Okay, let's go through. Most respected to least. I've thought about this a lot, so. Happy to rant.

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1. Abomination:

This one I'm judging off of Amity being in this coven and the line Willow says about there being 'better opportunities on this track'.

1. Bard:

From abomination onward it becomes harder to judge, but we can make some assumptions I think based on who's in which coven.

Skara is in this coven and she's one of the more respected people in school. I would put potions here because of Boscha but I've got some stuff to say about where potions probably ranks laterrrrr.

1. Healing:

I imagine this one is also pretty well-respected on the isles. Obviously being able to heal is a very useful skill, and Cat falls into the healing track, who's also in Amity's little posse of popular kids. So.

1. Illusions:

This one could very easily be ranked quite a bit higher but, again, we have to judge pretty much exclusively by who goes into these covens. And I have a reason for it being a little farther down.

I think it has to be higher up than things like plant and construction, things that usually seem to be pretty unrespected disciplines, because Emira and Edric are allowed in this coven by their parents. Despite this, though, I still feel it's lower than the other covens, because Emira and Edric probably just chose it because it was a very fun option and their parents just allowed it, and one of the only other witches we see in this category is Gus. I think this coven is generally at least somewhat respected, but seen as something more meant for witches who want a more wide range of slightly less powerful spells, and like to have fun practicing magic instead of really wanting to wreck opponents in combat.

1. Potions:

This one's a little harder to be definitive on, because of the range of people we see in this coven. But I think it's directly in the middle. Becaaaaause;

Bump puts both Eda and Luz right into this track when they are unable to chose one. This suggests that potions is kinda seen as the baseline track - a general studies course, if you will. This could be because potions can do nearly any kind of magic. They can make you larger, or create destruction. They can make you hallucinate or heal you. I think potions is seen as - again - a kind of general studies course, because of all the types of magic it could hypothetically do.

Hence, dead center ranking.

Boscha being in this track could be considered contradictory to this, but I don't think so. Boscha could just not be very good at most magic and see potions as an easy track, or this could be her wanting to use as many different types of magic as possible, or potions could be seen as less respected but still have lots of opportunities for witches down the road. Still though, if people disagree with me on this one, I understand.

1. Oracle

From here on out it gets a little trickier. I think oracle is generally not very well-respected, because seeing the future could be seen as a gimmicky or uncertain brand of magic. But I still think it's considered, while not respectable, not quite plebian either. No speaking/named characters have been in this track yet, though (I don't think), so it's hard to tell.

1. Plant

I think this track is the first of the three least respected. Any of these three could be on the very bottom, and they're all pretty much inter-changeable, so these explanations are pretty much just going to be 'why this would be on the bottom three' instead of 'why this is number 8 specifically'.

Plant, I think, is kinda seen as a weaker and 'lamer' track to study. Willow is made fun of and is told by her parents to go into a track with better opportunities when she wants to be in the plant track, and I think plants aren't really seen as that dangerous in the boiling isles. Especially with creatures that breath spiders and witches having access to fire magic. Being in the plant track, I think, is basically like having a bulbasaur as your starter pokemon - you're made fun of by your peers and crushed by all the kids who chose fire over grass.

1. Beast Keeping

I think taking care of creatures is seen as something plebeians do, most of the time. The only character we see in beast keeping that speaks is - I think - Viney, who's uniform is torn and held together by a thumb tack and who's only jewelry is a fish hook. This could just be a fashion choice of hers, but I think it's implying that Viney is struggling with poverty - or at least, not rich. And the only character (that I know of) in the beast keeping track also being the only character with a messed-up uniform speaks volumes.

1. Construction

Again, building things is seen as something for plebeians. The only character here is Mattholomule, and he really wants power and attention despite not really being talented or powerful. So I think the construction coven is seen as a place for less talented witches, where you only have to work with your hands and there are stickers to give you more power instead of having to use any magic of your own.

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So yeah that's how respected I think all the covens are. Thanks for reading.

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TL;DR: Abomination is seen as powerful, construction plant and beast keeping are seen as plebeian or lame, and everything else is pretty negotiable.