Cities / Thunder Bay
Best Schools in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay has 39 publicly reported schools — 32 elementary and 7 secondary. Claude E Garton PS is currently the top-ranked school in Thunder Bay with a score of 9.8 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.
39
Schools
32
Elementary
7
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 #53 | 9.8 |
| 2 | Nor'wester View PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #125 | 9.1 |
| 3 | Ecole Gron Morgan PS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #553 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Holy Cross S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #726 | 7.5 |
| 5 | St Paul School Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #850 | 7.3 |
| 6 | École Elsie MacGill Public School Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #917 | 7.2 |
| 7 | Woodcrest S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1154 | 6.9 |
| 8 | Five Mile S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1154 | 6.9 |
| 9 | C D Howe S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
| 10 | Holy Family Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1379 | 6.6 |
| 11 | St Elizabeth Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1379 | 6.6 |
| 12 | École Catholique Franco-Supérieur Le C.S.D.C. des Aurores boréales · Ontario rank #1462 | 6.5 |
| 13 | St Thomas Aquinas Sep S Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1462 | 6.5 |
| 14 | St James S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1550 | 6.4 |
| 15 | Ogden Community S Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #1709 | 6.2 |
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Top secondary schools in Thunder Bay
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario secondary schools
| 1 | Lakehead Alternative School · Ontario rank #1 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Hammarskjold HS Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #317 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #317 | 6.5 |
| 4 | ÉSC de La Vérendrye Le C.S.D.C. des Aurores boréales · Ontario rank #335 | 6.4 |
| 5 | St Patrick HS Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #505 | 5.4 |
| 6 | St Ignatius SS Thunder Bay Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #505 | 5.4 |
| 7 | Westgate C & VI Lakehead DSB · Ontario rank #584 | 4.9 |
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.