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 |
+ 22 more — see the full rankings and filter by city.
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 |
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.