Durham District School Board DDSB
Whitby, Ontario · Public · English
EQAO performance
Students at or above the provincial standard (2022-2023, EQAO). Green means at or above the Ontario average.
Grade 3
Grade 6
Secondary
How DDSB 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).
DDSB places highest on Grade 9 Math (#14 of 71) and lowest on Grade 6 Writing (#29 of 75).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 Math | 54.3% | #14 of 71 | 81 |
| Grade 3 Math | 61.2% | #17 of 75 | 78 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 72.9% | #21 of 75 | 73 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 64.5% | #22 of 75 | 72 |
| Grade 6 Math | 47.4% | #23 of 75 | 70 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 82.4% | #25 of 71 | 66 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 82.8% | #28 of 75 | 64 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 81.8% | #29 of 75 | 62 |
Student success
How DDSB 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
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.
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What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide
Figures and findings read from Durham District School Board's EQAO open data; School board achievements and progress, data.ontario.ca, May 2026 , published 2026-05.
School buses and catchment areas
Buses and Transportation, ddsb.ca; frequently asked questions, dsts.on.ca ↗- Who runs it
- Durham Student Transportation Services (DSTS), shared with Durham Catholic; the DSTS transportation policy governs all board busing and the school bus counts as an extension of the classroom
- Who qualifies
- Students inside their designated school boundary living more than 1.6 km from it (kindergarten to Grade 8) or 3.2 km (grades 9 to 12)
- Find your bus
- On the DSTS site with the child's Ontario Education Number and date of birth; kindergarten families are contacted directly
- Cancellations
- By weather zone; Parent Portal email alerts and the 24-hour line 905-666-6979
- Contact
- DSTS 905-666-6395 or 1-800-240-6943
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eleven trustees elected by municipality for 2022 to 2026 and an appointed First Nations representative. Trustee Services 905-666-6363.
- Tracy BrownChair · Whitby
- Deb OldfieldVice Chair · Oshawa
- Chad CowieFirst Nations Representative
- Michelle ArseneaultTrustee · Whitby
- Christine ThatcherTrustee · Whitby
- Emma CunninghamTrustee · Pickering
- Stephen LintonTrustee · Pickering
- Donna EdwardsTrustee · Ajax
- Kelly MillerTrustee · Ajax
- Shailene PanyloTrustee · Oshawa
- Carolyn MortonTrustee · Brock, Uxbridge and Scugog
As listed on Board of Trustees, ddsb.ca
Senior Leadership Team
The executive and superintendents, 905-666-5500.
- Camille Williams-TaylorChief Executive Officer
- Jim MarkovskiChief Operating Officer, Academic Services, and Chief Education Officer
- Lisa BiancaChief Business Officer, Corporate Services · includes transportation
- Lisa CoppinsSuperintendent, People and Culture
- Michael Bowman, Lauren Bliss, Erin Elmhurst, Mohamed Hamid, Quincy James, Jackie Leacock, Andrea McAuley, Stephen Nevills and Martine RobinsonSuperintendents of Education
As listed on Senior Leadership Team, ddsb.ca
Schools
131 total- Elementary schools
- 112
- Secondary schools
- 19
- Students enrolled
- 74,810
Individual school profiles for DDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 131 schools.
DDSB school directory ↗