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Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario CDSBEO

Kemptville, Ontario · Catholic · English

Students
13,690
2022-2023 enrolment
Schools
49
38 elementary · 11 secondary

EQAO performance

Students at or above the provincial standard (2022-2023, EQAO). Green means at or above the Ontario average.

Grade 3

68.8%
Reading
-6.2 vs ON
63.6%
Writing
-3.4 vs ON
53.9%
Math
-21.1 vs ON

Grade 6

86.4%
Reading
-2.6 vs ON
84.3%
Writing
+5.3 vs ON
44.9%
Math
-18.1 vs ON

Secondary

38.8%
G9 Math
-19.2 vs ON
75.4%
OSSLT
-17.6 vs ON

How CDSBEO ranks in Ontario

Ranked against the 76 Ontario school boards with published EQAO results, by the mean of the assessments each board sat (2022-2023).

Overall rank
#35 of 76
Percentile
55
higher is stronger
Mean at or above standard
64.5%

CDSBEO places highest on Grade 6 Reading (#9 of 75) and lowest on OSSLT Literacy (#47 of 71).

Assessment At or above standard Rank in Ontario Percentile
Grade 6 Reading 86.4% #9 of 75 89
Grade 6 Writing 84.3% #24 of 75 69
Grade 3 Writing 63.6% #25 of 75 68
Grade 6 Math 44.9% #31 of 75 59
Grade 3 Math 53.9% #36 of 75 53
Grade 3 Reading 68.8% #38 of 75 50
Grade 9 Math 38.8% #45 of 71 37
OSSLT Literacy 75.4% #47 of 71 34

Student success

How CDSBEO students are doing: four years of EQAO results against the province, and graduation and credit accumulation from the Ministry of Education's May 2026 school board progress table

Read EQAO results and the Ministry's progress table ↗

Grade 3, at or above the provincial standard

EQAO primary assessment, share of fully participating students at level 3 or 4 (the provincial standard), from EQAO open data

Grade 6, at or above the provincial standard

EQAO junior assessment, share of fully participating students at level 3 or 4

Grade 9 mathematics and the literacy test

Grade 9 assessment of mathematics, share at level 3 or 4, and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, share of first-time eligible students who were successful

Graduation and credits, Ministry progress report

From the Ministry of Education's school board progress table, May 2026: graduation and credit accumulation for every Ontario board, with the change on the previous year

Click any figure to open its chart with every year.

What the report says

The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show

Figures and findings read from Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario's EQAO open data; School board achievements and progress, data.ontario.ca, May 2026 , published 2026-05.

Chart

Who runs it
Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario (STEO), the consortium shared with the Upper Canada DSB; a red banner on the board's site means cancellations or delays
Who qualifies
From September 2026: students living more than 800 metres from school in kindergarten, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 (applied to grades 7 and 8 whatever the school setting) and 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12
Bus stop
Up to 800 metres from home for kindergarten to Grade 8 and 1.6 km for secondary; routes may be longer than before
Hazardous routes
A Hazard Assessment Tool reviews walking routes against industry practice and local research
Which school
STEO's School Eligibility tool lists the schools serving any address; the Transportation Eligibility tool says whether it is bused
Contact
STEO 613-925-0022 or 1-855-925-0022, transportation@steo.ca

Trustees and senior staff

Board of Trustees

Seven trustees, a student trustee and an associate student trustee, serving until November 30, 2026.

  • Christopher Cummings
    Chair
  • Karen Torrie-Racine
    Vice-Chair
  • Jennifer Cooney
    Trustee
  • Brent Laton
    Trustee
  • Karen McAllister
    Trustee
  • Donna Nielsen
    Trustee
  • Sue Wilson
    Trustee
  • Saanvi Uniyal
    Student Trustee
  • Duncan King
    Associate Student Trustee

As listed on Board of Trustees, cdsbeo.on.ca

Senior staff

The CEO and the superintendents of education.

  • Shelley Montgomery
    Chief Executive Officer and Chief Education Officer · since July 1, 2025
  • Brent Bovaird
    Superintendent of Education
  • Dawn Finnegan
    Superintendent of Education
  • Heather Gerber
    Superintendent of Education
  • Julia Graydon
    Superintendent of Education
  • Tracy O'Brien
    Superintendent of Education

As listed on Chief Executive Officer and Superintendents, cdsbeo.on.ca

Schools

49 total
Elementary schools
38
Secondary schools
11
Students enrolled
13,690

Individual school profiles for CDSBEO are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 49 schools.

CDSBEO school directory ↗