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 under the Durham Catholic District School Board and the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board.

Ontario elementary school rankings for the school year ending in 2019 have been released from the Fraser Institute - a non-partisan, independent research and educational organization, based in Canada. Rankings are for academic performance based upon standardized testing that is universally administered across the province.

Results during the pandemic years are not available, as the testing was not done for those years. Once results are available for post-pandemic years, this article will be updated.

Top Elementary Public Schools in Durham Region

1. Elizabeth B Phin Public School (Pickering) 8.9

2. Fallingbrook (Whitby) 8.8

3. Gandatsetiagon (Pickering), Northern Dancer (Oshawa) 8.6

5. Earl A Fairman (Whitby), William Dunbar (Pickering) 8.4

Top Elementary Catholic Schools in Durham Region

1. St Luke the Evangelist (Whitby) 7.9

2. St Paul (Whitby), St Teresa of Calcutta (Ajax) 7.8

4. St Hedwig (Oshawa) 7.4

5. St Andre Bessette (Ajax) 7.3

Oshawa - Top Elementary Public Schools

1. Northern Dancer 8.6

2. Kedron 8.0

3. Sherwood 6.7

4. Sunset Heights, Pierre Elliott Trudeau 6.6

Oshawa - Top Elementary Catholic Schools

1. St Hedwig 7.4

2. St John Bosco 6.9

3. St John XXIII, St Kateri Tekakwitha 6.7

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5. Father Joseph Venini, Sir Albert Love 5.8

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7. St Joseph, St Thomas Aquinas 5.2

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9. Monsignor Philip Coffey 3.7

Whitby - Top Elementary Public Schools

1. Fallingbrook 8.8

2. Earl A Fairman 8.4

3. Jack Miner 8.2

4. John Dryden 7.9

5. Whitby Shores 7.7

Whitby - Top Elementary Catholic Schools

1. St Luke the Evangelist 7.9

2. St Paul 7.8

3. St Matthew the Evangelist 7.2

4. St John Paull II 7.0

5. St Bridget, St Mark the Evangelist  6.7

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7. St Bernard 6.6

8. St Theresa 5.1

9. St Marguerite d’Youville 4.3

Clarington - Top Elementary Public Schools

1. M J Hobbs (Hampton) 7.3

2. S T Worden, Newcastle 7.1

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4. Duke of Cambridge (Bowmanville) 7.0

5. Lydia Trull (Courtice) 6.5

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

Clarington - Top Elementary Catholic Schools

1. Monsignor Leo Cleary (Courtice) 7.1

2. St Mother Teresa (Courtice) 5.8

3. Holy Family (Bowmanville) 5.5

4. St Joseph (Bowmanville) 5.3

5. St Francis of Assisi (Newcastle) 4.9

Ajax - Top Elementary Schools

1. Vimy Ridge 8.2

2. Southwood Park 7.7

3. Nottingham 7.6

4. Lester B Pearson, Romeo Dallaire 7.5

Ajax - Top Elementary Catholic Schools

1. St Teresa of Calcutta 7.8

2. St Andre Bessette 7.3

3. St Catherine of Siena 6.5

4. St Josephine Bakhita 6.4

5. St Bernadette 6.2

6. St Jude 6.0

7. St James 5.3

8. St Francis de Sales 5.1

Pickering - Top Elementary Public Schools

1. Elizabeth P Phin 8.9

2. Gandatsetiagon 8.6

3. William Dunbar 8.4

4. Altona, Rosebank Road 8.0

Pickering - Top Elementary Catholic Schools

1. St Isaac Jogues 6.9

2. Father Fenelon 6.7

3. St Wilfrid 6.2

4. St Monica 5.5

5. St Elizabeth Seton 5.0

North Durham - Top Elementary Public Schools

1. Joseph Gould (Uxbridge) 7.8

2. R H Cornish (Port Perry) 7.0

3. Quaker Village (Uxbridge) 6.8

4. Prince Albert 6.4

5. S A Cawker 6.2

North Durham - Top Elementary Catholic Schools

1. St Joseph (Uxbridge) 7.0

2. Good Shepherd (Port Perry) 5.8

I have summarized the details for public and Catholic elementary 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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