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 2009-10:

  • All primary classes have 23 students or fewer
  • 90.5% 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.

What are we doing to reduce class sizes?

To make class sizes smaller, we needed more teachers and more classrooms. As of 2009-10, annual funding has reached about $433 million to support 5,100 additional primary teachers.

We also provided funding to support projects to build and renovate about 1,900 classrooms.

For the 2009-10 school year, the McGuinty government's investment in education is over $5 billion since coming to office.

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