Cities / Thunder Bay
Best Schools in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay has 38 publicly reported schools — 32 elementary and 6 secondary. Claude E Garton PS is currently the top-ranked school in Thunder Bay with a score of 9.7 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.
38
Schools
32
Elementary
6
Secondary
$72,500
Median household income
Top elementary schools in Thunder Bay
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario elementary schools
| 1 | Claude E Garton PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #52 | 9.7 |
| 2 | Vance Chapman S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #269 | 8.4 |
| 3 | Nor'wester View PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #387 | 8.1 |
| 4 | St James S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #623 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Ecole Gron Morgan PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #685 | 7.5 |
| 6 | St Paul School Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #746 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Woodcrest S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #888 | 7.2 |
| 8 | St Thomas Aquinas Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #888 | 7.2 |
| 9 | École Elsie MacGill Public School Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #958 | 7.1 |
| 10 | Five Mile S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1110 | 6.9 |
| 11 | Holy Cross S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1344 | 6.6 |
| 12 | St Francis Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1344 | 6.6 |
| 13 | Kingsway Park PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1431 | 6.5 |
| 14 | Corpus Christi Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1431 | 6.5 |
| 15 | Holy Family Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1431 | 6.5 |
| 16 | St Vincent Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1687 | 6.2 |
| 17 | Algonquin Avenue S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 18 | Ogden Community S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 19 | St Bernard Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 20 | St Ann Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2106 | 5.7 |
| 21 | McKellar Park Central PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #2311 | 5.4 |
| 22 | C D Howe S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #2311 | 5.4 |
| 23 | St Pius X Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2311 | 5.4 |
| 24 | St Jude Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2365 | 5.3 |
| 25 | École Catholique Franco-Supérieur Le C.S.D.C. des Aurores boréales · Ontario rank #2441 | 5.2 |
| 26 | St Elizabeth Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2530 | 5.1 |
| 27 | Westmount PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #2726 | 4.8 |
| 28 | Our Lady of Charity Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2789 | 4.7 |
| 29 | St Margaret Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2899 | 4.5 |
| 30 | St Martin Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3003 | 4.3 |
| 31 | Sherbrooke PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #3384 | 3.1 |
| 32 | École publique des Vents du Nord Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord | — |
All 32 elementary schools listed. Change the weighting on the rankings page to reorder by what matters to you.
Top secondary schools in Thunder Bay
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario secondary schools
| 1 | ÉSC de La Vérendrye Le C.S.D.C. des Aurores boréales · Ontario rank #51 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #252 | 6.8 |
| 3 | St Ignatius SS Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #278 | 6.6 |
| 4 | Hammarskjold HS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #296 | 6.5 |
| 5 | St Patrick HS Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #474 | 5.4 |
| 6 | Westgate C & VI Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #507 | 5.2 |
All 6 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.