Fraser Insitute Rates Area High Schools

High schools in the Kenora-Rainy River District are ranked well below many of their counterparts in Southern Ontario according to the Fraser Institute’s latest study.
The Conservative Think-Tank ranks schools based on the results of annual provincial testing.
Spokesperson Michael Thompson says the study is aimed at helping schools do better.
Rainy-River High School is the highest ranked in this area at 329 out of 722 schools.
St. Thomas Aquinas School in Kenora was in the middle of the pack at 350.
Dryden and Red Lake shared 493rd spot, Atikokan 653rd and Queen Elizabeth in Sioux Lookout 667.
Both area Public School Board’s have long downplayed the right-wing institute’s report.