Class-Size Tracker


Smaller class sizes? Find out with the class-size tracker

The McGuinty government has lowered class sizes in the primary grades – Junior Kindergarten* to Grade 3. See the class sizes for your school, your school board and all of Ontario.

Why have we done this?

Students in smaller classes get more attention, do better and are more likely to succeed in high school and beyond.

How are we doing?

Large primary classes have disappeared. As of 2011-12:

  • All primary classes have 23 students or fewer
  • 90.6% have 20 or fewer.
Primary classes are getting smaller
Primary classes are getting smaller

Classes are getting smaller. In 2003-04, 25% of classes had 25 or more students. Today, all primary classes have 23 students or fewer.
* excluding the government's full-day kindergarten program

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