School Board Progress Reports
Four-Year Graduation Rate
A student is considered a four-year graduate if they receive an OSSD within four years of starting Grade 9.
As of August 31, 2022, 83.9 per cent of students who started grade 9 in the 2017-2018 academic year graduated within four years.
As of August 31st, 2022, 84.9 per cent of students who began grade 9 in the 2018-2019 academic year graduated within four years, and 89.1 per cent of students who began grade 9 in the 2017-2018 academic year graduated within five years. The four-year and five-year graduation rate is calculated as the percentage of students who receive an OSSD within four or five years of starting Grade 9. Students who have transferred out of province, or died, are not included in calculating the graduation rate.
For students to earn an OSSD, they must:
- earn a minimum of 30 credits, including 18 compulsory credits and 12 optional credits
- meet the provincial secondary school literacy requirement
- earn at least two online learning credits, and
- complete 40 hours of community involvement activities.
This information shows the four-year graduation rates by school board.
| Board name | 2017-2018 Grade 9 Cohort | 2018-2019 Grade 9 Cohort |
|---|---|---|
| Algoma DSB | 71.8% | 70.9% |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB | 88.0% | 88.2% |
| Avon Maitland DSB | 81.0% | 80.6% |
| Bluewater DSB | 71.1% | 70.1% |
| Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB | 79.7% | 85.6% |
| Bruce-Grey CDSB | 86.8% | 85.7% |
| CDSB of Eastern Ontario | 88.2% | 88.6% |
| Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | 96.0% | 93.7% |
| CS catholique MonAvenir | 93.8% | 94.3% |
| CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario | 86.2% | 84.2% |
| CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario | 81.4% | 86.7% |
| CS Viamonde | 91.9% | 92.2% |
| CSDC de l'Est ontarien | 90.2% | 91.9% |
| CSDC des Aurores boréales | 91.4% | 85.7% |
| CSDC des Grandes Rivières | 86.6% | 89.2% |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario | 94.7% | 94.5% |
| CSDC Franco-Nord | 91.5% | 90.7% |
| CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | 91.5% | 89.7% |
| DSB Niagara | 78.6% | 80.3% |
| DSB Ontario North East | 59.5% | 61.9% |
| Dufferin-Peel CDSB | 90.9% | 90.5% |
| Durham CDSB | 89.9% | 90.8% |
| Durham DSB | 84.7% | 86.6% |
| Grand Erie DSB | 65.5% | 70.8% |
| Greater Essex County DSB | 77.9% | 80.9% |
| Halton CDSB | 91.4% | 91.9% |
| Halton DSB | 89.0% | 89.1% |
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | 83.1% | 84.3% |
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | 71.9% | 75.4% |
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | 73.4% | 78.3% |
| Huron Perth CDSB | 86.5% | 88.8% |
| Huron-Superior CDSB | 82.8% | 87.1% |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | 80.1% | 82.1% |
| Keewatin-Patricia DSB | 61.2% | 63.3% |
| Kenora CDSB | 78.6% | 71.0% |
| Lakehead DSB | 68.5% | 67.4% |
| Lambton Kent DSB | 74.9% | 72.7% |
| Limestone DSB | 83.0% | 82.7% |
| London District Catholic School Board | 89.0% | 87.0% |
| Near North DSB | 72.6% | 78.3% |
| Niagara CDSB | 90.9% | 90.3% |
| Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB | 75.9% | 71.0% |
| Northeastern CDSB | 71.2% | 78.9% |
| Northwest CDSB | NA | NA |
| Ottawa CSB | 89.9% | 91.1% |
| Ottawa-Carleton DSB | 86.1% | 86.0% |
| Peel DSB | 87.8% | 88.1% |
| Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington CDSB | 88.1% | 90.7% |
| Rainbow DSB | 69.6% | 70.2% |
| Rainy River DSB | 70.5% | 71.3% |
| Renfrew County CDSB | 84.0% | 83.1% |
| Renfrew County DSB | 78.2% | 83.3% |
| Simcoe County DSB | 80.3% | 79.6% |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | 86.9% | 87.1% |
| St Clair CDSB | 82.9% | 84.3% |
| Sudbury CDSB | 80.9% | 78.7% |
| Superior North CDSB | NA | NA |
| Superior-Greenstone DSB | 64.2% | 61.6% |
| Thames Valley DSB | 74.3% | 75.6% |
| Thunder Bay CDSB | 77.8% | 77.7% |
| Toronto CDSB | 87.7% | 88.7% |
| Toronto DSB | 79.7% | 81.4% |
| Trillium Lakelands DSB | 81.8% | 82.3% |
| Upper Canada DSB | 81.9% | 83.6% |
| Upper Grand DSB | 82.4% | 84.2% |
| Waterloo CDSB | 78.9% | 82.5% |
| Waterloo Region DSB | 77.8% | 80.1% |
| Wellington CDSB | 88.7% | 90.7% |
| Windsor-Essex CDSB | 91.1% | 90.4% |
| York CDSB | 95.4% | 96.0% |
| York Region DSB | 90.2% | 90.9% |