Cordova Bay elementary is ranked as the top public school in Greater Victoria according to the Fraser Institute Report Card that ranks B.C.’s elementary schools.
Independent schools fill the first eight spots in Greater Victoria with Cordova Bay coming in ninth.
The Fraser Institute released the ranking, for 946 schools, last week. Fraser Institute’s latest secondary school ranking is yet to be released (see the 2015 secondary school rankings below).
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.
Here we go again. The Fraser Institute has released its bogus rankings of #bced schools. These rankings are useless clickbait and serve no academic or social purpose. They are simply an attempt by a right wing “think tank” to get attention. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/6qp8orjIKp
— BCTF (@bctf) April 21, 2018
“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.
The GVTA vice president noted that parents can communicate any concerns with the teacher, those are always welcome.
“I’d much rather see the focus stay on [the entirety] of the curriculum.”
On that note, here are the Greater Victoria elementary schools (independent) 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.
Saint Michaels 23
Campus View 215
Cloverdale Traditional 484
Kelset 640
Crystal View 795
Christ Church Cathedral 30
Lochside 229
Deep Cove 484Eagle View 679Happy View 809
St. Margaret’s 30
Macaulay 229
Sir James Douglas 504
Victor Brodeur 696Braefoot 816
St. Joseph’s 70
Margaret Jenkins 256
Keating 538Brentwood Bay 711George Jay 846
Glenlyon Norfolk 48
Pacific Christian 294
View Royal 560Oaklands 711Ruth King 849
Maria Montessori 95
Torquay 315
Marigold 595Northridge 711Quadra 859Selkirk Montessori 103
Hans Helgesen 382
Frank Hobbs 608
Sidney 733John Stubbs 891
St. Patrick’s 144
Hillcrest 382
McKenzie 608Tillicum 771Wishart 898
Cordova Bay 144
Doncaster 432
Prospect Lake 608Strawberry Vale 771Victoria West 918
Willows 193
Lake Hill 456
Rogers 640
Lakewood 795
Fraser Institute’s 2015 Greater Victoria secondary school ranking:
St. Michaels University 15
Glenylon Norfolk 15
St. Margaret’s 36
Claremont 71
St. Andrew’s 108
Oak Bay 108
Mount Douglas 142
Pacific Christian 173
Stelly’s 193
Reynolds 198
Royal Bay 214
Spectrum 226
Lambrick 226
Vic High 246
Belmont 260
Esquimalt 264