Thorner, Hamilton
Renting Near Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School is a Catholic elementary school teaching JK to 8 in Thorner, Hamilton, run by the Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB. The Ministry of Education reports 320 students enrolled. Everything below is public data, with the source and year beside it.
At a glance
At 320 students it is smaller than about 70% 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
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School
- Type
- Catholic elementary school
- Grade range
- JK-8
- Language of instruction
- English
- Address
- 420 Mohawk Rd E, Hamilton, Ontario, L8V2H7
- Phone
- 905-383-9233
- Ministry school number (BSID)
- 745650
- 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 | 72% | 74% | +5 pts |
| Grade 3 Writing | 40% | 65% | +3 pts |
| Grade 3 Mathematics | 48% | 64% | +33 pts |
| Grade 6 Reading | 81% | 86% | +7 pts |
| Grade 6 Writing | 86% | 85% | +4 pts |
| Grade 6 Mathematics | 52% | 51% | +2 pts |
Grade 3 · Reading
Ontario: 74%
Grade 3 · Writing
Ontario: 65%
Grade 3 · Mathematics
Ontario: 64%
Grade 6 · Reading
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 CDSB median | Hamilton median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 Reading | 72% | 83% (49) | 74% (124) |
| Grade 3 Writing | 40% | 72% (49) | 64.5% (124) |
| Grade 3 Mathematics | 48% | 74% (49) | 62% (124) |
| Grade 6 Reading | 81% | 88% (49) | 85% (115) |
| Grade 6 Writing | 86% | 88% (49) | 85% (115) |
| Grade 6 Mathematics | 52% | 52% (49) | 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
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 country15%
- Students receiving special education services15%
- Students identified as gifted0%
- School-aged children living in low-income households10%
- 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
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School sits inside Thorner, using the City of Hamilton's own boundary for that area.
Licensed child care nearby
20 licensed facilities within 2 km, closest first. A licence is not a vacancy — ask each operator about waiting lists.
Our Lady Of Lourdes Before And After School Program
0 kmChild Care Centre · English
420 Mohawk Road, Hamilton
Before school · After school
Today'S Family- Franklin Road
0.6 kmChild Care Centre · English
500 Franklin Road, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Before school · After school
Umbrella Family - Lawfield
0.9 kmChild Care Centre · English
45 Berko Avenue, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day) · Before school · After school
Mountain Ymca Child Care Centre
1.1 kmChild Care Centre · English
626 Upper Wentworth Street, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Ymca Sacc - Pauline Johnson
1.1 kmChild Care Centre · English
25 Hummingbird Lane, Hamilton
After school
St. Margaret Mary Before And After School Program
1.3 kmChild Care Centre · English
25 Brentwood Drive, Hamilton
Before school · After school
Blessed Sacrament Before And After School Program
1.4 kmChild Care Centre · English
315 East 37Th Street, Hamilton
Before school · After school
St. Michael Before And After School Program
1.4 kmChild Care Centre · English
135 Hester Street, Hamilton
Before school · After school
All 20 licensed facilities within 2 km
- St. Teresa Of Calcutta Before And After School Program — 1 Rexford Drive1.6 km
- Little Learning House Child Care Centre - Fennell Site — 198 Fennell Avenue1.7 km
- Pumpkin Patch Day Care Centre — 440 Upper Wentworth Street1.7 km
- Pumpkin Patch Infant Centre — 450 Inverness Avenue1.7 km
- Umbrella Family - Lincoln Alexander — 50 Ravenbury Drive1.8 km
- Ymca Sacc - Richard Beasley — 80 Currie Street1.8 km
- Ymca Sacc - Ridgemount — 65 Hester Street1.8 km
- Ymca Sacc-Norwood Park — 165 Terrace Drive1.8 km
- Montessori On The Mountain Inc. — 910 Queensdale Avenue1.9 km
- Ywca Hamilton Central Mountain Child Care Centre — 420 Crerar Drive1.9 km
- Little Learning House Child Care Centre - Allenby Site — 192 Allenby Avenue2 km
- Today'S Family-George L. Armstrong — 460 Concession Street2 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 3.5 km in a straight line
- Local transit
- HSR (Hamilton Street Railway)
- Transit stops in Thorner
- 16 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops inside the boundary
The 3.5 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary 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-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.
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.
0.6 km · Public elementary school
Franklin Road Elementary Public School
Grades JK-8 · 560 students
1 km · Public elementary school
Lawfield Elementary School
Grades JK-8 · 685 students
1.1 km · Public elementary school
Pauline Johnson Public School
Grades JK-8 · 475 students
1.4 km · Catholic elementary school
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary School
Grades JK-8 · 305 students
1.4 km · Catholic elementary school
St. Michael Catholic Elementary School
Grades JK-8 · 445 students
1.7 km · Catholic elementary school
St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School
Grades JK-8 · 285 students
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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
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