Saint George's, Guelph

Renting Near John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute

John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute is a Public secondary school teaching 9 to 12 in Saint George's, Guelph, run by the Upper Grand DSB. The Ministry of Education reports 2,115 students enrolled. Everything below is public data, with the source and year beside it.

Public secondary schoolGrades 9-12EnglishUpper Grand DSB

At a glance

2,115

Students enrolled

Ministry figure, 2024–2025

9-12

Grades

Secondary

Licensed child care within 2 km

Provincial licence register

1.9 km

Nearest GO station

Guelph Central GO, straight line

School facts

Published by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Fields the Ministry does not publish for this school are shown as such rather than filled in.

Official name: John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute
School board: Upper Grand DSB (opens Upper Grand DSB in a new tab)
Type: Public secondary school
Grade range: 9-12
Language of instruction: English
Address: 21 Meyer Dr, Guelph, Ontario, N1E4H1
Phone: 519-822-7090
Email: jfross.cvi@ugdsb.on.ca
School website: www.ugdsb.ca/jfr (opens John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute in a new tab)
Ministry school number (BSID): 918679
Date opened: 01/09/1969

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025) and the Publicly Funded Schools contact list (August 2026). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Data last refreshed September 4, 2026.

EQAO results, 2024–2025

The percentage of students who met the provincial standard in each assessment this school reported, beside the same figure for Ontario. These are results for one school year — not a score, a rank or a prediction.

Assessment	This school	Ontario	3-year change
Grade 9 Mathematics	76%	58%	+22 pts
Grade 10 Literacy test (OSSLT)	90%	85%	-1 pts

Grade 9 · Mathematics

76%met the standard

Ontario: 58%

Grade 10 · Literacy test (OSSLT)

90%met the standard

Ontario: 85%

How to read this

These are results for the Grade 9 mathematics assessment and the literacy test, which a student sits once. Both were reported for this school, for a single cohort in one year. Results are suppressed wherever a cohort is too small to report. This site publishes no ranking or composite score, and a position above or below a median is not a measure of how good a school is: EQAO reports the share of students meeting a standard in one year, and that share tracks the circumstances of the families a school draws from as much as anything the school does.

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025), which publishes the Education Quality and Accountability Office’s per-school results. Provincial figures from EQAO’s release of 3 December 2025. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Student population indicators

The Ministry publishes a small set of indicators alongside each school's profile. They describe the student body, not the neighbourhood, and are rounded by the Ministry.

Students whose first language is not English17%
Students new to Canada from a non-English-speaking country8%
Students receiving special education services29%
Students identified as gifted1%
School-aged children living in low-income households5%
Students whose parents have no degree, diploma or certificate4%

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

The neighbourhood around it

John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute sits inside Saint George's, using the City of Guelph's own boundary for that area.

Neighbourhood

Saint George's

5,185 residents (2021)
31.3 % rent
4 schools
5 parks

Renting in Saint George's →

Licensed child care nearby

15 licensed facilities within 2 km, closest first. A licence is not a vacancy — ask each operator about waiting lists.

Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - King George
0.8 km
Child Care Centre · English
72 Lemon Street, Guelph
Before school · After school
Gingerbread House Co-Operative Preschool
0.9 km
Child Care Centre · English
400 Stevenson Street, Guelph
Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - Edward Johnson
0.9 km
Child Care Centre · English
397 Stevenson Street, Guelph
Before school · After school
Ela - St. John
1 km
Child Care Centre · English
63 Victoria Road, Guelph
Before school · After school
Bulldog Interactive Fitness For Youth
1.4 km
Child Care Centre · English
259 Grange Road, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Before school · After school
Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie
1.4 km
Child Care Centre · French
30 Brighton, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Before school · After school
Parkview Day Care
1.4 km
Child Care Centre · English
89 Speedvale Avenue, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Star Seedlings Family And Childcare Centre
1.5 km
Child Care Centre · English
81 Speedvale Avenue, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)

All 15 licensed facilities within 2 km

Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - Kensington — 84 Kensington Street1.5 km
Workside Early Childhood Education Centre — 99 Woolwich Street1.6 km
Ela - Sacred Heart — 125 Huron Street1.7 km
Lilliput Land Co-Operative Nursery School — 161 Norfolk Street1.7 km
Victory Kids Club — 135 Exhibition Street1.7 km
Wellington Early Learning Centres - Sacred Heart — 125 Huron Street1.7 km
Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - Central — 97 Dublin Street2 km

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, Licensed child care facilities in Ontario (31 July 2026 snapshot). Locations matched to the City of Guelph’s open address register. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Getting there

Guelph Transit runs a network built around a downtown hub, so cross-town trips often route through the centre. Guelph Central Station downtown carries both GO and VIA trains on the Kitchener corridor, and Highway 401 runs south of the city. Distances here are short, but a transfer can still dominate a journey — check the real trip at the time you would travel.

Nearest GO station: Guelph Central GO — about 1.9 km in a straight line
Local transit: Guelph Transit
Transit stops in Saint George's: 11 Guelph Transit stops inside the boundary

The 1.9 km to Guelph Central GO is a straight line from this school's Ministry-published coordinates — not a walking or driving time. Check the real trip at the times you travel.

Registering here

Renting near John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute does not assign a child to it: the attendance area belongs to Upper Grand District School Board, it changes, and placement depends on programme, grade and capacity. This school teaches 9-12, so confirm the grade you need is offered at the address you are considering. Before- and after-school care is run separately from the school day — the licensed facilities listed above are the operators to contact directly.

UGDSB — The English public board for Guelph, Wellington County and Dufferin County. (opens Upper Grand District School Board in a new tab)

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Other schools nearby

Straight-line distance from this school. Useful when you are weighing several addresses at once.

Common questions

Which board runs John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute?

John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute is Public secondary school operated by Upper Grand DSB, teaching 9 to 12. Every detail on this page comes from the Ontario Ministry of Education's published school information for 2024–2025.

Does renting near John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute guarantee a place at the school?

No. Attendance areas are set by Upper Grand DSB and can change, and placement also depends on programme, grade and capacity. Confirm the current attendance area for a specific address with the board before you sign a lease — this site does not publish attendance boundaries.

How big is John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute?

The Ministry reports 2,115 students for the 2024–2025 school year. Enrolment is published once a year, so it describes that year rather than today's register.

What do the EQAO results for John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute show?

EQAO publishes the percentage of students who met the provincial standard in each assessment. In 2024–2025, 76% met the standard in Grade 9 mathematics here, against 58% across Ontario. This page shows every assessment the school published results for. They are one year's snapshot, not a ranking.

Which neighbourhood is John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute in?

The school sits inside Saint George's, where 31.3% of households rented at the 2021 Census. The neighbourhood page covers schools, licensed child care, parks and transit inside the municipality's own boundary for that area.

Is there licensed child care near John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute?

15 licensed child care facilities sit within 2 km of the school in the Ontario Ministry of Education's licensed child care register (31 July 2026 snapshot). A licence is not a vacancy — contact a centre directly about waiting lists.

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Where this page’s data comes from

School information and student demographics, 2024–2025 (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab) — Ontario Ministry of Education. 2024–2025 school year. Updated annual (the ministry lists the dataset as updated monthly; a new school year is added once a year). Retrieved September 4, 2026. Open Government Licence – Ontario (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Ontario public school contact information, August 2026 (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab) — Ontario Ministry of Education. August 2026. Updated monthly. Retrieved September 4, 2026. Open Government Licence – Ontario (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Licensed child care facilities in Ontario, July 2026 (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab) — Ontario Ministry of Education. 31 July 2026 snapshot. Updated monthly. Retrieved September 4, 2026. Open Government Licence – Ontario (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
City of Guelph Open Data — Neighbourhood Groups, Parks, Bus Stops, Trails, City Facilities, Child Care, Schools, Addresses (opens City of Guelph in a new tab) — City of Guelph. Layers as published (edit dates recorded per layer in the raw manifest). Updated continuous; refetched on each data build. Open Government Licence – City of Guelph (v2.0) (opens City of Guelph in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Guelph.

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