The Fraser Institute's annual Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools was released Sunday and this year, Hyde Park Public School has topped the local list.
The report by the right-wing think tank ranks more than 3,000 public and Catholic elementary school across Ontario, both anglophone and francophone.
As the top-ranking local school, Hyde Park placed 115 out of 3064 schools across the province.
The rankings are based on nine academic indicators using results from annual provincial reading, writing and math tests
“The Report Card is a valuable tool for parents and educators, who can use it to find schools serving similar students elsewhere in the province that consistently perform better," said Peter Cowley, director of School Performance Studies at the Fraser Institute.
"By doing so, they can access success demonstrated by other similar schools so to improve their own school’s performance,” he added.
Of the 39 Barrie schools listed, below are the top 10 as ranked by the report:
1. Hyde Park Public School (115/3064)
2. Sister Catherine Donnelly Catholic School (359/3064)
3. Hewitt's Creek Public School (455/3064)
4. Codrington Public School (503/3064)
5. Trillium Woods Public School (694/3064)
6. Ardagh Bluffs Public School (770/3064)
7. St Catherine of Siena Catholic School (986/3064)
8. St John Vianney Catholic School (1126/3064)
T9. Algonquin Ridge Public School (1280/3064)
T9. Mapleview Heights Public School (1280/3064)
For the complete listing of all ranked schools, visit www.compareschoolrankings.org
