Photo: Patrick Tomasso impatrickt · CC0Most schools around Bancroft score below the middle in Ontario: 3 of 4
Over three years, results slipped at 3 of its 4 tested schools. 1,205 students attend the 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in or within 3 km of Bancroft.
What stands out about Bancroft’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 189 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Bancroft’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 D: 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 | 3 | 62% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 38% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 50% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 73% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 75% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 39% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 38% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 69% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 38% here, against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 8 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 94% · G3 writing 81% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 33% | Middle fifth |
| Bird's Creek Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Fourth fifth |
| York River Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 41% · G3 writing 9% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 71% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 45% | Bottom fifth |
| North Hastings High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 38% · OSSLT 69% | 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 5 schools in and around Bancroft 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 Bancroft
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Not one 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 Bancroft’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 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Hastings & Prince Edward DSB, with 4.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBNorth Hastings, York River, North Hastings High School - Elementary (Elementary), Bird's Creek | English public | 4 | 950 |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSBOur Lady of Mercy | English Catholic | 1 | 255 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Bancroft
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Bancroft
High schools within reach of Bancroft
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: North Hastings High School, 3.7 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hastings High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 450 | 3.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkhill | 6,864 | 6 | 900 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Geraldton | 4,398 | 11 | 575 | 4 | 0.7 km |
| Highlands East | 4,372 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 21 km |
| Deep River | 4,353 | 4 | 1,015 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 4 | 1,115 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Bancroft | 4,331 | 5 | 1,205 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Eganville | 4,326 | 5 | 865 | 0 | 10 km |
| Bartonville | 4,311 | 35 | 16,605 | 4 | 1.1 km |
| Bruleville | 4,310 | 44 | 19,670 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Red Lake | 4,285 | 5 | 745 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Lambeth | 2,609 | 3 | 1,205 | 1 | 4.3 km |
In 200 of the 261 others the count is higher. 162 of the 262 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 Bancroft
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 km |
| Faraday 11 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 km |
| Hastings Highlands 13 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 km |
| Carlow/Mayo 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 km |
No neighbour of the 3 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Bancroft and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Bancroft
How do I get a place at a school in Bancroft?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Bancroft?
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (4) and Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Bancroft?
4 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Bancroft?
Not in or within 3 km of Bancroft; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).