School Board Progress Reports


Primary Grade Classes with 20 or Fewer Students

The ministry’s goal is for each primary class to have no more than 23 students. In addition, 90 per cent of these classes will have 20 students or fewer.

Ten per cent of classes can have up to 23 students. This flexibility helps boards make classes smaller, while allowing for enrolment changes, minimizing the need for more combined grades and avoiding unnecessary transportation of students.

In 2008-09, all of primary classes had 23 students or fewer and 90.3 per cent had 20 or fewer. Primary classes with 25 or more students have been eliminated.

This chart shows the percentage of primary grade classes with 20 or fewer students by board.

Algoma DSB 90%
Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB 90%
Avon Maitland DSB 90%
Bluewater DSB 92%
Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB 91%
Bruce-Grey CDSB 92%
CDSB of Eastern Ontario 92%
Céc du Centre-Est de l'Ontario 96%
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario 94%
CSD des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest 90%
CSD du Centre Sud-Ouest 91%
CSD du Grand Nord de l'Ontario 98%
CSD du Nord-Est de l'Ontario 100%
CSDC Centre-Sud 90%
CSDC de l'Est ontarien 95%
CSDC des Aurores boréales 94%
CSDC des Grandes Rivières 90%
CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario 91%
CSDC Franco-Nord 91%
DSB of Niagara 91%
DSB Ontario North East 93%
Dufferin-Peel CDSB 90%
Durham CDSB 93%
Durham DSB 92%
Grand Erie DSB 90%
Greater Essex County DSB 97%
Halton CDSB 90%
Halton DSB 90%
Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB 91%
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB 91%
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB 91%
Huron Perth CDSB 90%
Huron-Superior CDSB 90%
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB 92%
Keewatin-Patricia DSB 93%
Kenora CDSB 96%
Lakehead DSB 90%
Lambton Kent DSB 94%
Limestone DSB 90%
London District Catholic School Board 91%
Near North DSB 90%
Niagara CDSB 90%
Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB 98%
Northeastern CDSB 90%
Northwest CDSB 91%
Ottawa CDSB 89%
Ottawa-Carleton DSB 91%
Peel DSB 90%
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland CDSB 90%
Rainbow DSB 96%
Rainy River DSB 95%
Renfrew County CDSB 92%
Renfrew County DSB 95%
Simcoe County DSB 91%
Simcoe Muskoka CDSB 94%
St Clair CDSB 91%
Sudbury CDSB 91%
Superior North CDSB 100%
Superior-Greenstone DSB 95%
Thames Valley DSB 90%
Thunder Bay CDSB 90%
Toronto CDSB 90%
Toronto DSB 86%
Trillium Lakelands DSB 90%
Upper Canada DSB 88%
Upper Grand DSB 90%
Waterloo CDSB 91%
Waterloo Region DSB 91%
Wellington CDSB 90%
Windsor-Essex CDSB 89%
York CDSB 86%
York Region DSB 92%

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