Photo: Richard apple · CC BY-SA 3.03 boards run the schools in and around Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Avon Maitland DSB has 4 of them, and Bluewater DSB and Huron Perth CDSB share the others. The Catholic boards run 1 of its 6 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh has 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, for 1,870 students.
What stands out about Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh’s schools
Results on both sides
The results split: 1 of 5 schools in the upper two fifths in Ontario, 1 in the lower, with Goderich Public School, St Marys Separate School and Lucknow Central Public School on top. Results ↓
Results on the rise
At 4 tested schools out of 5, the three-year changes lean upward; Goderich Public School, St Marys Separate School and Lucknow Central Public School gained most often. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Maitland DSBGoderich, Goderich District, Brookside, GDCI - | English public | 4 | 1,365 |
| Bluewater DSBLucknow Central | English public | 1 | 180 |
| Huron Perth CDSBSt Marys Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 325 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Who runs Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh’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 5 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh’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 | 4 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 91% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 90% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 52% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 47% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 88% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 47% here, against 55% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 3 above the middle, 2 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Goderich Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| St Marys Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 48% | Middle fifth |
| Lucknow Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 62% | Middle fifth |
| Goderich District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 47% · OSSLT 88% | Middle fifth |
| Brookside Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 43% · G3 writing 27% · G3 math 35% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 43% | 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 6 schools in and around Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
None of them teaches in French.
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 Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
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 6 schools in and around Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
High schools within reach of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Goderich District Collegiate Institute, 14 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goderich District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Avon Maitland DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 395 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Grove - Carson Meadows | 11,290 | 36 | 17,360 | 14 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Concord | 7,225 | 34 | 17,575 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Colborne | 7,216 | 3 | 705 | 0 | 12 km |
| Carlisle | 7,161 | 14 | 6,675 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Raleigh | 7,113 | 50 | 22,690 | 4 | 0.9 km |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | 7,052 | 6 | 1,870 | 0 | 14 km |
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 80 | 40,165 | 4 | 3.2 km |
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | 7,008 | 5 | 305 | 3 | 31 km |
| Hope | 6,997 | 54 | 29,190 | 4 | 2.6 km |
| Lowertown East | 6,996 | 37 | 11,085 | 14 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Red Lake | 4,285 | 5 | 745 | 1 | 0.3 km |
Of the 329 others, 270 count more schools. 227 towns of the 330 have 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 Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 km |
| Goderich 13 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 km |
Each of its 1 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- Which schools count. The area is Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Is there a French-language school in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh?
No, none within 3 km of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh?
Inside the town there are 1; another 5 sit within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh?
Avon Maitland DSB (4), Bluewater DSB (1) and Huron Perth CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).