Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0Waterdown’s schools come under 4 different boards
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB runs the most, 6 of them; Halton DSB, Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB and Halton CDSB run the rest. On the tests, 7 of 13 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 2 under it. In or within 3 km of Waterdown: 13 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 7,070 students.
What stands out about Waterdown’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 14 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSBWaterdown District, Guy B Brown Elementary, Allan A Greenleaf, Mary Hopkins, Flamborough Centre, Millgrove | English public | 6 | 3,590 |
| Halton DSBRolling Meadows, Brant Hills, Paul A Fisher, Aldershot | English public | 4 | 1,330 |
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSBSt. Thomas Catholic, Guardian Angels Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 1,155 |
| Halton CDSBSt. Gabriel Catholic, St. Mark Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 995 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Waterdown’s schools do on Ontario’s tests
EQAO’s Grade 3, 6 and 9 assessments and the literacy test, 2024-25: each school against every school in Ontario.
Its School Grade is A−: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 11 | 78% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 11 | 71% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 11 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 10 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 10 | 91% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 10 | 58% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 56% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 90% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 58% against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 6 sit above the province’s middle and 0 below. Over three years, 8 schools gained on most measures and 5 lost ground.
Every school’s results (13)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Allan A GreenleafElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 85% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 69% | Second fifth |
| Guardian Angels Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 94% · G3 writing 86% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 65% | Second fifth |
| Brant Hills Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 95% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 91% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 50% | Second fifth |
| Paul A Fisher Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 86% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 51% | Second fifth |
| St. Thomas Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 58% | Second fifth |
| St. Mark Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 57% | Second fifth |
| Millgrove Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–5 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 70% | Second fifth |
| Waterdown District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 56% · OSSLT 90% | Middle fifth |
| St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 63% | Middle fifth |
| Rolling Meadows Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 52% | Middle fifth |
| Guy B Brown Elementary Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 65% | Middle fifth |
| Mary Hopkins Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–5 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 52% | Fourth fifth |
| Flamborough Centre SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 44% | Fourth fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Where the 14 schools in and around Waterdown are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Waterdown
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Waterdown’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 10 and English Catholic 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Waterdown
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 14 schools in and around Waterdown
High schools within reach of Waterdown
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 22 high schools: 14 English public, 6 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 French Catholic. Waterdown District High School lies closest, 1 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterdown District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,140 | 1 km |
| Aldershot High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 720 | 5.2 km |
| M M Robinson High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,155 | 6.8 km |
| Notre Dame Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,030 | 7.3 km |
| Burlington Central High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 865 | 7.6 km |
| École secondaire Georges-P-VanierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 85 | 7.7 km |
| Westdale Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,525 | 8.4 km |
| St. Mary Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 935 | 9.4 km |
| Assumption Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,070 | 9.5 km |
| Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,315 | 9.5 km |
All 22 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,650 | 10 km |
| Dundas Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 810 | 11 km |
| Bernie Custis Secondary School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 955 | 11 km |
| Nelson High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,330 | 11 km |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton CDSB | English Catholic | Top fifth | 1,140 | 12 km |
| Sir Allan MacNab Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 660 | 12 km |
| Westmount Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,310 | 12 km |
| Hill Park System Alternative EducationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | – | – | 13 km |
| Sherwood Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,255 | 13 km |
| St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,810 | 14 km |
| Sir Winston Churchill Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 790 | 14 km |
| ÉSAC Mère-TeresaSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS catholique MonAvenir | French Catholic | Middle fifth | 300 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | 54 | 27,150 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Newtonbrook West | 23,978 | 63 | 30,795 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Huntsville | 23,948 | 7 | 2,890 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Port Perry | 23,928 | 9 | 4,470 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Essex | 23,872 | 7 | 2,715 | 1 | 13 km |
| Waterdown | 23,858 | 14 | 7,070 | 0 | 1 km |
| Etobicoke City Centre | 23,856 | 72 | 32,310 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Brockville | 23,720 | 15 | 3,820 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Islington | 23,659 | 59 | 28,335 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Embrun | 23,655 | 15 | 5,460 | 8 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Ridgehill / Armbro Heights | 14,321 | 51 | 24,390 | 0 | 0.2 km |
216 of 256 similar towns count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 205 towns of 257.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Waterdown
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterdown | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 km |
| York Road 7.1 km | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2.8 km |
| Burlington 7.9 km | 82 | 6 | 30 | 1.3 km |
| North End East 8 km | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2.2 km |
| Colborne 8 km | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2.9 km |
| Strathcona 8.1 km | 30 | 3 | 9 | 0.8 km |
| Central 8.2 km | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1.7 km |
82 schools make Burlington the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Waterdown or within 3 km of it are here.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Waterdown
Is there a French-language school in Waterdown?
None within 3 km of Waterdown. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Waterdown?
6 in the town, 8 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Waterdown?
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (6), Halton DSB (4), Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB (2) and Halton CDSB (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Waterdown?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).