Photo: cate cuerden from Stratford, Canada · CC BY 2.01 above the middle in Ontario, 4 below: Bayfield’s 10 tested schools
Top of the area on results: St Boniface Separate School. None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do. Taken together, Bayfield and its 3 km edge hold 8 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school for 3,620 students.
What stands out about Bayfield’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: St Boniface Separate School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Bayfield’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 | 7 | 72% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 7 | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 7 | 83% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 7 | 87% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 7 | 39% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 80% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 39% against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 5 below. Over three years, 4 schools gained on most measures and 5 lost ground.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Boniface Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 96% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 71% | Top fifth |
| Huron Centennial Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 33% | Middle fifth |
| Bluewater Coast Elementary Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 61% · G6 writing 61% · G6 math 6% | Middle fifth |
| Clinton Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 39% | Middle fifth |
| Exeter Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 43% | Middle fifth |
| Precious Blood Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 52% | Middle fifth |
| St Joseph Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Central Huron Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 80% | Fourth fifth |
| South Huron District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 48% · OSSLT 82% | Fourth fifth |
| St Anne's Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 48% · OSSLT 78% | Fourth fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Schooling in English and French around Bayfield
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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.
Where the 12 schools in and around Bayfield 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.
Who runs Bayfield’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 8 and English Catholic 4.
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.
The biggest of the 2 is Avon Maitland DSB: 8 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Maitland DSBSouth Huron District, Central Huron, Exeter, Huron Centennial, Clinton, Bluewater Coast Elementary, South Huron, Avon Maitland District E-learning Centre | English public | 8 | 2,390 |
| Huron Perth CDSBSt Anne's Catholic, Precious Blood Separate, St Joseph Separate, St Boniface Separate | English Catholic | 4 | 1,230 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Bayfield
Catholic schools
The Catholic boards are as public as the others: free, with elementary schools that generally require a Catholic parent and high schools open to everyone.
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Bayfield
Alternative, adult and other schools around Bayfield
Outside the usual elementary and high schools: online learning through Avon Maitland District E-learning Centre. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornhill Woods | 13,237 | 30 | 16,860 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| South-West Oxford | 8,375 | 21 | 9,990 | 0 | 10 km |
| Aylmer | 8,371 | 5 | 2,120 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 40 | 26,440 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| McNab/Braeside | 8,340 | 7 | 2,690 | 1 | 8.5 km |
| Bayfield | 8,327 | 12 | 3,620 | 0 | 16 km |
| Clinton | 8,318 | 10 | 3,105 | 0 | 5.9 km |
| Old Ottawa East | 8,308 | 55 | 22,980 | 16 | 0.4 km |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 27 | 17,585 | 0 | 1 km |
| Crestview-Tanglewood | 8,302 | 38 | 16,610 | 7 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 26 | 11,500 | 2 | 1.4 km |
Of the 360 others, 259 count more schools. Teaching in French: 246 of the 361 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Bayfield
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayfield | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 km |
| Exeter 16 km | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3.8 km |
It outnumbers its 1 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Bayfield or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
Questions about schools in Bayfield
How many schools are there in Bayfield?
3 in the town, 9 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Bayfield?
There is none in or near Bayfield (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Bayfield?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Bayfield?
By number of schools: Avon Maitland DSB (8) and Huron Perth CDSB (4).
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).