Highland Junior High School (Toronto)

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Highland Junior High School
Address
201 Cliffwood Road
Toronto, Ontario, M2H 3B5, Canada
Information
School board TDSB
Religious affiliation None
Superintendent Sue Pfeffer
Area trustee Mari Rutka (Ward 12)
Principal Sandra Levin
Vice principal Leo Herskowitz
School type Public Junior High School
Grades Grade 7 – Grade 9
Language English
Area Don Mills Road and Cliffwood Road, North York
Team name Highland Hurricanes
Colours Forest Green and Royal Blue
Homepage http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/highland/

Highland Junior High School is an intermediate school for students in Grade 7 to Grade 9 in the Don Mills Road and Cliffwood Road area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Highland is a feeder school to A. Y. Jackson Secondary School.

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[edit] Year 2004-2005

As of spring 2005, the school has a student population of 413. 83% of students speak a primary language other than English. [1]

The school has a proud tradition of academic excellence. In the 2004-2005 Grade 9 EQAO (provincial testing) Academic mathematics test results, 98% of Highland students enrolled in Grade 9 Academic math scored at or above the provincial standard (Level 3), the highest percentage in the Toronto District School Board. This compares with only 65% of students taking the test in the TDSB who achieved this.[2]

[edit] Year 2006-2007

In the 2006-2007 Grade 9 EQAO Academic mathematics test results,

Percentages of All Students At or Above The Provincial Standard (Levels 3 and 4), 2006 - 2007


[edit] Results of Academic Program 2007

Highland JHS 99%

Board 66%

Province 71%

[edit] Results of Applied Program 2007

Highland JHS 94%

Board 17%

Province 35%


99% passed according to Method 1 (All results were marked), and 94% scored at or above level 3 according to Method 2 (students who actually took part in the assessment and produced at least some work that could be scored. Students are excluded from these calculations if they were exempted or had no data. 2[3],

[edit] Notes

EQAO RESULTS 2006-2007

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