Durham Secondary School Rankings 2024

Most public schools in Durham Region are administered by the Durham District School Board. The ones in Clarington are under the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. Catholic schools are overseen by the Durham Catholic District School Board and Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board.

Ontario secondary school rankings for the school year ending in 2022 have been released from the Fraser Institute - a non-partisan, independent research and educational organization, based in Canada.  Rankings are for academic performance based on standardized testing that is universally administered across the province.

The most recent report was released in May 2024.

Top Rated Public High Schools in Durham Region

1. Donald A. Wilson (Whitby) 8.4

2. Uxbridge (Uxbridge) 8.0

3. Sinclair (Whitby) 7.9

4. Dunbarton (Pickering) 7.8

5. Pickering (Pickering), Pickering (Ajax) 7.6

Top Rated Catholic High Schools in Durham Region

1. St Mary (Pickering) 7.6

2. All Saints (Whitby), Father Leo J Austin (Whitby) 7.3

4. Notre Dame (Ajax) 6.9

5. Archbishop Denis O’Connor (Ajax) 6.6

Oshawa - Top High Schools

1. Maxwell Heights 6.9

2. R S McLaughlin 6.6

3. Monsignor Paul Dwyer (Catholic) 6.3

4. O’Neill 6.0

5. Eastdale 5.3

6. Monsignor John Pereyma (Catholic) 4.3

7. G L Roberts 3.7

Whitby - Top High Schools

1. Donald A. Wilson 8.4

2. Sinclair 7.9

3. All Saints, Father Leo J Austin (Catholic) 7.3

5. Henry Street, Brooklin 7.2

7. Anderson 7.1

8. St. Charles-Garnier

Clarington - Top High Schools

1. Holy Trinity (Catholic) 6.7

2. Bowmanville 6.6

3. Clarington Central (Bowmanville) 5.9

4. Clarke (Newcastle) 6.6

5. Courtice 5.9

6. St. Stephen’s (Bowmanville - Catholic) 5.7

Clarington public schools are under the authority of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.

Ajax - Top High Schools

1. Pickering 7.6

2. Ajax, Notre Dame (Catholic) 6.9

4. J Clarke Richardson 6.6

5. Ajax 5.5

Pickering - Top High Schools

1. Dunbarton 7.8

2. Pickering, St. Mary (Catholic) 7.6

4. Pine Ridge 6.2

North Durham - Top High Schools

1. Uxbridge 8.0

2. Port Perry 6.9

3. Brock 4,8

I have summarized the details for public secondary and Catholic schools located in Durham Region in this article. Do you know what the school rankings are for the school that your children attend, or for neighbourhoods that you are considering moving to?  Contact me to get information specific to your new home search, or for other school boards and primary schools. 

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