The Franco-Nord Catholic School Board is tops at ensuring students graduate, achieving the highest graduation rate within the region. It has a graduation rate of 89.4 per cent in four years and 94.8 per cent in five years.
These numbers not only place the board at the highest in the region, but within the top 34 in the province, when it comes to five year graduation rates. Overall, the percentages hover between the high 70s to high 90s as far as graduation rates. The lowest listed by the province at 68.6 percent is the Superior-Greenstone District School Board – Marathon and Thunder Bay District – whereas the highest rates are at the York Catholic District School Board, with 97.4 per cent of students earning a diploma.
The province’s full list of graduation rates by board can be found on the government’s website.
As for our other boards, second place goes to the Catholic School public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario which has a 92.8 per cent grad rate – just behind Franco-Nord. The Near North District School Board’s rate is 83.5 per cent, and rounding out the list is the Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board with a 78 per cent graduation rate.
The Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord “is well above the provincial average,” the board noted in a release. “In 2023, the provincial average for the graduation rate in four years from the beginning of secondary studies was 84.3%, while 89.5% of students in the province graduated within five years.”
Serge Levac, Director of Education for the Franco-Nord Catholic School Board, noted “our emphasis on personalized learning, experiential learning and realizing full potential allows all students, from kindergarten to grade 12, to flourish personally, culturally, spiritually and academically.”
“Thanks to our many diverse programs and innovative services, offered by committed staff,” Levac continued, “students who enroll in a Franco-Nord school acquire essential skills as well as lifelong bilingualism and then graduate to pursue their post-secondary studies and become true contributors to the job market.”
David Briggs is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of BayToday, a publication of Village Media. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
