Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0The 2 schools of Addington Highlands: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
Every school here answers to Limestone DSB. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Ontario. They enrol 385 students in all (2024-25).
How Addington Highlands’s schools do on Ontario’s tests
EQAO’s Grade 3, 6 and 9 assessments and the literacy test, 2024-25: each school against every school in Ontario.
Its School Grade is C: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 1 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 42% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 79% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 79% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 32% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 54% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 70% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 32% against 51% in Ontario. 1 measures above the provincial middle, 6 below, out of 8. At 2 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 0, more fell.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| North Addington Education CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 54% · OSSLT 70% | Fourth fifth |
| North Addington Education Centre Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 42% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 32% | Fourth fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Where the 2 schools in and around Addington Highlands are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Addington Highlands
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Addington Highlands’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Addington Highlands
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Addington Highlands
High schools within reach of Addington Highlands
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
North Addington Education Centre, 7.7 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Addington Education CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Limestone DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 115 | 7.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastmount | 4,496 | 50 | 21,510 | 5 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Bridgeport North | 2,858 | 18 | 6,640 | 2 | 3.2 km |
| Navan - Sarsfield | 2,853 | 28 | 13,345 | 16 | 6.2 km |
| Leeming | 2,849 | 10 | 5,860 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Westcliffe East | 2,832 | 40 | 18,560 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Addington Highlands | 2,827 | 2 | 385 | 0 | 7.8 km |
| Jerome | 2,820 | 36 | 18,770 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Atikokan | 2,796 | 3 | 375 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 15 km |
| Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part | 2,770 | 23 | 2,820 | 11 | 24 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
More schools than here: 126 of the 140 others. Of the 141, 80 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Addington Highlands
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington Highlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 km |
| North Frontenac 14 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
North Frontenac has the most schools nearby, 3.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. EQAO publishes shares at the provincial standard; the band places each among Ontario’s schools by fifths.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Counted: Addington Highlands’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Addington Highlands
How do I get a place at a school in Addington Highlands?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Addington Highlands?
None within 3 km of Addington Highlands. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).