Toronto 
The latest report from the Fraser Institute sheds new light on the performance of Ontario’s secondary schools, challenging prevailing myths and underscoring the universal potential for educational advancement.
This annual ranking for 2023, which scrutinizes 689 schools—including public, Catholic, and independent institutions—relies on a robust analysis of eight key academic indicators derived from province-wide literacy and mathematics test results from 2021-2022 school year:
- The average level of achievement on the grade 9 EQAO assessment in mathematics.
- The percentage of Ontario Secondary School Literacy Tests (OSSLT) written by first-time eligible students that were successfully completed.
- The percentage of Ontario Secondary School Literacy Tests written by previously eligible
students that were successfully completed. - The percentage of all the completed tests written by students at the school that were assessed either as unsuccessful (OSSLT) or below the provincial standard (grade-9 math tests).
- The difference between male and female students in their average levels of achievement on grade-9 EQAO assessment in mathematics.
- The difference between male and female students attempting the OSSLT for the first time in their rate of successful completion of the test.
Per Fraser Institutes’s news release, the heartening narrative emerging from this year’s data is that improvement is attainable for every school, irrespective of its location, the type of school, or the demographics of its student body. For example, Englehart High School in Northeast Ontario, which demonstrated significant progress by elevating its score from a mere 2.2 in 2016 to a commendable 6.5 in 2022. Similarly, Toronto Ouest, despite having a considerable segment of its student population—13.7%—with special needs, markedly improved its performance, jumping from a 4.9 to an impressive 8.5 over the same period.
Fraser Institute says these metrics are crucial as they provide insights not only into the current performance of schools but also into their trajectories of improvement or decline over time.
Top 100 High Schools in Ontario – 2023
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| School Name | City | Score | Rank |
| Khalsa Community | Brampton | 10 | 1/689 |
| Colonel By | Gloucester | 9.5 | 2/689 |
| Ursula Franklin | Toronto | 9.3 | 3/689 |
| London Central | London | 9.2 | 4/689 |
| St. Augustine | Markham | 9.2 | 4/689 |
| St. Robert | Thornhill | 9.2 | 4/689 |
| North Toronto | Toronto | 9.1 | 7/689 |
| Earl of March | Kanata | 9.00 | 8/689 |
| L’Équinoxe | Pembroke | 9 | 8/689 |
| Oakville Trafalgar | Oakville | 9 | 8/689 |
| St. Therese of Lisieux | Richmond Hill | 9 | 8/689 |
| Cardinal Carter-Arts | Toronto | 8.9 | 12/689 |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Markham | 8.9 | 12/689 |
| Unionville | Unionville | 8.9 | 12/689 |
| Bur Oak | Markham | 8.8 | 15/689 |
| Iroquois Ridge | Oakville | 8.8 | 15/689 |
| Leaside | Toronto | 8.8 | 15/689 |
| Norval-Morrisseau | Richmond Hill | 8.8 | 15/689 |
| Bill Hogarth | Markham | 8.7 | 19/689 |
| Gaétan Gervais | Oakville | 8.7 | 19/689 |
| Lawrence Park | Toronto | 8.7 | 19/689 |
| Centennial | Guelph | 8.6 | 22/689 |
| Etobicoke-Arts | Toronto | 8.6 | 22/689 |
| Malvern | Toronto | 8.6 | 22/689 |
| Merivale | Nepean | 8.6 | 22/689 |
| Abbey Park | Oakville | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| All Saints | Kanata | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Ange-Gabriel | Brockville | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Bayview | Richmond Hill | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Bloor | Toronto | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Dr G W Williams | Aurora | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Humberside | Toronto | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Markville | Markham | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Richmond Hill | Richmond Hill | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Toronto Ouest | Toronto | 8.5 | 26/689 |
| Donald A. Wilson | Whitby | 8.4 | 36/689 |
| Nepean | Ottawa | 8.4 | 36/689 |
| Sir John A Macdonald | Waterloo | 8.4 | 36/689 |
| St. Joseph | Nepean | 8.4 | 36/689 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie | Toronto | 8.4 | 36/689 |
| Agincourt | Toronto | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Bill Crothers | Unionville | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Eden | St Catharines | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Father Michael McGivney | Markham | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Guelph | Guelph | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Harbord | Toronto | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Lisgar | Ottawa | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Rosedale Heights-Arts | Toronto | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| St. Ignatius of Loyola | Oakville | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| Westmount | Hamilton | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| York Mills | Toronto | 8.3 | 41/689 |
| A.Y. Jackson | Kanata | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| Aurora | Aurora | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| Blessed Trinity | Grimsby | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| Mille-Iles | Kingston | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| Milliken Mills | Unionville | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| Riverdale | Toronto | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| St. David | Waterloo | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| St. Thomas of Villanova | LaSalle | 8.2 | 52/689 |
| Garth Webb | Oakville | 8.1 | 60/689 |
| Maple | Maple | 8.1 | 60/689 |
| Sir Winston Churchill | St Catharines | 8.1 | 60/689 |
| St. Joseph’s | Toronto | 8.1 | 60/689 |
| Thornlea | Thornhill | 8.1 | 60/689 |
| West Carleton | Dunrobin | 8.1 | 60/689 |
| Bishop Allen | Toronto | 8 | 66/689 |
| Holy Name of Mary | Brampton | 8 | 66/689 |
| Marie-Rivier | Kingston | 8 | 66/689 |
| Mary Ward | Toronto | 8 | 66/689 |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | 8 | 66/689 |
| Oakridge | London | 8 | 66/689 |
| St. Mark | Manotick | 8 | 66/689 |
| St. Paul | Mississauga | 8 | 66/689 |
| Stephen Lewis | Thornhill | 8 | 66/689 |
| Thomas A Blakelock | Oakville | 8 | 66/689 |
| Uxbridge | Uxbridge | 8 | 66/689 |
| A Y Jackson | Toronto | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Aldershot | Burlington | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Bishop Macdonell | Guelph | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Earl Haig | Toronto | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| John McCrae | Nepean | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Markham | Markham | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Notre Dame | Toronto | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Sinclair | Whitby | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Westmount | Thornhill | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| White Oaks | Oakville | 7.9 | 77/689 |
| Alexander MacKenzie | Richmond Hill | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Burlington Central | Burlington | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Collège Français | Toronto | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Corpus Christi | Burlington | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Dunbarton | Pickering | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Father John Redmond | Toronto | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Jordan Christian | Jordan Station | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Lockerby | Sudbury | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Longfields Davidson Heights | Nepean | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Marc-Garneau | Trenton | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Mother Teresa | London | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Père-René-de-Galinée | Cambridge | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| St. Francis Xavier | Gloucester | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Tecumseh Vista | Tecumseh | 7.8 | 87/689 |
| Vaughan | Thornhill | 7.8 | 87/689 |
The Fraser Institute advises against using the rankings as the sole criterion for school selection, suggesting a more holistic approach to evaluating educational opportunities.
