DATED ACADEMIC COMPARISON
Top 10 public elementary schools in Durham Region
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2025 report · 2023/2024 academic results
Scores reflect one historical academic measure. Equal scores share a position.
- 1position
Whitby
E.A. Fairman Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide9.5out of 102023/2024 results - 2position
Clarington · Bowmanville
École élémentaire Viola-Léger
Kindergarten–Grade 7 · French
Conseil scolaire Viamonde
Read the school guide9.3out of 102023/2024 results - 3position
Oshawa
École élémentaire Antonine-Maillet
Kindergarten–Grade 7 · French
Conseil scolaire Viamonde
Read the school guide9.1out of 102023/2024 results - 4position
Whitby
Colonel J.E. Farewell Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide8.4out of 102023/2024 results - 4position
Pickering
William Dunbar Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide8.4out of 102023/2024 results - 6position
Oshawa
Northern Dancer Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide8.2out of 102023/2024 results - 7position
Oshawa
Seneca Trail Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide8.1out of 102023/2024 results - 8position
Whitby
Captain Michael VandenBos Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English and French immersion
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide8.0out of 102023/2024 results - 9position
Ajax
Alexander Graham Bell Public School
Kindergarten–Grade 8 · English
Durham District School Board
Read the school guide7.8out of 102023/2024 results - 9position
Pickering
École élémentaire Ronald-Marion
Kindergarten–Grade 6 · French
Conseil scolaire Viamonde
Read the school guide7.8out of 102023/2024 results
What the comparison tells you
The 2025 Fraser Institute Ontario reports use 2023/2024 academic results. The elementary edition was released in January 2026 and the secondary edition in November 2025. These are historical indicators, not current-year test scores or a complete measure of school quality.
This category compares 122 rated public elementary records in Durham Region. English- and French-language schools are included. A school without a published score is not treated as lower performing. Regional and GTA positions are calculated from the published scores, rather than separate Fraser rankings.
Equal scores share a position. Ten profiles are displayed, with equal scores ordered alphabetically by the current common name, ignoring the French École prefix. Any schools tied at the cutoff but outside those ten are named below; their results are not lower.
Fraser Institute Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2025Official sources and check dates
- Fraser Institute Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2025 Source checked Oct 3, 2026
These guides use AI-assisted research and dated public source records. A source check is not a school visit or a personal assessment. For a correction, choose a team member to contact.