School Board Progress Reports


Five-Year Graduation Rate

A student is considered a five-year graduate if they receive an OSSD within five years of starting Grade 9.

As of August 31st, 2023, 84.3 per cent of students who began grade 9 in the 2019-2020 academic year graduated within four years, and 89.5 per cent of students who began grade 9 in the 2018-2019 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 five-year graduation rates by school board.

Board name 2018-2019 Grade 9 Cohort
Algoma DSB 76.8%
Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB 90.9%
Avon Maitland DSB 83.8%
Bluewater DSB 81.5%
Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB 90.1%
Bruce-Grey CDSB 92.7%
CDSB of Eastern Ontario 91.7%
Conseil scolaire catholique Providence 95.8%
CS catholique MonAvenir 94.9%
CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario 88.3%
CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario 92.8%
CS Viamonde 93.6%
CSDC de l'Est ontarien 94.1%
CSDC des Aurores boréales 94.3%
CSDC des Grandes Rivières 92.0%
CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario 94.9%
CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario 96.3%
CSDC Franco-Nord 94.8%
CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario 91.0%
DSB Niagara 87.1%
DSB Ontario North East 74.1%
Dufferin-Peel CDSB 93.1%
Durham CDSB 93.7%
Durham DSB 90.9%
Grand Erie DSB 80.0%
Greater Essex County DSB 86.6%
Halton CDSB 94.8%
Halton DSB 93.6%
Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB 89.6%
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB 83.5%
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB 81.5%
Huron Perth CDSB 92.6%
Huron-Superior CDSB 88.0%
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB 86.8%
Keewatin-Patricia DSB 72.2%
Kenora CDSB 75.0%
Lakehead DSB 74.9%
Lambton Kent DSB 80.5%
Limestone DSB 87.6%
London District Catholic School Board 90.9%
Near North DSB 83.5%
Niagara CDSB 92.8%
Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB 78.0%
Northeastern CDSB 83.3%
Northwest CDSB NA
Ottawa CSB 93.7%
Ottawa-Carleton DSB 90.9%
Peel DSB 92.1%
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington CDSB 93.3%
Rainbow DSB 76.9%
Rainy River DSB 75.5%
Renfrew County CDSB 87.0%
Renfrew County DSB 88.6%
Simcoe County DSB 85.8%
Simcoe Muskoka CDSB 91.6%
St Clair CDSB 90.9%
Sudbury CDSB 85.6%
Superior North CDSB NA
Superior-Greenstone DSB 68.6%
Thames Valley DSB 83.7%
Thunder Bay CDSB 84.4%
Toronto CDSB 91.4%
Toronto DSB 86.8%
Trillium Lakelands DSB 86.6%
Upper Canada DSB 89.2%
Upper Grand DSB 89.4%
Waterloo CDSB 87.2%
Waterloo Region DSB 86.9%
Wellington CDSB 94.4%
Windsor-Essex CDSB 93.2%
York CDSB 97.4%
York Region DSB 94.5%

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