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Keep in mind that this is a ranking based on an “overall rating out of 10.” Any rating above 6.0 is considered above average, based on the methodology created by the Fraser Institute. Any school with a rating of 6.0 or more is teaching the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic in an above-average manner, based on standardized tests of those basic skills.
| Best Places 2016 ranking | Best Places 2015 rank | City | Top 5 Elementary Schools | RATING (Last 5 years) | RATING (Most recent year) | Top 5 Secondary Schools | RATING (Last 5 years) | RATING (Most recent year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 7 | No. 11 | West Vancouver | Mulgrave | 9.8 | 10 | Collingwood | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| Irwin Park | 9.6 | 10 | Mulgrave | n/a | 8.7 | |||
| Cedardale | n/a | 10 | Sentinel | 8.2 | 8.1 | |||
| Collingwood | 9.9 | 9.9 | Rockridge | 7.5 | 7.6 | |||
| Gleneagles | 8.5 | 9.6 | West Vancouver | 6.9 | 6.9 | |||
| No. 8 | No. 9 | North Vancouver (Metro) | Brockton Preparatory | n/a | 9.7 | St Thomas Aquinas | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| St Pius X | 9.4 | 9.4 | Handsworth | 7.7 | 7.9 | |||
| Lions Gate Christian | 8.9 | 8.8 | Lions Gate Christian | n/a | 7.8 | |||
| Holy Trinity | 8.9 | 8.6 | Windsor | 7.3 | 7.3 | |||
| St Edmund's | 9 | 8.4 | Seycove | 7 | 6.8 | |||
| No. 11 | No. 32 | Port Moody | Glenayre | 6.7 | 7 | Heritage Woods | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| Mountain Meadows | 6.6 | 6.7 | Port Moody | 6.5 | 6.1 | |||
| Heritage Mountain | 6.7 | 6.5 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Pleasantside | 5.7 | 6.5 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Aspenwood | 7.1 | 6.2 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| No. 13 | No. 12 | Saanich | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| No. 14 | No. 13 | Delta | Southpointe | 9.2 | 9.2 | Southpointe | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| Immaculate Conception | 8.7 | 8.8 | Burnsview | 6.6 | 6.7 | |||
| Sacred Heart | 8.8 | 8.6 | Delta | 6.7 | 6.3 | |||
| Cougar Canyon | 7 | 7.9 | Seaquam | 6.4 | 6.3 | |||
| Devon Gardens | 5.6 | 7.2 | South Delta | 6.5 | 6.1 |
n/a = Insufficient data
— = No other entries
To help you narrow your search, here’s how the schools in the our Best Places to Live ranking did:
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Best schools based on the Best Places to Raise Kids list 2016
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