Half the schools serving Wellington County have improved their rating or have remained the same based on the annual education performance report card produced by the Fraser Institute that was released in March.
In most data from the institute, 11 elementary schools serving the county either matched or exceeded their five year averages based on the report. In comparison, 11 were below their five-year averages.
Elementary school scores on the Fraser Institute’s report card are out of 10 and based on the results of tests administered by Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).
At elementary institutions the school’s overall rating is based on nine performance indicators measured through EQAO tests. The annual province-wide assessments measure the reading, writing and mathematics levels of Grade 3 and Grade 6 students in comparison to provincial curriculum standards.
Other performance indicators that go into an elementary school’s rating on the report card include the difference between male and female averages based on Grade 6 reading and mathematics scores as well as the percentage of students in the school whose scores didn’t meet provincial standards.
The report is based on 3,037 public and Catholic elementary schools in the province.
Scores were based on the 2013/2014 school year, as well as the school’s average performance over the last five academic years. The overall ranking for a specific school year is based on how the school rates in comparison to other schools in the province assessed on the report card.
Scores for elementary schools throughout the county are as follows (Note: not all local schools in Ontario were ranked due to incomplete information available to the Fraser Institute).
Centre Wellington
Elora Public School ranked at 1,391 based on a 2013-2014 score of 6.3 and a previous five-year average of 6.2.
James McQueen Public School in Fergus received 2,928 ranking with a score last year of 2.4 and a three-year average of 2.5.
J D Hogarth Public School in Fergus ranked at 2,604 with a score of 4.2 last year and five-year average of 4.2.
John Black Public School in Fergus was ranked in 1083 place for 2013-2014 with a score of 6.7 and five-year average of 7.
Ponsonby Public School received a 2,134 raking based on last year’s score of 5.2 and five-year average of 5.4.
Salem Public School ranked at 1,469 based on last year’s score of 6.2 and a four-year average of 5.4.
Saint Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Fergus received a raking of 2,735 with a score last year of 3.7 compared to an average over five years of 5.
St. Mary Catholic School in Elora was ranked at 603 with a score last year of 7.4 and an average of 7.1 over the five previous years.
Victoria Terrace Public School in Fergus ranked at 2,561 with a score last year of 4.3 compared to the five-year average of 4.9.
Erin
Brisbane Public School ranked at 603 with a score last year of 7.4 and five-year average of 7.5.
Erin Public School received a 2,375 ranking last year with a score of 4.7 and five-year average of 5.5.
Ross R. MacKay Public School in Hillsburgh ranked 2,824 last year based on a score of 3.3 and a five-year average of 5.
Saint John Brebeuf Catholic School received a ranking of 2,063 based on last year’s score of 5.3 and a five-year average of 6.4.
Grand Valley
Grand Valley and District Public School ranked 2,375 based on last year’s score of 4.7 and a five-year average of 5.5.
Guelph-Eramosa
Eramosa Public School ranked 238 in the standings with a score of 8.2 last year, up from a five-year average of 8.
Rockwood Centennial Public School ranked 1,758 with a score last year of 5.8 and five-year average of 5.6.
Mapleton
Alma Public School ranked 2,235 based on a on a score of 5 last year and five-year average of 6.1.
Centre Peel Public School received a 2,670 ranking on a score of 4 last year and an average of 2.8 over four years.
Drayton Heights Public School was ranked 1,391 with a score last year of 6.3 and an average over the past five years of 6.2.
Maryborough Public School in Moorefield received a ranking of 1,758 last year with a score of 5.8 and an average of 6.8 over four years.
Minto
Minto-Clifford Public School ranked 1,824 based on last year’s score of 5.7 and a five-year average of 5.4.
Puslinch
Aberfoyle Public School received a 149 ranking last year with a score of 8.5 and previous five-year average of 7.4.
Wellington North
Arthur Public School ranked 2,319 based on last year’s score of 4.8 up from a 4.3 average over the past five years.
Saint Mary Catholic School in Mount Forest ranked 2,004 with a score last year of 5.4 and five-year average of 4.6.
Victoria Cross Public School in Mount Forest received a ranking of 1,391 last year with a 6.3 score and five-year average of 5.2.
