School Board Progress Reports


Progress in 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.

Between 2003-04 and 2008-09, there was a 59 percentage point increase in the number of primary classes in Ontario that had 20 students or fewer.

This chart shows the progress made in increasing the percentage of primary grade classes with 20 students or fewer by board between 2003-04 and 2008-09.

Algoma DSB 29 points
Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB 50 points
Avon Maitland DSB 44 points
Bluewater DSB 61 points
Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB 51 points
Bruce-Grey CDSB 58 points
CDSB of Eastern Ontario 61 points
Céc du Centre-Est de l'Ontario 51 points
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario 55 points
CSD des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest 37 points
CSD du Centre Sud-Ouest 52 points
CSD du Grand Nord de l'Ontario 38 points
CSD du Nord-Est de l'Ontario 13 points
CSDC Centre-Sud 61 points
CSDC de l'Est ontarien 60 points
CSDC des Aurores boréales 4 points
CSDC des Grandes Rivières 21 points
CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario 9 points
CSDC Franco-Nord 5 points
DSB of Niagara 55 points
DSB Ontario North East 39 points
Dufferin-Peel CDSB 66 points
Durham CDSB 56 points
Durham DSB 65 points
Grand Erie DSB 49 points
Greater Essex County DSB 61 points
Halton CDSB 73 points
Halton DSB 67 points
Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB 56 points
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB 64 points
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB 61 points
Huron Perth CDSB 45 points
Huron-Superior CDSB 35 points
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB 63 points
Keewatin-Patricia DSB 42 points
Kenora CDSB 57 points
Lakehead DSB 56 points
Lambton Kent DSB 55 points
Limestone DSB 61 points
London District Catholic School Board 46 points
Near North DSB 56 points
Niagara CDSB 58 points
Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB 66 points
Northeastern CDSB 19 points
Northwest CDSB 46 points
Ottawa CDSB 61 points
Ottawa-Carleton DSB 65 points
Peel DSB 79 points
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland CDSB 61 points
Rainbow DSB 42 points
Rainy River DSB 41 points
Renfrew County CDSB 45 points
Renfrew County DSB 65 points
Simcoe County DSB 48 points
Simcoe Muskoka CDSB 54 points
St Clair CDSB 58 points
Sudbury CDSB 57 points
Superior North CDSB 12 points
Superior-Greenstone DSB 21 points
Thames Valley DSB 57 points
Thunder Bay CDSB 61 points
Toronto CDSB 48 points
Toronto DSB 67 points
Trillium Lakelands DSB 50 points
Upper Canada DSB 52 points
Upper Grand DSB 51 points
Waterloo CDSB 64 points
Waterloo Region DSB 58 points
Wellington CDSB 66 points
Windsor-Essex CDSB 47 points
York CDSB 50 points
York Region DSB 69 points

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