Cities / Waterloo
Best Schools in Waterloo
Waterloo has 31 publicly reported schools — 26 elementary and 5 secondary. Northlake Woods PS is currently the top-ranked school in Waterloo with a score of 8.9 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.
31
Schools
26
Elementary
5
Secondary
$120,000
Median household income
Top elementary schools in Waterloo
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario elementary schools
| 1 | Northlake Woods PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #139 | 8.9 |
| 2 | N A MacEachern PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #175 | 8.7 |
| 3 | Westvale PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #175 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Abraham Erb PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #234 | 8.5 |
| 5 | Laurelwood P.S. Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #269 | 8.4 |
| 6 | École élémentaire L’Harmonie Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Ontario rank #387 | 8.1 |
| 7 | Vista Hills Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #425 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Millen Woods PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #517 | 7.8 |
| 9 | Lexington PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #577 | 7.7 |
| 10 | St Matthew E S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #623 | 7.6 |
| 11 | Holy Rosary S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #958 | 7.1 |
| 12 | Sir Edgar Bauer Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1200 | 6.8 |
| 13 | Empire PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1272 | 6.7 |
| 14 | Lester B Pearson Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1272 | 6.7 |
| 15 | Mary Johnston PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1272 | 6.7 |
| 16 | St Nicholas Catholic ES Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1272 | 6.7 |
| 17 | St Luke Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #1431 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Edna Staebler PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1687 | 6.2 |
| 19 | Keatsway PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1687 | 6.2 |
| 20 | Sandowne PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1773 | 6.1 |
| 21 | St Agnes Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #2106 | 5.7 |
| 22 | ÉÉC Mère Elisabeth-Bruyère Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir · Ontario rank #2839 | 4.6 |
| 23 | Winston Churchill PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3003 | 4.3 |
| 24 | Lincoln Heights PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3208 | 3.7 |
| 25 | Our Lady of Lourdes Sep S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #3208 | 3.7 |
| 26 | Cedarbrae PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #3475 | 2.5 |
All 26 elementary schools listed. Change the weighting on the rankings page to reorder by what matters to you.
Top secondary schools in Waterloo
Ranked by Balanced score · rank is among all Ontario secondary schools
| 1 | Laurel Heights Secondary School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #34 | 8.8 |
| 2 | Waterloo CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #104 | 7.9 |
| 3 | St David Catholic SS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #145 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Bluevale CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #234 | 6.9 |
| 5 | Rosemount - U Turn School Waterloo Region DSB | — |
All 5 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.