The Fraser Institute's annual ranking of schools is again putting northwestern Ontario school near the bottom.
Spokesperson Michael Thomas says the rankings, based on the province's standardize test results, alert officials of the need for improvement.
"There may be issues at the heart of it that are not easily understandable by looking at the report card," says Thomas. "We want the whole community to come together to look at ways to improve student achievement."
North Star Community School in Atikokan tops all Rainy River district schools, but some schools honoured by the very group responsible for the tests are left out of the survey.
