Greater Essex County District School Board GECDSB
Windsor, 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 GECDSB 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).
GECDSB places highest on Grade 9 Math (#23 of 71) and lowest on OSSLT Literacy (#46 of 71).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 Math | 50.8% | #23 of 71 | 69 |
| Grade 6 Math | 46.7% | #24 of 75 | 69 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 71.4% | #25 of 75 | 68 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 63.5% | #27 of 75 | 65 |
| Grade 3 Math | 58.2% | #28 of 75 | 64 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 82.6% | #30 of 75 | 61 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 79.8% | #32 of 75 | 58 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 75.5% | #46 of 71 | 36 |
Student success
How GECDSB 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 Greater Essex County 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
Frequently asked questions and eligibility policy E-01, buskids.ca (WESTS) ↗- Who runs it
- Windsor-Essex Student Transportation Services (WESTS), shared with the Windsor-Essex Catholic board; boundary maps, eligibility lookup and delays on buskids.ca
- Who qualifies
- Students living more than 1 km from school in junior and senior kindergarten, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 and 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12
- Kindergarten
- A JK First Ride orientation is offered each summer; registration through buskids.ca
- Video
- Some WESTS buses carry video surveillance; using the service implies consent
- Contact
- WESTS through buskids.ca; board office 519-255-3200 or 1-888-779-7735
From the district
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Ten trustees elected by ward for 2022 to 2026 and two student trustees. Board office 519-255-3200.
- Gale HatfieldChairperson of the Board · Windsor wards 5 to 8
- Cathy CookeTrustee · Windsor wards 5 to 8
- Kim McKinleyTrustee · Windsor wards 1, 2 and 9
- Linda QinTrustee · Windsor wards 1, 2 and 9
- Malek MekawiTrustee · Windsor wards 3, 4 and 10
- Christie NelsonTrustee · Windsor wards 3, 4 and 10
- Chandrika AbhangTrustee · Amherstburg and LaSalle
- Connie BucklerTrustee · Tecumseh and Lakeshore
- Julia BurgessTrustee · Essex and Kingsville
- Cheryl LovellTrustee · Leamington and Pelee Island
- Cole Foster and Mira TayehStudent Trustees · County of Essex and City of Windsor
As listed on Meet Our Trustees, publicboard.ca
Board administration
The CEO and nine superintendents.
- Vicki HoustonChief Executive Officer
- Shelley ArmstrongSuperintendent of Business, Treasurer and Facility Services
- Todd AwenderSuperintendent of Education, School Operations and Information Technology
- Laura BatesSuperintendent of Education, Elementary Staffing and Leadership Development
- Joe BellSuperintendent of Education, Student Well-Being
- Kari BryantSuperintendent of Education, Human Resources
- Michael CastellanoSuperintendent of Education, Student Success and Secondary Staffing
- Clara Howitt, Chris Mills and Raquel RobertsSuperintendents of Education
As listed on Board Administration, publicboard.ca
Schools
68 total- Elementary schools
- 54
- Secondary schools
- 14
- Students enrolled
- 36,550
Individual school profiles for GECDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 68 schools.
GECDSB school directory ↗