St. James the Apostle Catholic School, Stoney Creek

The St. James the Apostle school ranking represents an opinion of ours based on hundreds of hours of research with the end-goal of determining where the “best” schools in the Hamilton area are FOR young families.

Every other Ontario real estate website uses the “Fraser Institute rankings”, but these rankings can pose many problems for young families. Our rankings are far more integrated with the consistency and the “teacher support” a school receives – both HUGE factors – as well as EQAO Performance.

SusiHomes classifies schools (for their clients) into the following four groups:
Premium Recommendations
Alternate Recommendations
Tertiary Recommendations
Not Recommended

With the SUSI Rankings we help our clients find the best school/home combination possible!

St. James the Apostle EQAO Performance & Consistency (2020)

The EQAO performance for St. James the Apostle is recorded each year at SusiHomes and turned into the figures like the example you see to the left. These become the EQAO calculations used to determine our final annual rankings. A “consistency number” is then assigned to St. James the Apostle based on how dependable the school has been over the last seven years, and then all numbers are mixed with Teacher Support (below) before producing a final ranking. See a more detailed explanation of how we determine our rankings here.

St. James the Apostle Teacher Support (2020)

Median Income ($$) – 104K
Single Parents – 14.4%
University Degree – 23.2%
High School or Less – 32.8%
ESL – 3.3%
Recent Immigrants – 0%

The Teacher Support receives at St. James the Apostle is critical to determining its final ranking. Exactly what we mean by this is laid out here, but in a nutshell, if a school rises above their demographical expectations, they then can be considered a more worthy school, than others, for the attention of young family purchasers.

St. James the Apostle Demographics (2020)

Our exclusive School-District-Specific DEMOGRAPHICS are available to ALL HomeBuyers at SusiHomes, and they include Income Levels, Religions, Single Parents, Languages Spoken, and much more. These are demographics ONLY within the school district itself!!
For an example, see an overview of the ethnic and religious diversity for St. James the Apostle in the graphic to the left.

The St. James the Apostle ranking at SusiHomes is heavily influenced by these demographics we have (the Fraser Rankings are not). See the Potency Rankings on this page for a detailed explanation of this invaluable process.

What is the SCHOOL RANKING for St. James the Apostle in 2020?

The St. James the Apostle school ranking from SusiHomes is the most reliable ranking in the region, in our opinion, and all rankings are available to our clients. When considering the best schools in Stoney Creek, these rankings heavily influence our recommendations.

HOWEVER, not all well-ranked schools are recommended to our clients, and there are certainly MISTAKES that young families make when searching for homes in good school districts that should be avoided.

We help our clients eliminate these mistakes with our school classifications: Premium Recommendations, Alternate Recommendations, Tertiary Recommendations, and Not Recommended – St. James the Apostle falls into one of these categories. As a preview, you can see the Top 5 Catholic elementary schools in the Hamilton area here.

How Susi PROTECTS You When You Buy A House

It’s very simple. We protect you by telling you everything WRONG with a house, even if you love it. You need to know all this before making an offer. And what we miss, our Home Inspector will get.

There are CLEAR ADVANTAGES Susi has over other Realtors in this field:

• Finding the BEST school/home combo for young families is our MAIN experience
• Other Realtors rarely even search BY school districts at all
• Clients of SusiHomes receive ONLY the listings from school districts they approve of
• Clients receive notifications ONLY AN HOUR after they are listed!!

Finding real estate in a school district like St. James the Apostle is easy for us here at SusiHomes – it’s what we specialize in! All buyer agents are FREE. Choose SusiHomes as your Realtors. We will help your family the most.