Ottawa-Carleton District School Board OCDSB

Ottawa, Ontario · Public · English

2026-2027 calendar Board website ↗

Students

75,355

2022-2023 enrolment

Schools

149

118 elementary · 31 secondary

EQAO performance

Students at or above the provincial standard (2024-2025, EQAO). Green means at or above the Ontario average.

Grade 3

Reading

-2 vs ON

Writing

-3 vs ON

Math

-12 vs ON

Grade 6

Reading

-4 vs ON

Writing

+5 vs ON

Math

-10 vs ON

Secondary

G9 Math

+3 vs ON

OSSLT

-6 vs ON

How OCDSB 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).

Overall rank

#30 of 76

Percentile

higher is stronger

Mean at or above standard

66.5%

OCDSB places highest on Grade 6 Math (#21 of 75) and lowest on Grade 3 Writing (#36 of 75).

Assessment	At or above standard	Rank in Ontario	Percentile
Grade 6 Math	47.8%	#21 of 75	73
OSSLT Literacy	82.9%	#24 of 71	67
Grade 6 Writing	82%	#28 of 75	64
Grade 3 Math	58%	#29 of 75	62
Grade 9 Math	48.8%	#29 of 71	60
Grade 6 Reading	81.9%	#32 of 75	58
Grade 3 Reading	70.1%	#34 of 75	55
Grade 3 Writing	60.8%	#36 of 75	53

Student success

How OCDSB 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

Read EQAO results and the Ministry's 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. Show Hide

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Figures and findings read from Ottawa-Carleton District School Board's EQAO open data; School board achievements and progress, data.ontario.ca, May 2026 , published 2026-05.

School buses

Transportation, ocdsb.ca; Ottawa Student Transportation Authority ↗

Who runs it: Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA), which manages home-to-school transportation for the OCDSB and the Ottawa Catholic board; bus status and cancellations on ottawaschoolbus.ca
Who qualifies: Students living 0.8 km or more from their home school in junior and senior kindergarten, 1.6 km or more in grades 1 to 8 and 3.2 km or more in grades 9 to 12
Check an address: OSTA's School Locator shows the home school and whether an address qualifies for the bus
Contact: Head office 613-721-1820, enquiries@ocdsb.ca

Supervisor and senior staff

Board of Trustees

Twelve trustees elected in October 2022 and two student trustees; under Ministry supervision since June 27, 2025, their decisions are made by the appointed supervisor. Head office, 133 Greenbank Road, 613-721-1820.