School type High School Grades 9 to 12 Language English, French Number of students 790 (October 2016) | Principal Mark Duley Enrollment 790 (October, 2016) Phone +1 905-632-5151 Founded 1970 | |
Vice Principals Nancy Annibale (A-L) Steve Sampson (M-Z) Address 5151 New St, Burlington, ON L7L 1V3, Canada District Halton District School Board School board Halton District School Board Similar Nelson High School, Lester B Pearson, Gary Allan High School, M M Robinson Secondar, Burlington Central High Sch | ||
Robert Bateman High School (also known as Robert Bateman, or Bateman) is located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The school is under the jurisdiction of the Halton District School Board, and was established in 1970 as Lord Elgin High School. After a merger with General Brock High School in 2004 it was renamed Robert Bateman High School.
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Basic information
Formerly known as Lord Elgin High School, this school merged with General Brock High School in 2004, and was named after Robert Bateman, a noted Canadian artist and naturalist. Bateman had previously held a placement as a geography and art teacher at Lord Elgin in the 1970s.
Robert Bateman High School enrols about 800 students within the Applied, Academic, and IB level.
Bateman is a host of the IB Programme; Students from neighbouring cities enroll at Robert Bateman High School for the year programme, which entails 2 years of free, pre-IB classes, and the 2 year IB programme itself. As well as the IB programme, the school's curriculum features a variety of service-related courses, in both Mechanics and the Culinary Arts.
Clubs, teams, and extra-curricular programs
Robert Bateman High School offers a wide variety of clubs, teams, and extra-curricular activities open to all students:
Academic performance
Academically, Robert Bateman High School is rated overall 6.8 out of 10 on the Fraser Institute Report Card and ranked 233 out of 676 in all of Ontario Secondary Schools.
Compared to other surrounding Secondary Schools (Nelson High School, Assumption Catholic Secondary School,and Lester B. Pearson High School), Robert Bateman ranked an average 10% below the other schools' 2011 Fraser Report Cards. However, the school ranked near par in both OSSLT scores and Average Level Grade 9 Academic Math, and lays within average scores (7.4-5.0) when compared to the whole of Ontario Secondary Schools.