The school boards offer education programmes for people with special needs or who are in trouble with the law, as well as night school.
The city also has several other private for-profit colleges and tutoring programmes.
The main school boards serving the Thunder Bay area are the Lakehead District School Board, the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales and Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord.
CSDC Aurores boréales operates one elementary and one high school in Thunder Bay, and an additional six schools throughout the Thunder Bay District.
Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord operates one public French-language elementary school in Thunder Bay, and additional schools throughout Northern Ontario.