Education Facts
- Government funding for public education in Ontario 2005-06: $17.2 billion.
- Administration: Ontario’s schools are administered by 72 district school boards and 33 school authorities. "School authorities" consist of geographically isolated boards and hospital school boards. School Boards are divided as follows:
- There are 4,010 elementary and 870 secondary schools in Ontario (2003-04).
- Number of teachers: 112,235.68, consisting of 71,274.40 elementary and 40,961.28 secondary. (2003-04)
- Number of administrators (principals and vice-principals): 7,169.56, consisting of 5,281.84 elementary and 1,887.72 secondary. (2003-04)
- Number of students in 2003-04: 2,129,742.
- Enrolment by grade and language, 2003-04:
Grade |
English- |
French- |
Total |
---|---|---|---|
Junior Kindergarten |
108,938 |
6,600 |
115,538 |
Kindergarten |
122,755 |
6,763 |
129,518 |
Grade 1 |
131,237 |
6,793 |
138,030 |
Grade 2 |
135,784 |
6,734 |
142,518 |
Grade 3 |
142,307 |
6,888 |
149,195 |
Grade 4 |
144,025 |
6,716 |
150,741 |
Grade 5 |
144,151 |
6,869 |
151,020 |
Grade 6 |
147,934 |
6,880 |
154,814 |
Grade 7 |
147,893 |
6,450 |
154,343 |
Grade 8 |
150,783 |
6,479 |
157,262 |
TOTAL |
1,375,807 |
67,172 |
1,442,979 |
Grade |
English- |
French- |
Total |
---|---|---|---|
Pre-Grade 9 |
2,882 |
0 |
2,882 |
Grade 9 |
156,720 |
5,561 |
162,281 |
Grade 10 |
154,426 |
5,397 |
159,823 |
Grade 11 |
151,838 |
5,261 |
157,099 |
Grade 12 - no OAC's |
175,897 |
5,674 |
181,571 |
Grade 12 - fewer than 6 OAC's |
14,189 |
291 |
14,480 |
Grade 12 - 6 or more OAC's |
902 |
11 |
913 |
Students 21 or over |
6,943 |
771 |
7,714 |
TOTAL |
663,797 |
22,966 |
686,763 |
Source: As reported by schools in the School October Report, 2003-2004. |
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Data include public and Roman Catholic schools. |
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Data exclude private schools and publicly funded hospital and provincial schools, care & treatment facilities. |
For data on prior years, see our Quick Facts publications:
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 2002-03 (PDF, 78 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 2001-02 (PDF, 78 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 2000-01 (PDF, 70 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 1999-00 (PDF, 71 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 1998-99 (PDF, 69 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 1997-98 (PDF, 70 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 1996-97 (PDF, 62 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 1995-96 (PDF, 63 KB)
- Quick Facts – Ontario Schools, 1994-95 (PDF, 62 KB)