District School Board of Niagara DSBN
St. Catharines, 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 DSBN 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).
DSBN places highest on Grade 3 Math (#3 of 75) and lowest on Grade 9 Math (#30 of 71).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 Math | 69.7% | #3 of 75 | 97 |
| Grade 6 Math | 57.7% | #4 of 75 | 96 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 75.3% | #5 of 75 | 95 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 80.7% | #7 of 75 | 92 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 85.9% | #11 of 75 | 86 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 85.6% | #16 of 75 | 80 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 83.5% | #21 of 71 | 71 |
| Grade 9 Math | 48.5% | #30 of 71 | 59 |
Student success
How DSBN 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 District School Board of Niagara's EQAO open data; School board achievements and progress, data.ontario.ca, May 2026 , published 2026-05.
School buses and catchment areas
Eligibility policy and frequently asked questions, nsts.ca; Transportation, dsbn.org ↗- Who runs it
- Niagara Student Transportation Services (NSTS), shared with the Niagara Catholic board; stops and times on its Parent Portal, delays over ten minutes posted on nsts.ca with email subscriptions
- Who qualifies
- Students inside their school boundary living at least 0.8 km from school in kindergarten, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 and 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12, by the shortest walking route from the driveway; hazards, exceptional needs and approved programs are the exceptions
- Opt in
- Families confirm each year on the Parent Portal whether they will use the bus; kindergarten students must be opted in to be routed
- Bus stop
- No farther from home than the grade's eligibility distance, where the driver has a clear view; kindergarten students use designated stops for morning, mid-day and afternoon runs
- Daycare
- An alternate address inside the school boundary and eligibility area, used the same five days a week, arranged through the school
- Weather
- Cancellations announced on the NSTS, DSBN and Niagara Catholic sites and local radio and television by 6 a.m.
- Transit
- Eligible students may be given municipal or regional transit tickets instead of a school bus where that is more efficient
- Contact
- NSTS 905-357-6787
Catchment maps
Every DSBN school's attendance boundary from NSTS's BusPlanner map: the elementary catchments across the region, the St. Catharines and Niagara Falls areas, and the 16 secondary catchments.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eleven trustees elected by municipality and three student trustees. Head office in St. Catharines, 905-641-1550.
- Kate BaggottChair · St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Elizabeth KlassenVice Chair · Grimsby and Lincoln
- Lora CampbellTrustee · St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Jonathan FastTrustee · St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Mike BrousseauTrustee · St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Helga CampbellTrustee · Niagara Falls
- Shannon MitchellTrustee · Niagara Falls
- Sue BarnettTrustee · Welland
- Nancy BeamerTrustee · Thorold and Pelham
- Deanne MacIntoshTrustee · West Lincoln and Wainfleet
- Owen RielTrustee · Fort Erie and Port Colborne
- Daisy Dong, Ivy Jones and William ConnorStudent Trustees · Ivy Jones is the Indigenous Student Trustee
As listed on Board of Trustees, dsbn.org
System Leadership Team
The CEO and the executive officers and superintendents.
- Kelly PisekChief Executive Officer and Chief Education Officer
- Stacy VeldChief Finance and Operations Officer
- Breann PykeExecutive Officer of Human Resource Services
- Melanie SendzikSuperintendent, Elementary Curriculum
- Neil SheardSuperintendent, Secondary Curriculum
- Ann GilmoreSuperintendent, Safe Schools and Mental Health
- Simon HancoxSuperintendent, Special Education
- Michael Burns, Jaime Sinnett, Mary Anne Gage, Sara De Divitiis, Teri Thompson and Mat MillerSuperintendents of Student Achievement and Well-Being, families of schools
As listed on System Leadership Team, dsbn.org
Schools
96 total- Elementary schools
- 79
- Secondary schools
- 17
- Students enrolled
- 40,880
Individual school profiles for DSBN are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 96 schools.
DSBN school directory ↗