Both public and Catholic high school students in Waterloo Region are graduating at a rate of 86 per cent. High schools throughout the province, on average, are sitting closer to a rate of 89 per cent. The data was collected by the Ontario Ministry of Education, which measures how many students are graduating within four or five years of starting grade nine.
The data was collected starting from 2017 up until August 31, 2022.
Diplomas are given to students who earn a minimum of 30 credits, meet the provincial secondary school literacy requirement, earn at least two online learning credits, and complete 40 hours of community service.
At the end of August in 2022, the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) had a rate of 86.2 per cent while the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) had a rate of 85.9 per cent.
Compared to the rest of Ontario, Waterloo Region recorded a smaller percentage of high school students graduating in that time frame.
Information on Ontario’s graduation numbers has been collected by the Ministry of Education over the last decade.
In 2014, 79 per cent of high school students across Ontario received diplomas within the five-year period. Over 10 years, that number has risen by almost 20 per cent. Back in 2014, the WCDSB recorded a rate of 84 per cent in a five-year period, while the WRDSB had a rate of 79 per cent.
During the pandemic, the Ontario government put measures in place to prevent graduation rates from dropping which have now been put back in place.
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