Photo: Michael Gil · CC BY 2.04 school boards share Alliston
Beside Simcoe County DSB, which has 8, sit Simcoe Muskoka CDSB, York CDSB and York Region DSB. The Catholic boards run 9 of its 18 schools, against 34% in Ontario. 9,475 students attend the 16 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Alliston.
What stands out about Alliston’s schools
Results on both sides
2 of the 17 tested schools sit above the middle in Ontario, 8 below it; St Patrick Catholic Elementary School, Tecumseth South Central Public School and Cookstown Central Public School score best. Results ↓
No French-language school
None of the 18 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
One big school
Banting Memorial High School is the largest school here, with 1,475 students. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
4 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe County DSBBanting Memorial, Boyne River, Ernest Cumberland, Alliston Union, Cookstown Central, Tottenham, Tecumseth Beeton, Tecumseth South Central | English public | 8 | 5,085 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBSt Thomas Aquinas Catholic, Father F X O'Reilly, St Cecilia, St Paul's Separate, Holy Family, Monsignor J E Ronan, St James Separate, Tottenham Catholic | English Catholic | 8 | 3,905 |
| York CDSBSt Patrick Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 345 |
| York Region DSBSchomberg | English public | 1 | 140 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Who runs Alliston’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 9 and English Catholic 9.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Alliston’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 | 15 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 15 | 60% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 15 | 51% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 15 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 15 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 15 | 41% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 85% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 3 math, where the area’s schools reach 51% against 65% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 6 below, out of 8. At 6 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 4, more fell.
Every school’s results (17)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Patrick Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 57% | Second fifth |
| Tecumseth South Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 68% | Second fifth |
| Cookstown Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 41% | Middle fifth |
| Banting Memorial High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 55% · OSSLT 87% | Middle fifth |
| Schomberg Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 33% | Middle fifth |
| Ernest Cumberland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 58% | Middle fifth |
| St James Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 63% | Middle fifth |
| Holy Family SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| St Paul's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 55% | Middle fifth |
| Alliston Union Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 53% | Fourth fifth |
| Tottenham Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Boyne River Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 37% | Fourth fifth |
| Father F X O'Reilly SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 43% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Monsignor J E Ronan Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 24% | Fourth fifth |
| St Cecilia Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 40% · OSSLT 82% | Bottom fifth |
| Tecumseth Beeton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 64% · G6 math 31% | Bottom 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 18 schools in and around Alliston 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 Alliston
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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.
How children get a place in Alliston
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
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 18 schools in and around Alliston
High schools within reach of Alliston
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English Catholic and 1 English public. First by distance comes St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School, at 5.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 965 | 5.4 km |
| Banting Memorial High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,475 | 9.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Ste. Marie | 81,182 | 36 | 11,455 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 81 | 40,865 | 7 | 0.6 km |
| Cornwall | 54,346 | 25 | 8,985 | 7 | 0.7 km |
| Keswick | 53,630 | 19 | 7,445 | 0 | 6 km |
| Bradford | 51,346 | 18 | 9,525 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Alliston | 50,739 | 18 | 9,475 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| Innisfil | 50,686 | 35 | 18,590 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Quinte West | 50,385 | 40 | 11,730 | 5 | 3 km |
| St. Thomas | 49,388 | 14 | 8,555 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 52 | 27,215 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Annex | 30,705 | 123 | 38,790 | 10 | 1 km |
41 out of 50 comparable towns have more schools. A school in French is nearby in 39 towns of 51.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Alliston
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliston | 18 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 km |
| Adjala-Tosorontio 14 km | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6.8 km |
| Bradford 18 km | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 km |
It outnumbers its 2 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Inside Alliston’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. EQAO publishes shares at the provincial standard; the band places each among Ontario’s schools by fifths.
Questions about schools in Alliston
Which boards run the schools in Alliston?
By number of schools: Simcoe County DSB (8), Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (8), York CDSB (1) and York Region DSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Alliston?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Alliston?
There is none in or near Alliston (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Alliston?
14 in the town, 4 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).