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:

**Elementary**
Grade	English- Language	French- Language	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

**Secondary**
Grade	English- Language	French- Language	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.
Data include public and Roman Catholic schools.
Data exclude private schools and publicly funded hospital and provincial schools, care & treatment facilities.