Student Success Indicators

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Figure 2: Grade 6 Absenteeism (September to June) and Proportion of Students at Level 3/4 EQAO Mathematics 2010-11 and 2011-12

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Figure 3: Grade 9 Cohort Absenteeism (Grade 9 Cohort 2007-2012) and Year 4 (Grade 12) Student Outcomes

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Figure 4: 2011-12 Year 2 (Grade 10) Absenteeism and Students Secondary School Achievment

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Figure 5: 2011-12 Average Absenteeism Rates by Gender

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Region of Birth JK to SK Gr. 1 to 8 Gr. 9 to 10

Canada 8.9 5.8 10.0

Cental Africa * * 12.7

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Mexico12.4 7.0 14.0

Central Asia * 6.4 9.3

English Speaking Caribbean and

Region11.0 5.7 15.2

Eastern Africa 10.2 5.3 10.1

Eastern Asia 8.1 3.2 5.4

Eastern Europe 21.1 11.4 14.1

Non-English Speaking Caribbean * 6.1 10.6

Northern Africa * 5.5 7.8

South and Western Europe 11.5 5.7 8.3

South Asia 10.0 5.7 6.8

Southeast Asia 10.9 4.3 8.9

Southern Africa * 5.1 *

UK and Republic Ireland 9.3 5.8 7.4

United States 9.5 5.6 8.0

Western Africa * 3.4 7.2

Western Asia 11.1 6.3 8.9

Overall Average Absenteeism 9.2 5.8 9.5

Language JK to SK Gr. 1 to 8 Gr. 9 to 12

Albanian 10.2 5.5 8.6

Arabic 10.7 6.2 9.1

Bengali 11.6 6.2 6.7

Chinese 7.0 3.1 4.9

Dari 10.7 5.9 8.4

English 8.4 6.2 11.7

French 7.9 5.5 9.1

Greek 7.7 5.2 10.7

Gujarati 8.1 5.1 5.0

Hindi 10.5 5.9 6.7

Korean 8.3 3.4 5.7

Pashto/Dari 13.0 7.6 9.1

Persian (Farsi) 11.1 6.0 8.3

Portuguese 10.8 7.0 11.7

Punjabi 8.9 5.2 7.1

Romanian 10.4 6.3 6.6

Russian 13.3 8.0 9.3

Serbian 9.9 6.3 7.7

Somali 13.4 7.0 8.7

Spanish 13.5 8.7 14.5

Tagalog (Philipino) 9.9 4.4 9.5

Tamil 7.7 3.9 5.2

Turkish 13.7 6.9 11.6

Urdu 11.9 7.3 7.9

Vietnamese 9.0 3.9 7.9

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Figure 6: : 2011-12 Average Absenteeism Rates by Students' Ethno-racial Background

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Figure 7: 2011-12 Average Absenteeism Rates by Parental Presence

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Figure 8: 2011-12 Average Absenteeism Rates by Parents' Education

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Figure 9: 2011-12 Average Absenteeism Rates byParents Social-economic Status

Professional and Senior Management Semi-professional and Middle Management

Skilled/semi-skilled Clerical and Trades Unskilled Clerical and Trades

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