Cities / Kitchener
Best Schools in Kitchener
Kitchener has 65 publicly reported schools — 56 elementary and 9 secondary. St. Josephine Bakhita CES is currently the top-ranked school in Kitchener 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.
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. Josephine Bakhita CES Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #269 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Brigadoon PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #623 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Groh Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #623 | 7.6 |
| 4 | St Mark Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #828 | 7.3 |
| 5 | St Timothy Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #828 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Canadian Martyrs Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #958 | 7.1 |
| 7 | Saint John Paul II Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #958 | 7.1 |
| 8 | Lackner Woods PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1272 | 6.7 |
| 9 | Chicopee Hills Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1272 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Sheppard PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1344 | 6.6 |
| 11 | Alpine PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1431 | 6.5 |
| 12 | St. Dominic Savio Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1431 | 6.5 |
| 13 | Janet Metcalfe Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1514 | 6.4 |
| 14 | JW Gerth PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1514 | 6.4 |
| 15 | Trillium PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1514 | 6.4 |
| 16 | MacKenzie King PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1514 | 6.4 |
| 17 | John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1514 | 6.4 |
| 18 | Queen Elizabeth PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1601 | 6.3 |
| 19 | Jean Steckle PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1687 | 6.2 |
| 20 | Driftwood Park PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 21 | Williamsburg PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 22 | Southridge PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 23 | Suddaby PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1852 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Bridgeport PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1852 | 6.0 |
| 25 | John Darling PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1934 | 5.9 |
| 26 | Sandhills Elementary Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1934 | 5.9 |
| 27 | Wilson Avenue PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2021 | 5.8 |
| 28 | Glencairn PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2106 | 5.7 |
| 29 | WT Townshend PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2254 | 5.5 |
| 30 | Our Lady of Grace Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2311 | 5.4 |
| 31 | Smithson PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2365 | 5.3 |
| 32 | Westmount PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2365 | 5.3 |
| 33 | ÉÉC Cardinal-Léger Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir · Ontario rank #2365 | 5.3 |
| 34 | Oak Creek Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2530 | 5.1 |
| 35 | St. Kateri Tekakwitha Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2530 | 5.1 |
| 36 | St Teresa Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2530 | 5.1 |
| 37 | St Anne Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2608 | 5.0 |
| 38 | St Paul Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2608 | 5.0 |
| 39 | Monsignor Haller Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2672 | 4.9 |
| 40 | St Daniel Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2672 | 4.9 |
| 41 | Forest Hill PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2726 | 4.8 |
| 42 | St. John Catholic Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2789 | 4.7 |
| 43 | St.Bernadette Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2899 | 4.5 |
| 44 | Country Hills PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #2956 | 4.4 |
| 45 | Crestview PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3003 | 4.3 |
| 46 | Howard Robertson PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3003 | 4.3 |
| 47 | Franklin PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3044 | 4.2 |
| 48 | Prueter PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3081 | 4.1 |
| 49 | St Aloysius Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3106 | 4.0 |
| 50 | J F Carmichael PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3208 | 3.7 |
| 51 | Pioneer Park PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3208 | 3.7 |
| 52 | Rockway PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3208 | 3.7 |
| 53 | Meadowlane PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3309 | 3.4 |
| 54 | Blessed Sacrament Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3309 | 3.4 |
| 55 | King Edward PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3421 | 2.9 |
| 56 | Hillside Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3587 | 0.4 |
All 56 elementary schools listed. Change the weighting on the rankings page to reorder by what matters to you.
Top secondary schools in Kitchener
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario secondary schools
| 1 | École secondaire David Saint-Jacques Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Ontario rank #69 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Kitchener Waterloo C & VS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #80 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Cameron Heights CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #90 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Resurrection Catholic SS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #264 | 6.7 |
| 5 | Huron Heights SS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #264 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Grand River CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #310 | 6.4 |
| 7 | St Mary's HS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #377 | 6.0 |
| 8 | Eastwood CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #457 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Forest Heights CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #564 | 4.8 |
All 9 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 2025–26 school year. Small score differences should be treated as ties. See the methodology.