Photo: Nicholas4343 · CC BY-SA 3.0In the lower two fifths in Ontario: 3 of the 3 schools around Atikokan with results
Its elementary schools are small, 125 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Atikokan has 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, for 375 students.
How Atikokan’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 | 61% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 47% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 80% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 75% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 15% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 56% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 67% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 15% against 51% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 0 of 8 measures and behind on 7. At 0 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 1, more fell.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Lakes High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 56% · OSSLT 67% | Fourth fifth |
| St Patrick's SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Fourth fifth |
| Northern Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 15% | 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 3 schools in and around Atikokan
Where the 3 schools in and around Atikokan are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Atikokan
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Atikokan’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 2 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Rainy River DSB counts 2, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainy River DSBNorthern Lakes, Northern Lakes | English public | 2 | 305 |
| Northwest CDSBSt Patrick's | English Catholic | 1 | 70 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Atikokan
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
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Atikokan
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
The one high school within 15 km is Northern Lakes High School, at 0.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Lakes High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Rainy River DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 125 | 0.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastmount | 4,496 | 50 | 21,510 | 5 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Leeming | 2,849 | 10 | 5,860 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Westcliffe East | 2,832 | 40 | 18,560 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Addington Highlands | 2,827 | 2 | 385 | 0 | 7.8 km |
| Jerome | 2,820 | 36 | 18,770 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Atikokan | 2,796 | 3 | 375 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 15 km |
| Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part | 2,770 | 23 | 2,820 | 11 | 24 km |
| Vars | 2,767 | 3 | 855 | 2 | 11 km |
| Little Current | 2,764 | 3 | 725 | 0 | 24 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
115 out of 140 comparable towns have more schools. Of the 141, 80 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Atikokan or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Atikokan
How many schools are there in Atikokan?
The town holds all 3; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Atikokan?
Not within 3 km of Atikokan. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Atikokan?
Rainy River DSB (2) and Northwest CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Atikokan?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).