Renfrew County District School Board RCDSB
Pembroke, 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 RCDSB 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).
RCDSB places highest on OSSLT Literacy (#23 of 71) and lowest on Grade 6 Writing (#50 of 75).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSSLT Literacy | 83.1% | #23 of 71 | 69 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 61.1% | #35 of 75 | 54 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 79.6% | #39 of 75 | 49 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 68.5% | #40 of 75 | 47 |
| Grade 3 Math | 53.4% | #40 of 75 | 47 |
| Grade 9 Math | 41% | #42 of 71 | 41 |
| Grade 6 Math | 35.3% | #46 of 75 | 39 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 74.8% | #50 of 75 | 34 |
Student success
How RCDSB 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 Renfrew County 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
Frequently asked questions, onthebus.ca (RCJTC); Buses and Transportation, rcdsb.on.ca ↗- Who runs it
- Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium (RCJTC, onthebus.ca), shared with the Renfrew County Catholic board; about 200 routes for roughly 10,000 students, with cancellations and delays on its site
- Who qualifies
- Students living more than 0.5 km from their school in junior and senior kindergarten, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 6, and in grades 7 to 12 more than 1.6 km in rural areas or 2.5 km in urban areas, where roads are usually posted at 60 km/h or less
- Sign up
- Families sign up for transportation on onthebus.ca and check an address with its eligibility tool; the board publishes its school boundaries online
- Contact
- Board office 613-735-0151
Catchment maps
Every Renfrew County public school's boundary from the RCJTC BusPlanner map: the elementary catchments across the county, the Pembroke and Petawawa area, and the secondary catchments.
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eight elected trustees, an appointed Algonquin trustee and three student trustees. Board office, 1270 Pembroke Street West, Pembroke, 613-735-0151.
- bolandl2@rcdsb.on.caLeo BolandChair · City of Pembroke
- Roger ClarkeVice Chair · Whitewater Region and Admaston/Bromley
- Susan HumphriesTrustee · Renfrew, Greater Madawaska and Horton
- Kim DoughertyTrustee · Arnprior and McNab/Braeside
- Mike GuenetteTrustee · Laurentian Valley and North Algona Wilberforce
- David KaiserTrustee · Bonnechere Valley, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Madawaska Valley, Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, and South Algonquin
- Jodie PrimeauTrustee · Deep River, Laurentian Hills and Head, Clara and Maria
- Karthi RajamaniTrustee · Town of Petawawa and Garrison Petawawa
- Bronwynn Dick, Sydney Dougherty and Emma GrantStudent Trustees · Emma Grant is the Indigenous student trustee
As listed on Board of Trustees, rcdsb.on.ca
Executive Council
The chief executive officer and superintendents for 2025-26, 613-735-0151.
- Kristen NiemiChief Executive Officer
- Cary KronwaldSuperintendent of Education, Program Services · early years, Indigenous education and K-12 curriculum; Pembroke and Opeongo families
- Jenny SmithSuperintendent of Education, Program Services · special education and mental health; Madawaska, Petawawa and Deep River families
- Scott NicholSuperintendent of Education, Program Services · student success and pathways; Arnprior and Renfrew families
- Jacqueline PoirierSuperintendent of Human Resources, Employee Services
- Jennifer BarnesSuperintendent of Business, Corporate Services
As listed on Executive Council, rcdsb.on.ca
Schools
29 total- Elementary schools
- 21
- Secondary schools
- 8
- Students enrolled
- 9,300
Individual school profiles for RCDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 29 schools.
RCDSB school directory ↗