Cities / Waterloo
Best Schools in Waterloo
Waterloo has 32 publicly reported schools — 27 elementary and 5 secondary. Laurelwood P.S. is currently the top-ranked school in Waterloo with a score of 9.3 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.
32
Schools
27
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 | Laurelwood P.S. Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #98 | 9.3 |
| 2 | Vista Hills Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #210 | 8.7 |
| 3 | Northlake Woods PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #210 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Millen Woods PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #241 | 8.6 |
| 5 | Abraham Erb PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #295 | 8.4 |
| 6 | St Matthew E S Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #295 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Winston Churchill PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #553 | 7.8 |
| 8 | École élémentaire L’Harmonie Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Ontario rank #610 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Mary Johnston PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #661 | 7.6 |
| 10 | St Luke Catholic Elementary School Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #789 | 7.4 |
| 11 | N A MacEachern PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #850 | 7.3 |
| 12 | ÉÉC Mère Elisabeth-Bruyère Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir · Ontario rank #1154 | 6.9 |
| 13 | Empire PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
| 14 | Keatsway PS Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
| 15 | Lester B Pearson Public School Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #1231 | 6.8 |
+ 12 more — see the full rankings and filter by city.
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 #57 | 8.9 |
| 2 | Bluevale CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #124 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Waterloo CI Waterloo Region DSB · Ontario rank #178 | 7.4 |
| 4 | St David Catholic SS Waterloo Catholic DSB · Ontario rank #264 | 6.8 |
| 5 | Rosemount - U Turn School Waterloo Region 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.