Cities / Kitchener
Best Schools in Kitchener
Kitchener has 65 publicly reported schools — 56 elementary and 9 secondary. St. Dominic Savio is currently the top-ranked school in Kitchener with a score of 7.9 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.
65
Schools
56
Elementary
9
Secondary
$93,000
Median household income
Top elementary schools in Kitchener
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario elementary schools
| 1 | St. Dominic Savio Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #488 | 7.9 |
| 2 | Lackner Woods PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #610 | 7.7 |
| 3 | St Timothy Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #726 | 7.5 |
| 4 | John Darling PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #850 | 7.3 |
| 5 | St. Josephine Bakhita CES Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #850 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Williamsburg PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1154 | 6.9 |
| 7 | JW Gerth PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1154 | 6.9 |
| 8 | St Mark Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1154 | 6.9 |
| 9 | Sandhills Elementary Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
| 10 | John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
| 11 | Alpine PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1303 | 6.7 |
| 12 | Saint John Paul II Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1303 | 6.7 |
| 13 | Chicopee Hills Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1379 | 6.6 |
| 14 | Canadian Martyrs Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1379 | 6.6 |
| 15 | Driftwood Park PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1462 | 6.5 |
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Top secondary schools in Kitchener
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario secondary schools
| 1 | Kitchener Waterloo C & VS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #66 | 8.6 |
| 2 | Cameron Heights CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #80 | 8.4 |
| 3 | École secondaire David Saint-Jacques Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Ontario rank #147 | 7.7 |
| 4 | Huron Heights SS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #264 | 6.8 |
| 5 | Resurrection Catholic SS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #335 | 6.4 |
| 6 | Grand River CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #335 | 6.4 |
| 7 | Forest Heights CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #464 | 5.6 |
| 8 | Eastwood CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #516 | 5.3 |
| 9 | St Mary's HS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #538 | 5.2 |
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.