The Fraser Institute released its annual ranking of Quebec high schools, and not surprisingly, private schools scored well. But many public schools were at the top of the class, including several from the English Montreal School Board.
Taking data from 463 schools across the province, the rankings are based on factors such as test results, gender gaps in test results of boys and girls, and whether students graduate on time.
In Montreal, Collège Saint-Louis, a public school, and École Pasteur, a private school, both scored a perfect score of 10.
But two EMSB schools, Royal West Academy, and Vincent Massey, made the top ten list of public schools in the province, with a score of 8.6 and 8 respectively.
While EMSB Board Chair congratulates the schools for making the list, he says they don’t place a lot of weight on the Fraser Institute’s ranking.
“When you’re just comparing test results …