The Waterloo Catholic District School Board – the corporate body overseeing Waterloo Region’s Catholic Schools – protects and promotes a tradition of education excellence first begun in a one-room schoolhouse 1836. Today, we’re the eighth-largest Catholic school system in Ontario:\n\n46 elementary schools (Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8) \n5 secondary schools (Grade 9 to Grade 12) \n5 adult education facilities \n2.5 million sq. ft. of floor space in schools -- on more than 400 acres of land \n40,000 elementary, secondary and adult/continuing education students \nStudents from more than 114 countries – speaking more than 68 languages \n3,500 full & part-time staff \n100,000 Catholic ratepayers \n27% of area students attend Catholic schools \n17% of residential taxpayers support Catholic schools \n30% of local schools are Catholic schools \n$240 million annual budget \n$2 million+ raised for charity since 1998