Waterloo Region District School Board WRDSB
Kitchener, 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 WRDSB 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).
WRDSB places highest on Grade 6 Math (#15 of 75) and lowest on Grade 3 Math (#30 of 75).
| Assessment | At or above standard | Rank in Ontario | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 Math | 48.8% | #15 of 75 | 81 |
| Grade 9 Math | 54.1% | #15 of 71 | 80 |
| OSSLT Literacy | 84.1% | #17 of 71 | 77 |
| Grade 6 Writing | 84.6% | #20 of 75 | 74 |
| Grade 3 Reading | 71.5% | #24 of 75 | 69 |
| Grade 6 Reading | 83.6% | #24 of 75 | 69 |
| Grade 3 Writing | 63.5% | #27 of 75 | 65 |
| Grade 3 Math | 57.7% | #30 of 75 | 61 |
Student success
How WRDSB 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 Waterloo Region District School Board's EQAO open data; School board achievements and progress, data.ontario.ca, May 2026 , published 2026-05.
School buses
Who Can Ride School Vehicles, wrdsb.ca; STSWR ↗- Who runs it
- Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region (STSWR), shared with the Waterloo Catholic board; about 30,000 regular and special needs students a day, with delays, cancellations and a planner for each school on stswr.ca
- Who qualifies
- Students living beyond 0.8 km of school in junior and senior kindergarten, 1.6 km in grades 1 to 8 and 3.2 km in grades 9 to 12, applied with up to 200 metres of flexibility in urban areas
- Bus stop
- Riders may walk up to 0.5 km to the stop in kindergarten, 1.0 km in grades 1 to 8 and 1.6 km in secondary
- Contact
- Education centre 519-570-0003
Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eleven trustees elected by municipality, with student trustees. Education centre, 51 Ardelt Avenue, Kitchener, 519-570-0003.
- maedith_radlein@wrdsb.caMaedith RadleinChair · Kitchener
- meena_waseem@wrdsb.caMeena WaseemVice-Chair · Kitchener
- Mike RamsayTrustee · Kitchener
- Joanne WestonTrustee · Kitchener
- Bill CodyTrustee · Cambridge and North Dumfries
- Carla JohnsonTrustee · Cambridge and North Dumfries
- Cindy WatsonTrustee · Cambridge and North Dumfries
- Samantha EstoestaTrustee · Waterloo and Wilmot
- Scott PiatkowskiTrustee · Waterloo and Wilmot
- kathleen_woodcock@wrdsb.caKathleen WoodcockTrustee · Waterloo and Wilmot
- Joe MeissnerTrustee · Woolwich and Wellesley
As listed on Trustees, wrdsb.ca
Senior team
The chief executive, education and operating officers and the superintendents.
- Scott MillerChief Executive Officer and Secretary of the Board
- Alison Gaymes-San VicenteChief Education Officer
- Bill LemonChief Operating Officer
- Nick LandrySuperintendent of Business Services and Treasurer
- Chris SagarSuperintendent, Facility Services
- Carol DeyExecutive Manager, Human Resource and Equity Services
- Muhammad NasirExecutive Manager, Information Technology and Digital Transformation
- Paula Bender, Ryan Hume, Kimberley Pividor, Jay Fedosoff, Bobbie Chatha, Michelle Newlands, Jodi Albrecht, Crissa Hill and Jamila MalihaSuperintendents of Education, areas 1 to 9
As listed on Senior Team Roles and Responsibilities, wrdsb.ca
Schools
123 total- Elementary schools
- 106
- Secondary schools
- 17
- Students enrolled
- 64,870
Individual school profiles for WRDSB are not on HeySchool yet. The board's own directory lists them all, and the EQAO figures above already cover every one of its 123 schools.
WRDSB school directory ↗