Table 2
School resources and practices, peer characteristics, and province of school attendance by type of high school attended

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Table 2
School resources and practices, peer characteristics, and province of school attendance by type of high school attended
Table summary
This table displays the results of School resources and practices Public high school and Private high school, calculated using mean units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Public high school Private high school
mean
Sectarian 0.318 0.806
Semestered 0.692 0.255
Enrolment 1,079.9 712.8
Student–teacher ratio 17.0 17.8
Total annual instructional hours 967.6 945.1
Number of computers per student 0.191 0.200
Percentage of teachers with an undergraduate degree 93.0 87.1
Percentage of English/French teachers with undergraduate degree in English/French language and literature 81.9 81.3
Percentage of certified teachers 96.7 97.1
Percentage of teachers participated in training in last three months 59.3 52.3
Special tutoring available from staff members 0.796 0.798
Low expectations from teachers  
Does not hinder learning at all 0.528 0.716
Hinder learning a little 0.383 0.279
Hinder learning some or a lot 0.089 0.005
Teacher feedback  
Less than three times per year 0.014 0.000
Three times per year 0.035 0.057
Four or more times per year 0.950 0.943
Percentage of peers with non-university postsecondary educated parent 43.5 44.6
Percentage of peers with university educated parent 27.7 51.7
Provincial distribution of students  
Quebec 0.157 0.559
Ontario 0.484 0.118
Manitoba 0.040 0.050
Saskatchewan 0.044 0.020
Alberta 0.117 0.029
British Columbia 0.159 0.223
Notes: The sample consists of individuals who were born in 1984, were in Grade 10, lived in Canada (excluding the Atlantic provinces and the territories) in April or May 2000, and responded to a follow-up survey in 2008.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A; and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Programme for International Student Assessment.
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