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St. Joseph the Worker is located at 4451 Williams Rd, Richmond, BC V7E 1J7. The parish describes itself as a vibrant, joyful, and diverse Catholic community in west Richmond, and notes that its Parish and School are overseen by the Canadian Holy Spirit Province of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM).
School type: Independent School (Richmond)
Education language: English
Religious affiliation: St. Joseph the Worker is a Catholic parish community. The elementary school operates under Catholic Independent Schools in the Vancouver Archdiocese (CISVA) and teaches the BC curriculum from a faith-based, Christ-centered perspective.
Grades: K-7
Phone: 604 277-1115
Email: jwithers@stjosephtheworker.ca
Principal: Jamie Withers
St. Joseph the Worker is a Catholic parish community. The elementary school operates under Catholic Independent Schools in the Vancouver Archdiocese (CISVA) and teaches the BC curriculum from a faith-based, Christ-centered perspective.
Catholic faith-based education The school teaches the BC curriculum from a faith-based perspective and describes its approach as Christ-centered education focused on students’ intellectual, physical, emotional, moral, and spiritual development. Faith formation / parish ministry connections The parish offers ongoing faith formation and describes many parish ministries, including liturgy-related roles such as altar servers, lectors, communion ministers, hospitality, greeting ministry, and music ministry.
The school describes itself as rooted in Christ-centered education and focused on supporting both the “spirits and minds” of children. It aims to develop Christian leaders, responsible citizens, and life-long learners.
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Academic Performance
School year: 2024-2025. Scores out of 100.
All Grades overall score: 60 - well above the district average of 51, ahead by 8 points.
Literacy: 56
Numeracy: 63
Numeracy is a relative strength; literacy has more room to grow.
School year trend view: All Grades (combined Grade 4 and Grade 7 averages where available). In 2024-2025, literacy is 56, numeracy is 63, and overall is 60.
Compared with 2019-2020, the overall score declined by 4 points.
In the latest year, numeracy is the strongest of the three measures at 63, while literacy is lowest at 56.
Across the available years, literacy declined by 10 points since 2019-2020, while numeracy improved by 3 points since 2019-2020.
All Grades trend view combines Grade 4 and Grade 7 averages where both are available. In 2024-2025, academic performance is 60.
Academic Performance shows the largest shift across the available period, declined by 4 points since 2019-2020.
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Academic Performance
School year: 2024-2025. Scores out of 100.
All Grades overall score: 60 - well above the district average of 51, ahead by 8 points.
Literacy: 56
Numeracy: 63
Numeracy is a relative strength; literacy has more room to grow.
School year trend view: All Grades (combined Grade 4 and Grade 7 averages where available). In 2024-2025, literacy is 56, numeracy is 63, and overall is 60.
Compared with 2019-2020, the overall score declined by 4 points.
In the latest year, numeracy is the strongest of the three measures at 63, while literacy is lowest at 56.
Across the available years, literacy declined by 10 points since 2019-2020, while numeracy improved by 3 points since 2019-2020.
All Grades trend view combines Grade 4 and Grade 7 averages where both are available. In 2024-2025, academic performance is 60.
Academic Performance shows the largest shift across the available period, declined by 4 points since 2019-2020.
Academic Performance
School year: 2024-2025. Scores out of 100.
Grade 4 overall score: 61 - well above the district average of 51, ahead by 10 points.
Literacy: 56
Numeracy: 66
Numeracy is a clear strength; literacy is the area with the most room to grow.
School year trend view: Grade 4. In 2024-2025, literacy is 56, numeracy is 66, and overall is 61.
Compared with 2019-2020, the overall score declined by 4 points.
In the latest year, numeracy is the strongest of the three measures at 66, while literacy is lowest at 56.
Across the available years, literacy declined by 12 points since 2019-2020, while numeracy improved by 5 points since 2019-2020.
Grade 4 trend view. In 2024-2025, academic performance is 61.
Academic Performance shows the largest shift across the available period, declined by 4 points since 2019-2020.
Academic Performance
School year: 2024-2025. Scores out of 100.
Grade 7 overall score: 58 - well above the district average of 51, ahead by 7 points.
Literacy: 57
Numeracy: 59
Literacy and numeracy are closely matched.
School year trend view: Grade 7. In 2024-2025, literacy is 57, numeracy is 59, and overall is 58.
Compared with 2019-2020, the overall score declined by 3 points.
In the latest year, numeracy is the strongest of the three measures at 59, while literacy is lowest at 57.
Across the available years, literacy declined by 7 points since 2019-2020, while numeracy was broadly stable since 2019-2020.
Grade 7 trend view. In 2024-2025, academic performance is 58.
Academic Performance shows the largest shift across the available period, declined by 3 points since 2019-2020.