YRDSB Schools RANKED
MISTAKES I MADE IN THE VIDEO/INFORMATION I DID NOT MENTION:
Bill Hogarth Secondary School/Tommy Douglas Secondary School:
OH MAN! This one is embarrassing! So I ranked Tommy Douglas Secondary School in the E Tier because they were founded in 2015 and were too young...but then I ranked Bill Hogarth into the A tier even though they were founded in 2017 and are even younger! Man, that is embarrassing for me and I would probably not suspect students of Tommy Douglas Secondary School to like that very much...sorry! If I may offer just a small defense, having been to Bill Hogarth, the school is quite massive. Now, I know that is not a super fair statement since I have not been to all schools, but based on the pictures on Google, it looks quite big compared to the rest, whereas Tommy Douglas Secondary School looks like an average sized school. This is also where perhaps personal bias comes in, but I personally have not heard much about Tommy Douglas, whereas I know that a lot of students have been to Bill Hogarth because there was a YRPC Student Outreach even there. Either way, still an embarrassing mistake ://
Sutton District High School:
As soon as I look up this school, Google automatically fills in the search bar with the word "racism". So, it comes as no surprise that some of the first few results have to do with racist news stories of the school. I have not looked into this, but I think this further would make my placement of them in the F tier justifiable.
King City Secondary School:
I can't believe I forgot to say this but a big reason of why these guys are ranked where they are is because of their name! "King City" baby! That's easily one of the best named schools in YRDSB if not the best. Imagine being able to call yourself a student of King City haha. It's also worth mentioning that this is the only school in its area.
Maple High School:
It is worth mentioning that this is the only school in Maple.
Stouffville District Secondary School:
It is worth mentioning that this is the only school in Whitchurch-Stouffville
Miscellaneous:
Although I only mentioned the Instagram page of Richmond Hill High School and Richmond Green Secondary School, I do believe there are other schools that have nice Instagram pages. This includes, but is not limited to, Bayview Secondary School and Markville Secondary School. It is unfortunately the case that not all schools have as nice Instagram pages as others.
I completely did not mention the fact that the more isolated a school is, the worse that school will be ranked, because it is less involved in the action between all of the schools. So, in order of which cities have the most YRDSB schools to the least: Markham (9), Vaughan (6), Richmond Hill (5), Newmarket (4), Aurora (2), Georgina (2), Thornhill (2), , Maple (1), King Township (1), Whitchurch-Stouffville (1). Additionally, schools with names that represent their whole region are more likely to be better ranked as well (with the exception of Hodan Nalayeh/Vaughan). To be fair, I should have considered the geographical location of each of the schools, but I didn't really do that. I just mentioned if I knew if the areas were nice or not, and I mentioned the area for a few schools like Richmond Hill High School and Bayview Secondary School but that's about all. I could have gone more in depth there but I chose not to.
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Timestamps:
Alexander Mackenzie High School [7:41]
Aurora High School [9:15]
Bayview Secondary School [16:24]
Bill Crothers Secondary School [15:30]
Bill Hogarth Secondary School [14:24]
Bur Oak Secondary School [9:15]
Dr G W Williams Secondary School [7:41]
Dr J M Denison Secondary School [4:16]
Emily Carr Secondary School [4:48]
Hodan Nalayeh/Vaughan Secondary School [2:50]
Huron Heights Secondary School [6:16]
Keswick High School [1:45]
King City Secondary School [9:15]
Langstaff Secondary School [6:16]
Maple High School [9:15]
Markham District High School [7:14]
Markville Secondary School [18:28]
Middlefield Collegiate Institute [12:57]
Milliken Mills High School [7:14]
Newmarket High School [13:33]
Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School [14:42]
Richmond Green Secondary School [9:15]
Richmond Hill High School [11:32]
Sir William Mulock Secondary School [6:16]
Stephen Lewis Secondary School [6:16]
Stouffville District Secondary School [4:50]
Sutton District High School [1:18]
Thornhill Secondary School [6:16]
Thornlea Secondary School [7:14]
Tommy Douglas Secondary School [3:44]
Unionville High School [12:49]
Westmount Collegiate Institute [12:13]
Woodbridge College [2:15]
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In all fairness, I feel like I may have not done the greatest analysis of a lot of the middle tier schools. I did not have access to a lot of information so if you have access to some information that could sway my opinion, let me know down in the comments! Depending on the feedback, I might make a revised video. However, if the response to this video isn't good, I probably won't want to risk it again :(