The Junction and Onward Willow, Guelph

Renting Near Willow Road Public School

Willow Road Public School is a Public elementary school teaching JK to 8 in The Junction and Onward Willow, Guelph, run by the Upper Grand DSB. The Ministry of Education reports 435 students enrolled. Everything below is public data, with the source and year beside it.

Public elementary schoolGrades JK-8EnglishUpper Grand DSB

At a glance

435

Students enrolled

Ministry figure, 2024–2025

JK-8

Grades

Elementary

Licensed child care within 2 km

Provincial licence register

2.2 km

Nearest GO station

Guelph Central GO, straight line

At 435 students it is larger than about 60% of Guelph's elementary schools, whose median is 390. That is a Ministry headcount for one school year, not a class size.

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: Willow Road Public School
School board: Upper Grand DSB (opens Upper Grand DSB in a new tab)
Type: Public elementary school
Grade range: JK-8
Language of instruction: English
Address: 125 Willow Rd, Guelph, Ontario, N1H1W4
Phone: 519-821-1760
Email: willowrd.ps@ugdsb.on.ca
School website: www.ugdsb.ca/willow (opens Willow Road Public School in a new tab)
Ministry school number (BSID): 609552
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 3 Reading	46%	74%	-23 pts
Grade 3 Writing	54%	65%	-8 pts
Grade 3 Mathematics	50%	64%	-8 pts
Grade 6 Reading	89%	86%	+14 pts
Grade 6 Writing	83%	85%	+10 pts
Grade 6 Mathematics	39%	51%	+14 pts

Grade 3 · Reading

46%met the standard

Ontario: 74%

Grade 3 · Writing

54%met the standard

Ontario: 65%

Grade 3 · Mathematics

50%met the standard

Ontario: 64%

Grade 6 · Reading

89%met the standard

Ontario: 86%

Beside comparable schools

The province mixes every board, setting and language system together. These medians are drawn from schools sitting the same assessment in the same year, at the same level, in the same language system — so they compare like with like.

Grade 3 · Reading

46% met the standard here — 36.5 points below the median of 82.5% across the 28 Upper Grand DSB elementary schools that reported this assessment, and 36 points below the median of 82% across the 40 publicly funded elementary schools in Guelph that reported it.

Grade 3 · Writing

54% met the standard here — 17.5 points below the median of 71.5% across the 28 Upper Grand DSB elementary schools that reported this assessment, and 16.5 points below the median of 70.5% across the 40 publicly funded elementary schools in Guelph that reported it.

Grade 3 · Mathematics

50% met the standard here — 21.5 points below the median of 71.5% across the 28 Upper Grand DSB elementary schools that reported this assessment, and 22 points below the median of 72% across the 40 publicly funded elementary schools in Guelph that reported it.

Grade 6 · Reading

89% met the standard here — 5 points below the median of 94% across the 28 Upper Grand DSB elementary schools that reported this assessment, and 4.5 points below the median of 93.5% across the 40 publicly funded elementary schools in Guelph that reported it.

Grade 6 · Writing

83% met the standard here — 10 points below the median of 93% across the 28 Upper Grand DSB elementary schools that reported this assessment, and 9 points below the median of 92% across the 40 publicly funded elementary schools in Guelph that reported it.

Grade 6 · Mathematics

39% met the standard here — 31 points below the median of 70% across the 28 Upper Grand DSB elementary schools that reported this assessment, and 25 points below the median of 64% across the 40 publicly funded elementary schools in Guelph that reported it.

Each figure is a median, not an average, and each cohort counts only the schools that published a result for that exact assessment in 2024–2025. Cohorts of fewer than 10 schools are not shown, because a median over a handful of schools moves too much to mean anything.

How to read this

EQAO assessed 6 measures at this school — reading, writing and mathematics, sat in Grades 3 and 6. Each is one 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 English20%
Students new to Canada from a non-English-speaking country10%
Students receiving special education services30%
Students identified as gifted0%
School-aged children living in low-income households15%
Students whose parents have no degree, diploma or certificate15%

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

Willow Road Public School sits inside The Junction and Onward Willow, using the City of Guelph's own boundary for that area.

Neighbourhood

The Junction and Onward Willow

10,927 residents (2021)
59 % rent
3 schools
7 parks

Renting in The Junction and Onward Willow →

Licensed child care nearby

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

Willowdale Child Care And Learning Centre
0.1 km
Child Care Centre · English
95 Willow Road, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - Paisley
1 km
Child Care Centre · English
406 Paisley Road, Guelph
Before school · After school
Jack & Jill Day Nursery
1.2 km
Child Care Centre · English
32 Arnold Street, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Noah'S Ark Childcare
1.2 km
Child Care Centre · English
95 Crimea Street, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Victory Kids Club
1.4 km
Child Care Centre · English
135 Exhibition Street, Guelph
Before school · After school
Lillian'S Children Centre
1.5 km
Child Care Centre · English
500 Willow Road, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - St. Peter
1.5 km
Child Care Centre · English
150 Westwood Road, Guelph
Before school · After school
Guelph Montessori School
1.8 km
Child Care Centre · English
151 Waterloo Avenue, Guelph
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)

All 11 licensed facilities within 2 km

Lilliput Land Co-Operative Nursery School — 161 Norfolk Street1.8 km
Little Folks Montessori-Guelph — 577 Willow Road1.8 km
Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - Central — 97 Dublin Street1.8 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 2.2 km in a straight line
Local transit: Guelph Transit
Transit stops in The Junction and Onward Willow: 31 Guelph Transit stops inside the boundary

The 2.2 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 Willow Road Public School 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 JK-8, 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 Willow Road Public School?

Willow Road Public School is Public elementary school operated by Upper Grand DSB, teaching JK to 8. Every detail on this page comes from the Ontario Ministry of Education's published school information for 2024–2025.

Does renting near Willow Road Public School 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 Willow Road Public School?

The Ministry reports 435 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 Willow Road Public School show?

EQAO publishes the percentage of students who met the provincial standard in each assessment. In 2024–2025, 46% met the standard in Grade 3 reading here, against 74% across Ontario. This page shows every assessment the school published results for. They are one year's snapshot, not a ranking.

Which neighbourhood is Willow Road Public School in?

The school sits inside The Junction and Onward Willow, where 59% 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 Willow Road Public School?

11 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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