Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0In the lower two fifths in Ontario: 2 of the 3 schools around Athens with results
Its elementary schools are small, 138 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. Within 3 km of Athens are 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, teaching 575 students.
How Athens’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 | 2 | 64% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 53% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 91% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 37% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 22% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 73% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 22% against 55% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 2 of 8 measures and behind on 6. Over three years, 1 schools gained on most measures and 1 lost ground.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Pineview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 24% | Middle fifth |
| Meadowview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 45% · G3 writing 41% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Athens District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 22% · OSSLT 73% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 4 schools in and around Athens
Where the 4 schools in and around Athens 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 Athens
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.
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.
Who runs Athens’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
A single system: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Athens
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.
High schools within reach of Athens
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Athens District High School (0.3 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 160 | 0.3 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 |
| … | |||||
| 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 |
| Alpine | 3,055 | 33 | 19,185 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Kirkendall South | 3,033 | 49 | 21,540 | 3 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
In 122 of the 161 others the count is higher. 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 Athens
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Elizabethtown-Kitley 9.7 km | 18 | 3 | 9 | 9.1 km |
| Front of Yonge 15 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 km |
| Rideau Lakes 18 km | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 km |
Among the neighbours, Elizabethtown-Kitley has 18, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Athens plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
Questions about schools in Athens
How many schools are there in Athens?
Inside the town there are 3; another 1 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Athens?
Not in or within 3 km of Athens; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Athens?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).