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 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 four-year graduation rates by school board.

Board name 2019-2020 Grade 9 Cohort
Algoma DSB 71.9%
Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB 89.5%
Avon Maitland DSB 80.2%
Bluewater DSB 71.5%
Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB 81.8%
Bruce-Grey CDSB 87.4%
CDSB of Eastern Ontario 86.1%
Conseil scolaire catholique Providence 96.3%
CS catholique MonAvenir 92.2%
CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario 83.1%
CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario 80.5%
CS Viamonde 92.7%
CSDC de l'Est ontarien 94.4%
CSDC des Aurores boréales 87.5%
CSDC des Grandes Rivières 85.3%
CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario 93.2%
CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario 91.5%
CSDC Franco-Nord 89.4%
CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario 89.5%
DSB Niagara 81.3%
DSB Ontario North East 58.8%
Dufferin-Peel CDSB 90.3%
Durham CDSB 90.3%
Durham DSB 85.3%
Grand Erie DSB 68.5%
Greater Essex County DSB 79.3%
Halton CDSB 92.6%
Halton DSB 88.9%
Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB 81.6%
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB 73.6%
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB 77.0%
Huron Perth CDSB 88.7%
Huron-Superior CDSB 80.9%
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB 83.8%
Keewatin-Patricia DSB 62.6%
Kenora CDSB 75.6%
Lakehead DSB 70.0%
Lambton Kent DSB 69.4%
Limestone DSB 83.8%
London District Catholic School Board 87.8%
Near North DSB 72.2%
Niagara CDSB 89.2%
Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB 71.6%
Northeastern CDSB 77.8%
Northwest CDSB NA
Ottawa CSB 90.4%
Ottawa-Carleton DSB 86.1%
Peel DSB 87.0%
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington CDSB 89.7%
Rainbow DSB 68.1%
Rainy River DSB 74.8%
Renfrew County CDSB 75.8%
Renfrew County DSB 78.0%
Simcoe County DSB 82.3%
Simcoe Muskoka CDSB 86.8%
St Clair CDSB 82.3%
Sudbury CDSB 76.2%
Superior North CDSB NA
Superior-Greenstone DSB 64.3%
Thames Valley DSB 74.5%
Thunder Bay CDSB 78.0%
Toronto CDSB 88.1%
Toronto DSB 80.9%
Trillium Lakelands DSB 79.3%
Upper Canada DSB 86.1%
Upper Grand DSB 81.9%
Waterloo CDSB 81.7%
Waterloo Region DSB 79.6%
Wellington CDSB 86.2%
Windsor-Essex CDSB 89.4%
York CDSB 96.0%
York Region DSB 90.3%

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