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School engagement refers to student attitudes towards schooling and their participation, both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities. Student attitudes towards school and their participation strongly affect their decision to pursue post-secondary studies.[1] Research shows that students with higher levels of school engagement have better economic and health outcomes later in life.[1]

Grade 7 and 10 students who report high levels of school engagement

About the Measure

This measure is collected from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (WDG) Youth Survey that gathers self-reported well-being data from grade 7 and 10 students. To determine school engagement, students are asked about:

  • Getting good grades
  • Making friends at school
  • Participating in extracurricular activities
  • Getting to class on time
  • Learning new things
  • Expressing one’s opinion in class
  • Getting involved in leadership activities (e.g., school council)

Students' responses to the above statements are totalled and then given a high or low School Engagement score.

Key Findings

Across the three Youth Survey cycles, more grade 7 than grade 10 students reported high levels of school engagement. More female than male and non-binary students reported high levels of school engagement (not shown in graph). Data by gender and at the municipal level can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.

 

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Source: WDG Youth Survey, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2017-18. WDG Report Card Coalition. Last updated September 5, 2018. 

Limitations

The WDG Youth Survey collects self-reported data and is subject to response bias and recall bias. Youth who are disengaged and who may not have attended school on the day of the survey may be underrepresented in this data. Additionally, disengaged youth who completed the survey may not have completed all portions of the survey and may not be represented in this data.

 

Download Full Dataset (Excel)


References

[1] OECD. (2003). Student engagement at school: A sense of belonging and participation. Available at: https://www.oecd.org/edu/school/programmeforinternationalstudentassessmentpisa/33689437.pdf

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