What Are The Best Public Schools in Toronto?
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The public school rankings in Toronto is a list that concerned parents with young families seek out to determine what the best schools in Toronto are these days. From Blythwood in North Toronto down to Orde Street in the South Annex. To all the way over to Runnymede in High Park and up to Owen in York Mills. Yes, there are a number of intriguing options to choose from for English-track schooling in this city. Some parents are looking for a French Immersion school like Howard or Dunlace. And some parents wonder if they should worry about high schools before their children even reach Grade 2. There is so much to consider, for sure!
Furthermore, the schools that accomplished the best EQAO pass-rates last year (which is how the Fraser Institute groups their rankings by default, but not us) might NOT be the “best” school for your child, overall. Because not only does consistency have to be measured, but also the happiness the parent feels with their home! This is just a few of the things we consider when finding a home in a great Toronto school district for our young family clients.
The full rankings for public elementary schools in this city are with us. These include Oriole Park at #20 in the Midtown-Uptown rankings, and Diefenbaker at #24 in the Lower Toronto rankings. The school rankings here are only the ones in the Top 5 in each region. And this a great start for young families to determine what the best schools in Toronto really are (in our informed opinions). Here are the top elementary schools for the 2020 SUSI Rankings for public (not Catholic) schools in the city of Toronto:
UPDATE DEC 2022: Rankings for the City of Toronto (except Etobicoke and the West End/High Park area) have been discontinued. Please continue to see school rankings for the following:
Mississauga
Oakville
Burlington
Etobicoke
West End/High Park area
Vaughan
Richmond Hill
Markham
Brampton
Milton
Georgetown
Hamilton
THE BEST SCHOOLS IN TORONTO 2020
MIDTOWN-UPTOWN | ||
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Rank | School | Grades |
#1 | Rosedale Public School (M) | K-6 |
#2 | Owen Public School (M) | K-5 |
#3 | Blythwood Public School (M) | K-6 |
#4 | John Ross Robertson Public School (M) | K-6 |
#5 | Selwyn Public School (ME) | K-5 |
LOWER TORONTO | ||
Rank | School | Grades |
#1 | Ossington/Old Orchard Public School (WE) | K-6 |
#2 | Pape Avenue Public School (EE) | K-6 |
#3 | Swansea Public School (WE) | K-8 |
#4 | Crescent Town Public School (EE) | K-4 |
#5 | Orde Street Public School (D) | K-6 |
Which Public schools in Toronto does SusiHomes recommend?
We have Premium Recommendations, Alternate Recommendations, Tertiary Recommendations, and schools that we do not recommend at all.
Recommendations are based on: Rankings, neighbourhood, any “news” we may hear about the school, and also the future middle and high schools for the district.
Where can I find the full list of Toronto Public school rankings?
Full rankings and Recommendations are now exclusively available to all of Susi’s clients for their personal use. Our EQAO calculations, Teacher Support rankings, and Diversity numbers, however, are still available for most Toronto Public elementary schools, and a list of these schools can be found here.
How do I find a home in a recommended school district?
It’s simple. When looking for a great home in a great school district, not only do rankings have to be measured, but also quality and safety of the neighbourhood, and of course the happiness YOU feel with your home! When you have a young family, there is so much to consider.
Let SusiHomes help you. There are 163 rank-able Public elementary schools in Toronto, and we can help you locate the best home for your young family, in a recommended school district, and in a recommended neighbourhood. We can help you navigate, and plan for things like French Immersion in Toronto and Toronto high school rankings, as well. We are also the only Realtors in Toronto that have specific demographics for EACH, INDIVIDUAL district. This kind of information might be very useful to young, home-seeking parents.
Reach out to us through the link below, and let’s get started!
On our website, we have school rankings for:
Mississauga and Brampton
Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Georgetown and Hamilton
Etobicoke, Toronto, North York and Scarborough
Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, and York Region North (including Aurora & Newmarket)
The rankings here are the amalgamation of two separate reports we have compiled: SUSI’s 7-year EQAO Rankings and SUSI’s Potency Rankings.
SUSI’s 7-year EQAO Rankings are mostly self-explanatory. In order to measure the consistency of a school’s performance, we compiled the scores from the last 7 years of EQAO scores for each of Toronto’s Public schools. The more recent the year, the more weight that year’s EQAO scores were given.
SUSI’s Potency Rankings attempt to measure how well a school’s principals and teachers are performing vis-a-vis how well they are EXPECTED to perform, given their district’s socio-economic lot. In other words, schools in districts that have parents with a higher-than-average income and education level, and that have less ESL students and single parents, are EXPECTED to perform better than their less-fortunate counterparts. If a school isn’t performing up to expectation, that should be noted. Likewise, if a school is performing well ABOVE expectation, that should also not just be noted, but congratulated!
The combination of these two studies (along with a “consistency factor”) provide us with the crucial information we need to help young families find the best Toronto Public school district for them to live in. We publish our opinion of the Top 5 Public Elementary Schools in Toronto a couple months after we determine them for ourselves – but of course the full version of the latest rankings are always available for counsel towards our current home-seeking clients.
If you’re looking to buy a home in Toronto, we’d be happy to help and to protect your family. :-)