Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0English or French, public or Catholic: Angus’s schools come under 4 boards
The largest is Simcoe County DSB, with 13; beside it are Simcoe Muskoka CDSB, CS Viamonde and CS catholique MonAvenir. The 23 with results split, 3 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 12 in the lower. In or within 3 km of Angus: 19 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, with 14,145 students.
What stands out about Angus’s schools
One big school
With 1,475 students, Banting Memorial High School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The four systems cover the same streets, so the nearest school may not be the one a family’s system offers: English or French, public or Catholic, each has its own board.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe County DSBBanting Memorial, Bear Creek, Nottawasaga Pines, Angus Morrison, Ferndale Woods, Boyne River, W. C. Little, Ardagh Bluffs … | English public | 13 | 9,465 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBSt Joan of Arc, Our Lady of Grace, St Cecilia, St Paul's Separate, St Catherine of Siena, St Bernadette, St Nicholas | English Catholic | 7 | 4,170 |
| CS ViamondeRoméo Dallaire, Académie La Pinède, Roméo Dallaire | French public | 3 | 390 |
| CS catholique MonAvenirÉÉC Marguerite-Bourgeois-Borden | French Catholic | 1 | 120 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Angus’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 | 18 | 63% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 18 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 18 | 53% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 18 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 18 | 83% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 18 | 45% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 5 | 52% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 5 | 86% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 53% here, against 65% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 0 of 8 measures and behind on 7. Over three years, 9 schools gained on most measures and 9 lost ground.
Every school’s results (23)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ardagh Bluffs Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 85% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 68% | Second fifth |
| St Catherine of Siena SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 71% | Second fifth |
| École secondaire Roméo DallaireSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 66% · OSSLT 91% | Second fifth |
| Académie La PinèdeElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 47% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 100% | Middle fifth |
| Pine River Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 48% | Middle 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 |
| Holly Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 48% | Middle fifth |
| Banting Memorial High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 55% · OSSLT 87% | Middle fifth |
| Bear Creek Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 52% · OSSLT 85% | 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 |
| ÉÉC Marguerite-Bourgeois-BordenElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 9% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 36% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 82% | Middle fifth |
| St Joan of Arc High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 86% | Fourth fifth |
| W. C. Little Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 40% | Fourth 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 |
| Ferndale Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 52% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 65% | 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 |
| St Bernadette Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 54% · G6 math 27% | 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 |
| Baxter Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 35% · G3 math 43% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 40% | Bottom fifth |
| Nottawasaga Pines Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 38% · OSSLT 76% | Bottom fifth |
| Our Lady of Grace SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 66% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 8% | Bottom fifth |
| St Nicholas SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 48% · G3 writing 19% · G3 math 29% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 22% | Bottom fifth |
| Angus Morrison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 34% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 61% · G6 math 30% | 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 24 schools in and around Angus are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Angus
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
CS catholique MonAvenir and CS Viamonde runs the public French-language schools; all 4 are ÉÉC Marguerite-Bourgeois-Borden, Académie La Pinède, École secondaire Roméo Dallaire and École élémentaire Roméo Dallaire.
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 Angus’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 13, English Catholic 7 and French-language 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Angus
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 24 schools in and around Angus
High schools within reach of Angus
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 6: 3 English public, 1 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 French Catholic. The shortest trip is to Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School, 2.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottawasaga Pines Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 845 | 2.4 km |
| Bear Creek Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,385 | 9.8 km |
| St Joan of Arc High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,055 | 10 km |
| École secondaire Roméo DallaireSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Second fifth | 170 | 11 km |
| ÉSC Nouvelle-AllianceSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS catholique MonAvenir | French Catholic | Second fifth | 300 | 14 km |
| Innisdale Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,090 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson - Lorne Park | 39,523 | 57 | 24,265 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Don Valley Village | 26,972 | 80 | 27,480 | 4 | 0.3 km |
| Woburn North | 26,662 | 97 | 37,010 | 4 | 1.2 km |
| Strathroy | 26,497 | 12 | 5,655 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Malvern East | 26,113 | 63 | 21,850 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Angus | 26,036 | 24 | 14,145 | 4 | 2.4 km |
| Westminster-Branson | 26,027 | 51 | 27,070 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 28 | 14,275 | 8 | 1 km |
| Stonegate-Queensway | 25,745 | 60 | 30,510 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Wellington Place | 25,729 | 79 | 22,945 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont | 15,610 | 43 | 19,580 | 10 | 1 km |
173 of the 224 others have more schools in reach. Schooling in French is on hand in 183 of the 225.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Angus
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus | 24 | 4 | 8 | 2.4 km |
| Barrie 15 km | 54 | 6 | 19 | 1.4 km |
| Adjala-Tosorontio 19 km | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6.8 km |
| Springwater 19 km | 38 | 3 | 13 | 12 km |
Most schools next door: Barrie, 54.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Angus or within 3 km of it are here.
Questions about schools in Angus
How many schools are there in Angus?
Inside the town there are 7; another 17 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Angus?
Yes, schooling in French is at ÉÉC Marguerite-Bourgeois-Borden, Académie La Pinède, École secondaire Roméo Dallaire and École élémentaire Roméo Dallaire.
Which boards run the schools in Angus?
By number of schools: Simcoe County DSB (13), Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (7), CS Viamonde (3) and CS catholique MonAvenir (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Angus?
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).