Alberta High School Student Outcomes

Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rates

Updated September 2008

Rutherford Scholarship eligibility rates are calculated by determining the percentages of Grade 12 students in Alberta whose marks in eligible courses any time during high school meet the criteria for an Alexander Rutherford Scholarship.

Rates are calculated for each high school grade and an overall rate (based on student marks in all three grades). The Accountability Pillar and Ministry business plan measure is the overall rate. Rutherford Scholarship eligibility graph


Alberta Rutherford Scholarship eligibility rates
  2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Grade 10 28.6% 29.4% 30.6% 31.9% 32.7%
Grade 11 25.1% 26.5% 28.1% 29.6% 30.1%
Grade 12 11.4% 12.1% 12.6% 18.0% 18.3%
Overall 32.5% 33.8% 35.3% 37.2% 38.2%

Notes:

  • The overall rate is based on an unduplicated count of Grade 12 students whose marks in Grades 10, 11 and/or 12 qualified for the scholarship.
  • Detailed information on the calculation of Rutherford Scholarship eligibility rates is contained in the methodology document.

Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rates 1998/1999 to 2006/2007 - Alberta School Jurisdictions