Cities / Cambridge
Best Schools in Cambridge
Cambridge has 45 publicly reported schools — 37 elementary and 8 secondary. Parkway PS is currently the top-ranked school in Cambridge with a score of 8.4 out of 10. Rankings below use our Balanced methodology — EQAO academics, three-year improvement, student experience, and programs weighted together. You can set your own weights or compare schools side by side.
45
Schools
37
Elementary
8
Secondary
$82,000
Median household income
Top elementary schools in Cambridge
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario elementary schools
| 1 | Parkway PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #295 | 8.4 |
| 2 | St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #726 | 7.5 |
| 3 | St Joseph S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1066 | 7.0 |
| 4 | St Vincent de Paul Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1066 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Coronation PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
| 6 | Saginaw PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1303 | 6.7 |
| 7 | Silverheights PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1379 | 6.6 |
| 8 | St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1462 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Holy Spirit Catholic S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1550 | 6.4 |
| 10 | Highland PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1709 | 6.2 |
| 11 | Blair Road PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1709 | 6.2 |
| 12 | Woodland Park PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1709 | 6.2 |
| 13 | Grand View PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1798 | 6.1 |
| 14 | St Elizabeth Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1948 | 5.9 |
| 15 | Preston PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1948 | 5.9 |
| 16 | Manchester PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2034 | 5.8 |
| 17 | Moffat Creek PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2114 | 5.7 |
| 18 | Our Lady of Fatima Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2114 | 5.7 |
| 19 | Elgin Street PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2197 | 5.6 |
| 20 | Hespeler PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2197 | 5.6 |
| 21 | Avenue Road PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2273 | 5.5 |
| 22 | Tait Street PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2273 | 5.5 |
| 23 | St Augustine Catholic S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2349 | 5.4 |
| 24 | Clemens Mill PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2412 | 5.3 |
| 25 | Blue Heron Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2412 | 5.3 |
| 26 | St Margaret S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2412 | 5.3 |
| 27 | ÉÉC Saint-Noel-Chabanel - Cambridge Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir · Ontario rank #2471 | 5.2 |
| 28 | Centennial PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2471 | 5.2 |
| 29 | Hillcrest PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2676 | 5.1 |
| 30 | St Michael Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2739 | 5.0 |
| 31 | St Gregory Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3080 | 4.4 |
| 32 | St Peter Catholic S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3080 | 4.4 |
| 33 | Central PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3203 | 4.1 |
| 34 | Chalmers Street PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3242 | 4.0 |
| 35 | Stewart Avenue Sr PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3283 | 3.9 |
| 36 | Christ The King School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3423 | 3.5 |
| 37 | St Anne Cambridge Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3423 | 3.5 |
All 37 elementary schools listed. Change the weighting on the rankings page to reorder by what matters to you.
Top secondary schools in Cambridge
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario secondary schools
| 1 | Galt C & VI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #124 | 7.9 |
| 2 | ÉSC Père-René-de-Galinée Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir · Ontario rank #162 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Preston HS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #189 | 7.3 |
| 4 | Jacob Hespeler SS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #264 | 6.8 |
| 5 | Glenview Park SS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #388 | 6.1 |
| 6 | St Benedict Catholic SS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #424 | 5.9 |
| 7 | Monsignor Doyle Catholic SS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #516 | 5.3 |
| 8 | Southwood SS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #516 | 5.3 |
All 8 secondary schools listed. Change the weighting on the rankings page to reorder by what matters to you.
Scores are calculated from public data (EQAO, Statistics Canada, Ontario Ministry of Education) for the 2024–25 school year. Small score differences should be treated as ties. See the methodology.