Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board HWCDSB
Hamilton, Ontario · Catholic · 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 HWCDSB 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).
HWCDSB places highest on Grade 3 Writing (#9 of 75) and lowest on OSSLT Literacy (#44 of 71).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 Writing | 72.2% | #9 of 75 | 89 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 77.5% | #12 of 75 | 85 |
| Grade 3 Math | 63.8% | #14 of 75 | 82 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 85.8% | #15 of 75 | 81 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 84.7% | #16 of 75 | 80 |
| Grade 6 Math | 48.7% | #16 of 75 | 80 |
| Grade 9 Math | 51.3% | #21 of 71 | 71 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 76.3% | #44 of 71 | 39 |
Student success
How HWCDSB 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 Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic 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
Transportation and School Locator, hwcdsb.ca; Hamilton-Wentworth Student Transportation Services ↗- Who runs it
- Hamilton-Wentworth Student Transportation Services (HWSTS), formed by the Catholic and public boards; eligibility, stops and delays on hamiltonschoolbus.ca
- Which school
- The board's School Locator and Boundaries page gives the home school for any address; it does not give bus eligibility, which HWSTS checks
- Bus stop
- Elementary students in the urban area walk no more than 800 metres to a designated stop
- Contact
- HWSTS 905-523-2318 or 1-800-691-6402; board office 905-525-2930
From the district
Catchment maps
Every HWCDSB school's boundary from HWSTS's BusPlanner map: the 50 elementary catchments, the lower city, and the seven secondary catchments.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Nine trustees elected by ward for 2022 to 2026. Catholic Education Centre, 90 Mulberry Street, Hamilton.
- John ValvasoriChairperson of the Board · wards 8 and 14
- Mark ValvasoriVice-Chairperson · wards 1, 2 and 15
- Josie AngeliniTrustee · wards 3 and 4
- Aldo D'IntinoTrustee · Ward 5
- Ellen AgostinoTrustee · Ward 6
- Tyler IorioTrustee · Ward 7
- Louis AgroTrustee · wards 9 and 11
- Mary NardiniTrustee · Ward 10
- Phil HomerskiTrustee · wards 12 and 13
As listed on Trustees and Communications, hwcdsb.ca
Senior Team
The Director of Education and superintendents.
- David HansenDirector of Education
- P. Pace-GubekjianAssociate Director of Corporate Services
- L. PalermoSuperintendent of People and Catholic Community
- Toni Kovach, Dean DiFrancesco, Tracey Ferrie, Brian Daly, Paul Di Ianni and Adele FiliceSuperintendents of Education
As listed on Senior Team, hwcdsb.ca
Schools
57 total- Elementary schools
- 49
- Secondary schools
- 8
- Students enrolled
- 30,190
Individual school profiles for HWCDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 57 schools.
HWCDSB school directory ↗