Public Schools Branch PSB
Stratford, Prince Edward Island · Public · English
Student success
How Island students are doing on the national and international assessments, and what the Public Schools Branch reports about its year
The branch in numbers
From the 2024-25 annual report
Grade 8, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP)
Average scores of Island Grade 8 students in English-language schools, Canada scale set at 500 in the base year; Canada 2023: reading 507, mathematics 507, science 504. The Island's French-language schools are too few to be sampled separately
Age 15, OECD PISA science
Average scores of Island 15-year-olds; Canada 2025: 510
Age 15, OECD PISA reading and mathematics
Reading fell from 503 in 2018 and mathematics from 478 in 2022 to 467 and 452 in 2025, both significantly below Canada (490 and 485)
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 Public Schools Branch's PSB annual reports (psb.edu.pe.ca) and CMEC public reports , published 2025-12.
The report's own pages
The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.
School buses and catchment areas
Transportation, psb.edu.pe.ca ↗- Who qualifies
- Eligibility by address and grade on the Zoning and Transportation portal (Can I Ride a Bus?), which also gives stops, times and walking directions
- Zones
- Every address has an elementary, intermediate and senior high zone on the provincial school-zone map; two dual zones let families choose
- Routes
- Set and reviewed by the branch on student locations, zone boundaries, safety and seasons; about 8,000 changes a year
- Contact
- Transportation Services 902-368-6990 or 1-800-280-7965; Director of Transportation and Risk Management
Catchment maps
The branch's school zones from the provincial government's map layer: elementary, intermediate and senior high, plus the Charlottetown area in detail.
Board of Trustees and senior staff
Board of Trustees
Eight trustees elected in seven zones (two for Charlottetown) and three appointed, two by Engage PEI and one by the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils (vacant).
- amacfarlane@edu.pe.caAndrew MacFarlaneBoard Chair · Charlottetown Family of Schools, Zone 5
- kclare@edu.pe.caKaren ClareBoard Vice-Chair · Bluefield Family of Schools, Zone 4
- gcarragher@edu.pe.caGaylene CarragherTrustee · Charlottetown Family of Schools, Zone 5
- andrewavery@edu.pe.caAndrew AveryTrustee · Westisle Family of Schools, Zone 1
- emckeown@edu.pe.caEmily McKeownTrustee · Three Oaks Family of Schools, Zone 2
- pfullerton@edu.pe.caPeter FullertonTrustee · Kensington and Kinkora Families of Schools, Zone 3
- wpczank@edu.pe.caWade CzankTrustee · Montague Family of Schools, Zone 6
- mbyrne@edu.pe.caMarcella ByrneTrustee · Morell and Souris Families of Schools, Zone 7
- andrewrose@edu.pe.caAndrew RoseTrustee · Appointed by Engage PEI
- swsarnold@edu.pe.caStephanie ArnoldTrustee · Appointed by Engage PEI
As listed on Board of Trustees, psb.edu.pe.ca
Senior staff
Stratford office, 2-234 Shakespeare Drive, 902-368-6990 or 1-800-280-7965; Summerside office, 250 Water Street, Suite 201. The annual report names the director and lists the directors' roles.
- Tracy BeaulieuDirector of the Public Schools Branch
- Assistant DirectorPublic Schools Branch
- Director of Student ServicesStudent services
- Director of Transportation and Risk ManagementSchool buses · 902-368-6990
- Director of EAL/FALEnglish and French as additional languages
- Director of FinanceFinance
- Director of Human ResourcesHuman resources
- Director of Property ServicesFacilities
- elsb-web@edu.pe.caWebsite feedbackPublic Schools Branch
As listed on Annual Report 2024-25, psb.edu.pe.ca