Lakehead District School Board LDSB
Thunder Bay, 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 LDSB 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).
LDSB places highest on Grade 3 Reading (#13 of 75) and lowest on Grade 6 Math (#40 of 75).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 Reading | 75.1% | #13 of 75 | 84 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 66.8% | #16 of 75 | 80 |
| Grade 3 Math | 59.4% | #22 of 75 | 72 |
| Grade 9 Math | 50% | #27 of 71 | 63 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 79.7% | #33 of 75 | 57 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 81.7% | #34 of 71 | 53 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 79.7% | #38 of 75 | 50 |
| Grade 6 Math | 37.2% | #40 of 75 | 47 |
Student success
How LDSB 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 Lakehead 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
Policies and procedures, ststb.ca; FAQ on transportation funding changes, lakeheadschools.ca ↗- Who runs it
- Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay (STSTB), shared with the Thunder Bay Catholic and Grand Nord boards; Parent Portal, delays and cancellations on ststb.ca
- Who qualifies
- Students with a transportation address inside the school's catchment zone and more than 0.8 km from school in JK and SK, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 or 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12
- Bus stop
- Eligible students walk to a regular stop up to 0.4 km from home in kindergarten, 0.8 km in grades 1 to 8 and 1.6 km in secondary
- Since 2024-25
- The three boards moved to the Ministry's standard distances when the funding model changed, roughly doubling the old Thunder Bay thresholds; about 15 percent of riders lost eligibility
- Contact
- STSTB 807-625-1660, Suite 2001, 715 Hewitson Street; board office 807-625-5100
Catchment maps
Every Lakehead public school's catchment zone from STSTB's BusPlanner map: the elementary and secondary zones across Thunder Bay.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Nine trustees including an Indigenous trustee, a student trustee and an Indigenous student trustee. Board office, 2135 Sills Street, Thunder Bay, 807-625-5100.
- Ron OikonenChair · trustee since 1988
- Donica LeBlancVice Chair
- Ellen ChambersTrustee · chair from 2018 to 2024
- Gary ChristianTrustee · appointed June 2026
- Patricia JohansenTrustee
- George SaarinenTrustee
- Ryan SitchTrustee
- Trudy TuchenhagenTrustee
- Scottie WemigwansIndigenous Trustee
- Breanna Bruce and Cameron PriceStudent Trustees · Cameron Price is the Indigenous student trustee
As listed on Trustees, lakeheadschools.ca
Senior administration
The chief executive officer and superintendents.
- Sherri-Lynne PharandChief Executive Officer
- Kirsti AlaksaSuperintendent of Business
- Heather HarrisSuperintendent of Education
- Jane LowerSuperintendent of Education
- Patti-Jo Pesola-BruntonSuperintendent of Education · mathematics lead
- Michelle ProbizanskiSuperintendent of Education
As listed on Senior Administration, lakeheadschools.ca
Schools
26 total- Elementary schools
- 22
- Secondary schools
- 4
- Students enrolled
- 9,185
Individual school profiles for LDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 26 schools.
LDSB school directory ↗