The school also currently hosts one mixed grade 5&6 enrichment class for gifted students.

The school was named after local teacher Elizabeth Ziegler, who had taught in Waterloo for 55 years.

[2] The original building was designed by Frank W. Warren of Hamilton and construction overseen by Alex Schnarr of Waterloo.

Included in the design of the school was a nod to Waterloo's official flower, the gladiolus, which Warren had carved above the main entrance.

Lennox Lewis, former heavyweight boxing champion, attended the school in the late 1970s.