Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board HWDSB
Hamilton, 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 HWDSB 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).
HWDSB places highest on Grade 9 Math (#40 of 71) and lowest on Grade 6 Reading (#57 of 75).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 Math | 43.1% | #40 of 71 | 44 |
| Grade 6 Math | 34.5% | #48 of 75 | 36 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 52.9% | #51 of 75 | 32 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 74.3% | #52 of 71 | 27 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 61.3% | #53 of 75 | 30 |
| Grade 3 Math | 42.1% | #54 of 75 | 28 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 72.9% | #56 of 75 | 26 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 74.6% | #57 of 75 | 24 |
Student success
How HWDSB 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 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, hwdsb.on.ca; Hamilton-Wentworth Student Transportation Services ↗- Who runs it
- Hamilton-Wentworth Student Transportation Services (HWSTS), shared with the Catholic board; HWSTS writes to families each August with stop times, and kindergarten families get theirs by mail
- Who qualifies
- Students in urban and rural areas whose walking distance to their in-catchment school is more than 1.2 km in kindergarten, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 or 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12
- 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 905-527-5092
From the district
Catchment maps
Every HWDSB school's catchment from HWSTS's BusPlanner map: the elementary catchments across the city, the lower city and the Mountain, and the secondary catchments.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eleven trustees elected by ward for 2022 to 2026 and two student trustees. Education centre at 20 Education Court, Hamilton, 905-527-5092.
- mfmiller@hwdsb.on.caMaria Felix MillerChair · Ward 3
- ptut@hwdsb.on.caPaul TutVice Chair · Ward 13
- ewong@hwdsb.on.caElizabeth WongTrustee · Ward 1
- sdahab@hwdsb.on.caSabreina DahabTrustee · Ward 2
- azaitley@hwdsb.on.caAbby ZaitleyTrustee · Ward 4
- twhite@hwdsb.on.caTodd WhiteTrustee · wards 5 and 10
- kaarcher@hwdsb.on.caKathy ArcherTrustee · wards 6 and 9
- ddanko@hwdsb.on.caDawn DankoTrustee · Ward 7
- bbuck@hwdsb.on.caBecky BuckTrustee · wards 8 and 14
- afehrman@hwdsb.on.caAmanda FehrmanTrustee · wards 11 and 12
- gnoble@hwdsb.on.caGraeme NobleTrustee · Ward 15
- Cristian Farrugia and Charlise HillenStudent Trustees
As listed on Trustees, hwdsb.on.ca
Senior Team 2026-27
The executive and superintendents.
- Sheryl Robinson PetrazziniChief Executive Officer and Chief Education Officer
- Jamie NunnChief Operating Officer, School Improvement
- Jason AlexanderSuperintendent of Human Resources and Staff Well-Being
- Adnan ShahbazSuperintendent of Program, Equity and Innovation
- Estella JonesSuperintendent of Program, STEAM and Student Experience
- Sharon StephanianSuperintendent of Special Education, Inclusion and Equity
- Gerry SmithSuperintendent of Safe, Compassionate and Equitable Schools
- Paul Denomme, Bill Torrens, Nicole Lee, Michelle Lemaire and Lindsay SnellSuperintendents of Equity and Student Achievement, families of schools 1 to 5
- Jolene JohnIndigenous Education Lead
As listed on Senior Team, hwdsb.on.ca
Schools
99 total- Elementary schools
- 82
- Secondary schools
- 17
- Students enrolled
- 51,425
Individual school profiles for HWDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 99 schools.
HWDSB school directory ↗