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Performance Indicator 10: Public School Graduates

Where BC Ranks, Provincial Comparison

  
Year

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Rank

7

7

8

8

7

7

7

6

6

9

Performance Indicator Ten is based on the number of public secondary school graduates.

BC ranked ninth in public secondary school graduates in 2007, down from 2006.

This indicator excludes graduates of independent schools due to a lack of comparable data. This disadvantages BC because of its relatively high proportion of students in independent schools.

Data that include both public and independent schools show that independent school graduates made up 9.4 percent of the BC total in 2008/2009. Go to Regional Indicator 7 for BC-only data, which includes public and independent schools.

Why It's Important
Levels of education tend to correlate strongly with future personal prosperity and well-being. With the "knowledge" content of most jobs steadily increasing, high school graduation or better is generally deemed essential as a base qualification for "higher learning" and entry level employment.

Note
The 1998 through 2007 data are distinct from the 1990 through 1997 data.

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