Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Results around Admaston/Bromley lean low: 6 of 10 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Best placed: St Thomas the Apostle Separate School and St Michael's Separate School. None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do. Counting a 3 km margin, Admaston/Bromley has 9 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, for 2,930 students.
What stands out about Admaston/Bromley’s schools
Small elementary schools
At 188 students on average, against 365 in Ontario, the elementary schools are small. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: St Thomas the Apostle Separate School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Admaston/Bromley’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 B: 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 | 7 | 73% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 7 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 70% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 7 | 90% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 7 | 87% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 7 | 58% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 58% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 80% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 54% here, against 65% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 3 of 8 measures and behind on 3. The three-year changes lean upward at 5 schools and downward at 4.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Thomas the Apostle Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 90% · G3 math 90% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 64% | Top fifth |
| St Michael's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 77% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of Fatima Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 76% | Second fifth |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 58% · OSSLT 87% | Middle fifth |
| Renfrew Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 59% · OSSLT 68% | Fourth fifth |
| Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Admaston Township Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 58% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 58% | Fourth fifth |
| Cobden District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 21% | Fourth fifth |
| Queen Elizabeth Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 32% · G3 math 27% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 39% | Fourth fifth |
| Opeongo High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 32% · OSSLT 80% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Schooling in English and French around Admaston/Bromley
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
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.
Where the 12 schools in and around Admaston/Bromley are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Admaston/Bromley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 7 and English Catholic 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Renfrew County DSB has 7 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew County DSBOpeongo, Cobden District, Renfrew, Queen Elizabeth, Central, Renfrew Collegiate Intermediate, Admaston Township | English public | 7 | 1,730 |
| Renfrew County CDSBSt Joseph's, St Thomas the Apostle Separate, Our Lady of Fatima Separate, St Michael's Separate, St. Joseph's Separate | English Catholic | 5 | 1,200 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Admaston/Bromley
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Admaston/Bromley
High schools within reach of Admaston/Bromley
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. Renfrew Collegiate Institute lies closest, 12 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Renfrew County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 310 | 12 km |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Renfrew County CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 510 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Common | 4,867 | 28 | 14,020 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Chalk River | 3,147 | 4 | 1,015 | 0 | 8.4 km |
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | 13 | 7,590 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Ainslie Wood East | 3,112 | 28 | 10,145 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Greenbelt (east) | 3,094 | 87 | 37,955 | 32 | 0.7 km |
| Admaston/Bromley | 3,086 | 12 | 2,930 | 0 | 12 km |
| Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part | 3,083 | 8 | 310 | 5 | 31 km |
| Athens | 3,078 | 4 | 575 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Rosedale | 3,070 | 37 | 17,740 | 4 | 1.3 km |
| Leslie Park - Bruce Farm | 3,056 | 32 | 12,000 | 6 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
Of the 161 others, 91 count more schools. In 95 of the 162, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Admaston/Bromley
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admaston/Bromley | 12 | 0 | 5 | 12 km |
| Renfrew 12 km | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Counted: Admaston/Bromley’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Ontario’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; small groups go unreported, so places would overstate it.
- 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. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Admaston/Bromley
How many schools are there in Admaston/Bromley?
Inside the town there are 3; another 9 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Admaston/Bromley?
Not near Admaston/Bromley: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
Which boards run the schools in Admaston/Bromley?
By number of schools: Renfrew County DSB (7) and Renfrew County CDSB (5).
How do I get a place at a school in Admaston/Bromley?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).