Jamaica’s Top Performing Secondary Schools in CSEC – 2016 as Listed by Educate Jamaica

EducateJamaica.org has provided The Jamaican Blogs™ with exclusive early access to the latest iteration of its rankings of Jamaica’s top performing secondary schools.

For the rankings, Educate Jamaica looks at each school and calculates what percentage of students they are turning out at the end of grade 11, with a minimum of 5 CSEC subjects (including Mathematics and/or English) and based on the percentage obtained, they are ranked.

Schools that are successful in turning out 80% or more achieving 5 subjects (Maths and/or English) meet the CSEC Secondary Ivy League.

A sub-group called ‘Aspiring Ivy Schools’ was also created to highlight those schools that are turning out 50% – 79% of grade 11 students, achieving 5 or more subjects (including Maths and /or English).

According to Educate Jamaica approximately only 32% of secondary students are leaving grade 11 having achieved 5 or more subjects (including Mathematics and/or English) and this figure would be even lower if the Ministry of Education’s approach of 5 or more subjects (including Mathematics and English, not Mathematics and/or English ) was used to do the calculations.

60% of the top 10 performing schools across the entire country are all-girls schools, with only one all-boys ranking in the top 10 and a large portion of the male students across the country continue to underachieve.

Check out the Rankings below:

National Ivy Schools Ivy Rankings 2016 (CSEC)
Current Ranking (2016)	Previous Ranking (2015)	Name of School	Current Percentage of grade 11 cohort, achieving 5 or more subjects (Mathematics and/or English)
1	2	Immaculate Conception High School	100%
2	1	Campion College	99.5%
3	3	Montego Bay High School for Girls	99.3%
4	5	Wolmer’s Girls School	99%
5	7	St. Hilda’s High School	98.8%
6	10	Hampton School	97.81%
7	6	Westwood High School	97.54%
8	8	Glenmuir High School	96.8%
9	11	Wolmer’s Boys School	96.72%
10	16	Bishop Gibson High	96.5%
11	4	St. Andrew High School for Girls	96.2%
12	19	Knox College	94.8%
13	15	Ardenne High School	94.7%
14	20	Mannings High School	94.1%
15	12	Mount Alvernia High School	92.91%
16	21	York Castle High School	92.3%
17	22	Holy Childhood High	92.08%
18	14	Convent of Mercy Academy Alpha	91.9%
19	29	Meadowbrook High	88.8%
20	25	Kingston College	88.6%
21	17	St. George’s College	88%
22	13	Munro College	87.66%
23	26	The Queen’s High School	87.6%
24	28	Herbert Morrison Technical	87%
25	9	DeCarteret College	86%
26	23	Merl Grove High School	85%
27	18	Manchester High School	83.7%
28	27	St. Hugh’s High School	82.6%
29	24	Morant Bay High School	81.1%

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Aspiring Ivy Schools [Here are some of the schools that are aspiring to be CSEC Ivy Schools] (50%-79% of cohort leaving with 5 or more subjects Mathematics and/or English included)
Name of School	Current Percentage of grade 11 cohort, achieving 5 or more subjects (Mathematics and/or English)
St. Mary High School	79.6%
Jamaica College	76%
Belmont Academy	75%
St. Jago High School	74.92%
Clarendon College	73.8%
Marymount High School	73.7%
Denbigh High School	67%
Belair High School	66.67%
Titchfield	66.1%
St. Elizabeth Technical High School	63.9%
Calabar High School	61.1%
Mona High School	57.6%
Excelsior High School	57.3%
Holland High School	57%
Ferncourt High School	53.4%
Camperdown High school	50.5%
Charlemont High School	50%

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IVY ALL-GIRLS 2016 The IVY All-Girls 2016 looks at how the all-girls schools are doing compared to each other.
Current Ranking (2016)	Name of School	Current Percentage of grade 11 cohort, achieving 5 or more subjects (Mathematics and/or English)
1	Immaculate Conception High School	100%
2	Montego Bay High School for Girls	99.3%
3	Wolmer’s Girls School	99%
4	St. Hilda’s High School	98.8%
5	Hampton School	97.81%
6	Westwood High School	97.54%
7	Bishop Gibson High School	96.5%
8	St. Andrew High School for Girls	96.2%
9	Mount Alvernia High School	92.91%
10	Holy Childhood High	92.08%
11	Convent of Mercy Academy Alpha	91.9%
12	The Queen’s High School	87.6%
13	Merl Grove High School	85%
14	St. Hugh’s High School	82.6%

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IVY ALL-BOYS 2016 The IVY All-Girls 2016 looks at how the all-boys schools are doing compared to each other.
Current Ranking (2016)	Name of School	Current Percentage of grade 11 cohort, achieving 5 or more subjects (Mathematics and/or English)
1	Wolmer’s Boys School	96.72%
2	Kingston College	88.6%
3	St. George’s College	88%
4	Munro College	87.66%

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Source: Educate Jamaica

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