THUNDER BAY – Most city schools fell below the Ontario average of students achieving the provincial standard in last year’s Grade 9 math testing.
Including results for both academic and applied math course, only four groups of students achieved a Level 3 or 4 result at a higher rate than the provincial average in the 2014-2015 Education Quality and Accountability Office’s administered mathematics test, according to results released on Wednesday.
Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute and St. Ignatius High School were the top local schools in the academic category, with 88 and 87 per cent of students achieving or exceeding the provincial standard.
Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute followed at 80 per cent, Hammarskjold High School was at 75 per cent, St. Patrick High School had 73 per cent and Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute saw 66 per cent hit the standard.
The average across the province was 85 per cent. The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board had an average rate of 80 per cent, its lowest in five years. The Lakehead Public School Board averaged 77 per cent, tied for its lowest result in the past five years.
For applied, only St. Ignatius and St. Patrick, both at 49 per cent, exceeded the Ontario average of 47 per cent. Westgate was the top public school at 42 per cent, Superior was at 40 per cent, Churchill was at 35 per cent and Hammarskjold was at 24 per cent.
The public board’s average of 35 per cent was its lowest in the past five years.
