Gourley, Hamilton

Renting Near James MacDonald Public School

James MacDonald Public School is a Public elementary school teaching JK to 6 in Gourley, Hamilton, run by the Hamilton-Wentworth DSB. The Ministry of Education reports 310 students enrolled. Everything below is public data, with the source and year beside it.

Public elementary schoolGrades JK-6EnglishHamilton-Wentworth DSB

At a glance

310

Students enrolled

Ministry figure, 2024–2025

JK-6

Grades

Elementary

Licensed child care within 2 km

Provincial licence register

4.5 km

Nearest GO station

Hamilton GO Centre, straight line

At 310 students it is smaller than about 75% of Hamilton's elementary schools, whose median is 435. 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: James MacDonald Public School
School board: Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (opens Hamilton-Wentworth DSB in a new tab)
Type: Public elementary school
Grade range: JK-6
Language of instruction: English
Address: 200 Chester Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, L9C2X1
Phone: 905-385-3267
Email: jamesmacdonald@hwdsb.on.ca
School website: The address the Ministry publishes for this school no longer resolves. Try the board’s site above.
Ministry school number (BSID): 281492
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	65%	74%	-16 pts
Grade 3 Writing	58%	65%	-13 pts
Grade 3 Mathematics	52%	64%	+4 pts
Grade 6 Reading	72%	86%	-10 pts
Grade 6 Writing	62%	85%	-14 pts
Grade 6 Mathematics	30%	51%	-15 pts

Grade 3 · Reading

65%met the standard

Ontario: 74%

Grade 3 · Writing

58%met the standard

Ontario: 65%

Grade 3 · Mathematics

52%met the standard

Ontario: 64%

Grade 6 · Reading

72%met the standard

Ontario: 86%

Beside comparable schools

The province mixes every board, setting and language system together. These medians cover schools sitting the same assessment in the same year, at the same level, in the same language system, so they compare like with like. The number of schools in each cohort is in brackets.

Assessment	This school	Hamilton-Wentworth DSB median	Hamilton median
Grade 3 Reading	65%	68% (75)	74% (124)
Grade 3 Writing	58%	62% (75)	64.5% (124)
Grade 3 Mathematics	52%	55% (75)	62% (124)
Grade 6 Reading	72%	80.5% (66)	85% (115)
Grade 6 Writing	62%	80.5% (66)	85% (115)
Grade 6 Mathematics	30%	39% (66)	45% (115)

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 English35%
Students new to Canada from a non-English-speaking country10%
Students receiving special education services5%
Students identified as gifted0%
School-aged children living in low-income households5%
Students whose parents have no degree, diploma or certificate0%

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

James MacDonald Public School sits inside Gourley, using the City of Hamilton's own boundary for that area.

Neighbourhood

Gourley

3,989 residents (2021)
8.3 % rent
1 schools
2 parks

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Licensed child care nearby

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

Umbrella Family - James Macdonald
0 km
Child Care Centre · English
200 Chester Avenue, Hamilton
Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day) · Before school · After school
Wildwood By Scenicview Childcare
0.9 km
Child Care Centre · English
689 West 5Th Street, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Today'S Family Children'S Centre - Hamilton
0.9 km
Child Care Centre · English
44 Greendale Drive, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day) · After school
Today'S Family Private Home Day Care
0.9 km
Home Child Care Agency · English
44 Greendale Drive, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day) · Extended hours(more than 12 hours) · Flexible Hours(e.g. shifts · evenings) · Before school · After school · Overnight · Weekend
Today'S Family R.A. Riddell School Age Program
1.2 km
Child Care Centre · English
200 Cranbrook Drive, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Before school · After school
Ymca Sacc - Westwood
1.2 km
Child Care Centre · English
9 Lynbrook Drive, Hamilton
Before school · After school
Infant Jesus Kindergarten & Nursery
1.3 km
Child Care Centre · English
329 Mohawk Road, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Talented Tinkers
1.6 km
Child Care Centre · English
89 Sanatorium Road, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)

All 17 licensed facilities within 2 km

Imagineer'S Early Learning Centre — 430 West 5Th Street1.7 km
Ymca Sacc - Ridgemount — 65 Hester Street1.7 km
Little Peoples Day Care Centre — 510 Mohawk Road1.8 km
St. Thomas More Children'S Centre — 1045 Upper Paradise Road1.9 km
Little Learning House Child Care Centre - Allenby Site — 192 Allenby Avenue2 km
St. Michael Before And After School Program — 135 Hester Street2 km
St. Therese Of Lisieux Before And After School Program — 1760 Garth Street2 km
Umbrella Family At Buchanan Park — 30 Laurier Avenue2 km
Ywca Hamilton West Mountain Child Care Centre — 11 Guildwood Drive2 km

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

Getting there

Hamilton is served by the HSR bus network, with the most frequent corridors running east–west across the lower city. Two GO stations sit in the city — Hamilton GO Centre downtown and West Harbour GO on the Lakeshore West line — and Aldershot GO just over the Burlington line is a common commuter station too. The escarpment limits north–south routes, so check the actual trip rather than the map distance.

Nearest GO station: Hamilton GO Centre — about 4.5 km in a straight line
Local transit: HSR (Hamilton Street Railway)
Transit stops in Gourley: 14 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops inside the boundary

The 4.5 km to Hamilton GO Centre 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 James MacDonald Public School does not assign a child to it: the attendance area belongs to Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, it changes, and placement depends on programme, grade and capacity. This school teaches JK-6, 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.

HWDSB — The English public board, and the largest school operator in Hamilton. (opens Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board in a new tab)

What to have ready, and how registration works in Hamilton: renting in Hamilton with children.

Other schools nearby

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

Common questions

Which board runs James MacDonald Public School?

James MacDonald Public School is Public elementary school operated by Hamilton-Wentworth DSB, teaching JK to 6. Every detail on this page comes from the Ontario Ministry of Education's published school information for 2024–2025.

Does renting near James MacDonald Public School guarantee a place at the school?

No. Attendance areas are set by Hamilton-Wentworth 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 James MacDonald Public School?

The Ministry reports 310 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 James MacDonald Public School show?

EQAO publishes the percentage of students who met the provincial standard in each assessment. In 2024–2025, 65% 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 James MacDonald Public School in?

The school sits inside Gourley, where 8.3% 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 James MacDonald Public School?

17 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 Hamilton Open Data — Neighbourhoods (planning units), Parks, HSR Bus Stops, Libraries, Recreation and Community Centres, Addresses (opens City of Hamilton in a new tab) — City of Hamilton. Layers as published (edit dates recorded per layer in the raw manifest). Updated continuous; refetched on each data build. City of Hamilton Open Data Licence (opens City of Hamilton in a new tab)Contains public sector Data made available under the City of Hamilton's Open Data Licence

Full method notes, refresh cadence and the list of data this site deliberately does not publish are on the data page.