Study grades Nova Scotia’s high schools
Posted Apr 21, 2010 02:52:50 PM.
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A new report ranks the province’s high schools and two HRM schools are on either ends of the list.
“Schools at the bottom of the list are catching up with the top,” says Bobby O’Keefe the report’s co-author.
The lowest overall grade is a C, with Metro’s high schools scattered throughout the rankings.
O’Keefe says schools like Cole Harbour District High, which landed near the bottom, can be traced back to a couple of things.
“School marks in math, school marks in language arts and their provincial exam marks tend to be the areas where they’re rated a bit lower,” says O’Keefe.
Meanwhile Bedford’s CP Allen is ranked near the top.
He says he’d like a system where students can choose their school. He says that could provide extra incentive for lower-ranked schools to improve.
How did HRM’s high schools do?
Charles P. Allen High School (Bedford) B+
Halifax West High School (Halifax) B+
Auburn Drive High School (Cole Harbour) B
Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth) B
Sir John A. Macdonald High School (Hubley) B-
Sackville High School (Lower Sackville) B-
Prince Andrew High School (Dartmouth) B-
Eastern Shore District High School (Musquodoboit Harbour) B-
Millwood High School (Lower Sackville) C+
J.L. Ilsley High School (Halifax) C+
Musquodoboit Rural High School (Middle Musquodoboit) 054 (Halifax) C
Cole Harbour District High School (Dartmouth) 054 (Halifax) C
Citadel High School (Halifax ) – unranked
Duncan MacMillan High School (Sheet Harbour) – unranked
For a full list of rankings go to the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies website
