Greenglade Sidney Westmount Kamloops John Robson New Westminster B X Vernon Albion Maple Ridge Armstrong Armstrong Coquihalla Hope Rock City Nanaimo Dufferin Kamloops Winchelsea Parksville St James Vernon Palsson Lake Cowichan Royal Heights Surrey Cayoosh Lillooet n/a Elsie Roy Vancouver 6.0 n/a 558 n/a Hampton Park Coquitlam 6.0 n/a 558 n/a Ron Brent Prince George 6.0 n/a 558 n/a Rutland Kelowna 6.0 n/a Campbell River Christian Campbell River Blacklock Langley South Broadview Salmon Arm Brooklyn Comox William Watson Surrey Seaview Port Moody South Nelson Nelson Beattie Kamloops Clearbrook Abbotsford Maple Green Surrey James L Webster Trail Florence Nightingale Vancouver Ladysmith Ladysmith Terry Fox Abbotsford Twelfth Avenue Burnaby Nicomekl Langley n/a A J McLellan Surrey 5.9 n/a 580 n/a Cobble Hill Cobble Hill 5.9 n/a 580 n/a Falkland Falkland 5.9 n/a 580 n/a Naramata Naramata 5.9 n/a Airport Lazo Noel Booth Langley Jessie Lee Surrey Devon Gardens Delta Casorso Kelowna Dr D. A. Perley Grand Forks Brentwood Brentwood Bay Windsor Burnaby Alice Brown Langley Glen Coquitlam Irvine Port Coquitlam Dogwood Surrey South Rutland Kelowna Mamquam Garibaldi Highlands Lonsdale North Vancouver Nechako Kitimat Sardis Chilliwack n/a Harrison Hot Springs Harrison Hot Springs 5.8 n/a David Oppenheimer Vancouver Aberdeen Kamloops

7 Fraser Institute Studies in Education Policy Dragon Lake Quesnel Gilpin Burnaby Glenayre Port Moody Dr F D Sinclair Surrey Cloverdale Victoria Canyon/Lister Creston Maple Ridge Maple Ridge Serpentine Heights Surrey St Michaels Burnaby Simonds Langley Departure Bay Nanaimo Forest Grove Burnaby Unsworth Chilliwack Queen Mary North Vancouver Quarterway Nanaimo Cheam Chilliwack Lloyd George Kamloops Giant s Head Summerland Hillside Mission Blackburn Prince George Brackendale Brackendale Gordon Terrace Cranbrook Gill Port Alberni Cawston Primary Cawston Pearson Kelowna Upper Sumas Abbotsford Champlain Heights Vancouver James Hill Langley Brooksbank North Vancouver Penfield Campbell River Rochester Coquitlam Don Christian Surrey Sidney Sidney Kelly Creek Powell River Latimer Road Surrey Crescent Park Dawson Creek Parkway Penticton Qualicum Beach Qualicum Beach Bankhead Kelowna Puntledge Park Courtenay David Thompson Kamloops Bakerview Abbotsford Happy Valley Victoria Carlin Tappen Austin Road Prince George n/a Fort Fraser Fort Fraser 5.6 n/a Plymouth North Vancouver Douglas Road Burnaby Armstrong Burnaby Marigold Victoria Uplands Penticton Georgia Park Campbell River Fairview Maple Ridge Little Mountain Chilliwack Stave Falls Mission Heath Delta John Stubbs Memorial Victoria Kitchener Burnaby Carmi Penticton Mile 150 Mile House Alwin Holland Fort St John Pinewood Cranbrook n/a Cinnabar Valley Nanaimo 5.5 n/a 666 n/a Greendale Chilliwack 5.5 n/a 666 n/a Nanaimo Christian Nanaimo 5.5 n/a McGirr Nanaimo G T Cunningham Vancouver William Bridge Richmond J W Inglis Lumby Riverside Maple Ridge St Joseph s Smithers Brent Kennedy Crescent Valley Cilaire Nanaimo Lady Grey Golden Tyson Chilliwack A H P Matthew Surrey Strawberry Hill Surrey Voyageur Quesnel Ellison Vernon Cultus Lake Chilliwack n/a Ecole Poirier Sooke 5.4 n/a 685 n/a Huband Park Courtenay 5.4 n/a 685 n/a Whitevale Lumby 5.4 n/a Deep Cove Sidney St Joseph s Chemainus Richardson Delta Peachland Peachland Bowser Bowser Watson Chilliwack Quadra Quathiaski Cove Cindrich Surrey Kinnikinnick Sechelt Walter Moberly Vancouver Rosedale Rosedale n/a Baldonnel Baldonnel 5.3 n/a Alex Aitken Duncan Ranchero Salmon Arm County Line Langley Harold Bishop Surrey Okanagan Landing Vernon Heritage Prince George Meadowbrook Coquitlam Westview North Vancouver BC Muslim Richmond T M Roberts Cranbrook Vanway Prince George Green Timbers Surrey Hammond Maple Ridge Mountain View Sparwood Haldane Chase A E Perry Kamloops Sooke Sooke Thunderbird Vancouver Tillicum Victoria Morfee Mackenzie F G Leary Chilliwack

8 110 Report Card on British Columbia s Elementary Schools 2006 Edition Lord Kelvin New Westminster Hillcrest Salmon Arm Hillview Vernon Hyland Surrey Westsyde Kamloops Springvalley Kelowna George Hilliard Kamloops Raymer Kelowna Little Prairie Chetwynd Mission Central Mission Drinkwater Duncan Glenwood Maple Ridge Graham Bruce Vancouver Kay Bingham Kamloops Mountain View Coquitlam Prince Charles Surrey Discovery Passage Campbell River Tremblay Dawson Creek Sacred Heart Prince George n/a Evans Chilliwack 5.1 n/a South Kelowna Kelowna Lord Baden-Powell Coquitlam Bulkley Valley Christian Smithers Barriere Barriere Simon Cunningham Surrey Henry Bose Surrey Wix-Brown Langley Kent Agassiz McKenzie Victoria Parksville Parksville Strathcona Chilliwack David Brankin Surrey McCammon Chilliwack Lena Shaw Surrey M.V. Beattie Enderby Glenview Prince George Marion Schilling Kamloops View Royal Victoria Kilmer Port Coquitlam Cedar Grove Gibsons Glenlake Victoria North Ridge Surrey Comox Comox Dr A R Lord Vancouver Margaret Stenersen Abbotsford Glenrosa Westbank Vermilion Forks Princeton A S Matheson Kelowna Parkside Centennial Aldergrove Birchland Port Coquitlam Millstream Victoria Mount Benson Nanaimo Shortreed Aldergrove n/a Regent Christian Surrey 4.9 n/a Van Bien Prince George Westerman Surrey Mountain View Nanaimo Robert Ogilvie Fort St John West Bench Penticton Belgo Kelowna Dave Kandal Abbotsford Willow Point Campbell River Wishart Victoria Coal Tyee Nanaimo Twain Sullivan Houston Spruceland Prince George Ruth King Victoria Saanichton Saanichton Bouchie Lake Quesnel Campbellton Campbell River n/a Alderson Coquitlam 4.8 n/a 790 n/a Riverview Quesnel 4.8 n/a Glenwood Langley Chilliwack Christian Chilliwack James Ardiel Surrey Norgate North Vancouver Parkcrest Kamloops Lynnmour North Vancouver Sorrento Sorrento Telkwa Telkwa John Howitt Port Alberni Eric Langton Maple Ridge Silver Creek Hope Malaspina Prince George n/a French Creek Coombs 4.7 n/a 808 n/a Hollywood Road Middle School Kelowna 4.7 n/a Dr H N MacCorkindale Vancouver Columbia Penticton Fraserview Mission Cherry Hill Mission Blue Mountain Maple Ridge Cataline Williams Lake Sandowne Campbell River Willway Victoria Arden Courtenay Springwood Prince George West Vernon Vernon Britannia Vancouver Upper Pine Fort St John Forsyth Road Surrey n/a Chimney Hill Surrey 4.6 n/a 822 n/a Discovery Surrey 4.6 n/a Tomsett Richmond Cedars Christian Prince George Charlie Lake Charlie Lake Pinecrest Campbell River McBride Centennial McBride Harwood Vernon Evelyn Dickson Vanderhoof Thornhill Terrace n/a Sir William MacDonald Vancouver 4.5 n/a 838 n/a Mountainview Montessori Surrey 4.5 n/a Betty Gilbert Aldergrove Okanagan Falls Okanagan Falls Mount Pleasant Vancouver Second Street Burnaby

9 Fraser Institute Studies in Education Policy Courtenay Courtenay Jarvis Delta Old Yale Road Surrey John Muir Sooke West Sechelt Sechelt John Tod Kamloops n/a Canalta Dawson Creek 4.4 n/a 848 n/a Coast Meridian Surrey 4.4 n/a Hart Highlands Prince George Panorama Park Surrey John Henderson Vancouver Lakeview Quesnel n/a West Boundary Rock Creek 4.3 n/a Creekside Surrey G W Carlson Fort Nelson Erickson Erickson Sunset Port McNeill Fraser Lake Fraser Lake Senator Reid Surrey Khowhemun Duncan Eighth Avenue Port Alberni Holly Surrey n/a Promontory Heights Chilliwack 4.2 n/a 865 n/a Robson Robson 4.2 n/a Walnut Park Smithers Pleasant Valley Nanaimo Gibsons Gibsons Highglen Prince George Bert Edwards Kamloops Mary Hill Port Coquitlam Macaulay Victoria Brechin Nanaimo Columbia Park Revelstoke Collettville Merritt David Hoy Fort St James Bridgeview Surrey n/a Nusatsum Hagensborg 4.1 n/a Rosser Burnaby Fernwood Salt Spring Island McLeod Road Surrey Glacier View Courtenay Central Port Coquitlam Peden Hill Prince George Tumbler Ridge Tumbler Ridge Arthur Hatton Kamloops Moody Port Moody Logan Lake Logan Lake Betty Huff Surrey Merritt Central Merritt George Jay Victoria Whonnock Maple Ridge Nakusp Nakusp Signal Hill Pemberton Georges Vanier Surrey Saseenos Sooke Jaffray Jaffray James Thomson Powell River Robertson Annex Chilliwack Tahayghen Masset John A. Hutton Grand Forks Sk aadgaa Naay Skidegate Amy Woodland Cranbrook Riverdale Surrey Mary Jane Shannon Surrey n/a Cheslakees Port McNeill 3.8 n/a Muheim Memorial Smithers Woodland Park Surrey Duncan Cran Fort St John Ucluelet Ucluelet Kanata Prince Rupert Bernard Chilliwack Diamond Vale Merritt n/a Prespatou Prespatou 3.7 n/a 917 n/a T E Scott Surrey 3.7 n/a Sir Alexander MacKenzie Vancouver Dufferin Crescent Nanaimo J T Brown Surrey Henderson Powell River Queens Park Penticton Ray Watkins Gold River n/a John Field Hazelton 3.6 n/a J Alfred Laird Invermere Lax Kxeen Prince Rupert Westwood Prince George Pineridge Prince Rupert Albert McMahon Mission Salmo Salmo Tansor Duncan Victoria West Victoria n/a Dormick Park Abbotsford 3.5 n/a Alberni Port Alberni Quadra Victoria Park Avenue Nanaimo W E Kinvig Surrey North Cedar Nanaimo Mile Mile Ranch Hudson Road Kelowna Vedder Chilliwack Poplar Glade Williams Lake Bear Creek Surrey Cougar Creek Surrey n/a Sowchea Fort St James 3.3 n/a Pinewood Prince George Edmonds Burnaby Martha Jane Norris Surrey n/a Central Fort George Traditional Prince George 3.2 n/a 954 n/a Harwin Prince George 3.2 n/a Queen Elizabeth New Westminster James Bay Victoria Kennedy Trail Surrey Parkview Sicamous Conrad Street Prince Rupert Red Bluff Quesnel K B Woodward Surrey Cedar Hills Surrey Ab Greenwell Lake Cowichan

10 112 Report Card on British Columbia s Elementary Schools 2006 Edition 964 n/a J S Clark Fort Nelson 3.0 n/a Kirkbride Surrey Squamish Squamish Mountview Williams Lake n/a Cache Creek Cache Creek 2.7 n/a Quinson Prince George Clarence Michiel Terrace Cloverdale Traditional Surrey Beaver Creek Surrey Newton Surrey Chilliwack Central Chilliwack Eagle View Port Hardy Cumberland Cumberland Alexis Park Vernon Georgia Avenue Nanaimo n/a Halls Prairie Surrey 2.4 n/a Queen Alexandra Vancouver Decker Lake Burns Lake MacKenzie Mackenzie North Oyster Ladysmith Carney Hill Prince George Fairview Nanaimo Nicola Canford Lower Nicola Carson Quesnel Lampson Victoria West Heights Mission Robert Scott Port Hardy Bayview Nanaimo Ashcroft Ashcroft Baker Quesnel Alexander Duncan Wickaninnish Tofino Steeples Cranbrook William Konkin Burns Lake n/a Lytton Lytton 1.3 n/a Hjorth Road Surrey W L McLeod Vanderhoof Mount Cheam Christian Chilliwack Cassie Hall Terrace Roosevelt Park Prince Rupert n/a Koksilah Duncan 0.0 n/a 1007 n/a Maaqtusiis Ahousat 0.0 n/a

11 Appendix: Calculating the out of 10 The out of 10 is intended to answer the question, In general, how is the school doing, academically? The following is a simplified description of the procedure used to convert the data received from the ministry of education into the. 1 Subject by subject, the average scaled Foundation Skills Assessments (FSA) test scores for each school were standardized by calculating Z,, which is defined by: Z = (X µ) / σ where X is the individual school s result, µ is the mean of the all-schools distribution of results, and σ is the standard deviation of the same all-schools distribution. 2 The gender gap scores in grade-7 reading and grade-7 numeracy were each determined by calculating the absolute value of the difference between the average scaled score for girls and the average scaled score for boys. The results for each subject were then standardized. 3 The nine standardized indicator results were then combined to produce a weighted average summary standardized score for the school. The weights used in making this calculation for the FSA test scores from 2003 were: average scores for each of the six tests 8.3%; gender-gap scores for each of the grade-7 reading and grade-7 numeracy tests 10%; and, percentage of tests below expectations 30%. For schools for which there were no gender-gap results, the average scores for each of the six tests were given a weight of 10.4% and the percentage of tests below expectations was weighted at 37.5%. In making this calculation for the FSA test scores from 2001 and 2002, the weights used were: average scores for each of the six tests 13.3%; gender-gap scores for each of the grade-7 reading and grade-7 numeracy tests: 10%. For schools for which there were no gender-gap results, the average scores for each of the six tests were each given weights of 16.7%. In making this calculation for the FSA test scores from 2000, the weights used were: average scores for each of the four tests 20%; gender-gap scores for each of the grade-7 reading and grade-7 numeracy tests: 10%. For schools for which there were no gender-gap results, the average scores for each of the four tests were given weights of 25%. 4 This summary standardized score was re-standardized. This standardized score was converted into an overall rating between 0 and 10 as follows: 113

12 114 Report Card on British Columbia s Elementary Schools 2006 Edition 5 The allowable maximum and minimum standardized scores were set at 2.2 and 3.29 respectively. Scores equal to, or greater than, 2.2 receive an 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 receive 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. 6 The resulting standardized scores were converted into overall ratings according to the formula: OR = µ +(σ * StanScore) where OR is the resulting, µ is the average calculated according to the formula: µ = (OR min 10 (Z min / Z max )) / (1 (Z min / Z max )) where σ is the standard deviation calculated according to the formula: σ = (10 µ) / Z max and StanScore is the standardized score calculated in (4) above and adjusted as required for minimum and maximum values as noted in (5) above. As noted in (5) above, OR min equals zero, Z min equals 3.29; and Z max equals 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 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 to an extent less than the average, it will show a decline in its rating.

13 About the authors Peter Cowley Peter Cowley is the Director of School Performance Studies at The Fraser Institute. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Comm. in Shortly thereafter, he began a long career in marketing and general management in several sectors. During his assignments in general management, process improvement was a special focus and interest. In 1994, Mr Cowley independently wrote and published The Parent s Guide, a popular handbook for parents of British Columbia s secondary-school students. The Parent s Guide web site replaced the handbook in In 1998, Mr Cowley was co-author of The Fraser Institute s A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia, the first of the Institute s continuing series of annual reports on school performance. This was followed by The 1999 Report Card on British Columbia s Secondary Schools, Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic Gender Balance in British Columbia s Secondary Schools, and The 1999 Report Card on Alberta s High Schools. Since then, Mr Cowley has co-authored all of the Institute s annual Report Cards. Annual editions now include Report Cards on secondary schools in British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec; Report Cards on elementary schools in British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, and Ontario; and The Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia. He continues his research on education and related issues for The Fraser Institute. 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 Columbia s 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 ; Plus ça change, plus c est la même chose in Stephen B. Lawton, Rodney Reed, and Fons van Wieringen, Restructuring Public Schooling (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 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. 115

14 Acknowledgments The Fraser Institute wishes to acknowledge the generous support for this project from the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation. 116