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    Summary Public School Indicators for Canada, the Provinces and Territories, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010

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    1. The number of graduates is at the end of the school year, while population estimates are as of July 1 of the corresponding school year. Late graduates are included in the calculations. The graduation rate should not be used to infer a dropout rate. The four programs that comprise the graduate pool are: regular programs for youth, adult upgrading programs (GED), vocational programs for youth and vocational programs for adults. Due to the small population in the three territories, changes in the number of graduates may yield high percentage changes from year to year.

    2. The graduation rate used by the Elementary Secondary Education Survey (ESES) is aligned with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) requirements in order to ensure that Canadian graduation rate data can be compared with other nations. It is calculated by dividing the number of graduates by the average of the 17 and 18 year old population:

      Graduation rate = Graduates (High school graduates (youth and adults) and Vocational program graduates (youth and adults))/Average number of the 17 and 18 year-old population

      Due to differences in reporting, comparing graduation rate data between jurisdictions should be done with caution.

    3. The term "educator" refers to teachers, school administrators and pedagogical support.

    4. Note that the student-educator ratio is not the same as the student-teacher ratio. The student-educator ratio includes personnel listed in Note 3.

    5. Data Table 29 (Total expenditures in public elementary and secondary schools as a percentage of total expenditures by provincial and local governments) and Data Table 35 (Total expenditures by provincial and local governments) have been discontinued until 2014 when this data is expected to be produced again.

    6. All data, including financial data, are subject to revision.
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