Niagara Catholic District School Board NCDSB
Welland, 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 NCDSB 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).
NCDSB places highest on Grade 3 Reading (#9 of 75) and lowest on Grade 6 Writing (#19 of 75).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 Reading | 79.3% | #9 of 75 | 89 |
| Grade 9 Math | 55.4% | #9 of 71 | 89 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 71.8% | #11 of 75 | 86 |
| Grade 3 Math | 64.9% | #11 of 75 | 86 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 85.9% | #12 of 71 | 84 |
| Grade 6 Math | 50.1% | #13 of 75 | 84 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 84.6% | #17 of 75 | 78 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 84.8% | #19 of 75 | 76 |
Student success
How NCDSB 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 Niagara 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
Eligibility policy, nsts.ca; Niagara Catholic ↗- Who runs it
- Niagara Student Transportation Services (NSTS), shared with the District School Board of Niagara; stops and times on its Parent Portal, delays over ten minutes posted on nsts.ca
- 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; 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; kindergarten students use designated stops
- Weather
- Cancellations announced on the NSTS, Niagara Catholic and DSBN sites and local radio by 6 a.m.
- Contact
- NSTS 905-357-6787; Catholic Education Centre 905-735-0240
Catchment maps
Every Niagara Catholic school's attendance boundary from NSTS's BusPlanner map: the elementary catchments across the region, the St. Catharines and Niagara Falls areas, and the secondary catchments.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eight trustees elected by municipality and two student trustees. Catholic Education Centre, 427 Rice Road, Welland, 905-735-0240.
- Danny Di LorenzoChair of the Board · Fort Erie, Port Colborne and Wainfleet
- Rhianon BurkholderVice-Chair of the Board · Thorold and Merritton
- Natalia BenoitTrustee · St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Larry HuibersTrustee · St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Joe BruzzeseTrustee · Niagara Falls
- Jim MarinoTrustee · Niagara Falls
- Doug JoynerTrustee · West Niagara
- Paul TurnerTrustee · Welland and Pelham
- Mason Pasma and Alan SonyStudent Trustees · Notre Dame College School
As listed on Trustees, niagaracatholic.ca
Senior leadership team
The chief executive, education, financial and human resource officers and the superintendents of education.
- Giancarlo VetroneChief Executive Officer
- Kim KinneyChief Education Officer
- Rosa RoccaChief Financial Officer
- Julia TiessenChief Human Resource and Communications Officer
- Lee Ann Forsyth-SellsSuperintendent of Education
- Domenic MassiSuperintendent of Education
- Gino PizzoferratoSuperintendent of Education
- Joseph ZarodaSuperintendent of Education
As listed on Senior Leadership Team, niagaracatholic.ca
Schools
59 total- Elementary schools
- 49
- Secondary schools
- 10
- Students enrolled
- 20,990
Individual school profiles for NCDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 59 schools.
NCDSB school directory ↗