Photo: Matilde Park from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.06 of Beamsville’s 11 tested schools score in the top fifth in Ontario
They include Jacob Beam Public School, Park Public School and St Edward Catholic Elementary School. No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, 10% of schools are. Taken together, Beamsville and its 3 km edge hold 10 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 5,050 students.
What stands out about Beamsville’s schools
One big school
West Niagara Secondary School is the largest school here, with 1,655 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: Jacob Beam Public 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 Beamsville’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 A+: 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 | 10 | 92% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 10 | 83% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 10 | 87% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 8 | 97% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 8 | 97% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 8 | 76% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 67% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 88% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 76% against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 8, below on 0: that is the 8 measures. Over three years, 6 schools gained on most measures and 4 lost ground.
Every school’s results (11)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Beam Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 91% · G3 writing 94% · G3 math 94% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 90% | Top fifth |
| Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 93% · G3 math 93% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 75% | Top fifth |
| St Edward Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 100% · G3 math 94% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Top fifth |
| Twenty Valley Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 96% · G3 math 98% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 98% | Top fifth |
| Grand Avenue Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 81% · G3 math 81% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 77% | Top fifth |
| Smithville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 81% | Top fifth |
| St John Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 91% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 50% | Second fifth |
| St Mark Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| Senator Gibson Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 65% | Second fifth |
| West Niagara Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 67% · OSSLT 88% | Second fifth |
| Woodland Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Second 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 Beamsville
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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.
Where the 11 schools in and around Beamsville are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Beamsville’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 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
DSB Niagara counts 8, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSB NiagaraWest Niagara, Twenty Valley, Senator Gibson, Smithville, Jacob Beam, Grand Avenue, Park, Woodland | English public | 8 | 3,920 |
| Niagara CDSBSt Mark Catholic, St John Catholic, St Edward Catholic | English Catholic | 3 | 1,130 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Beamsville
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Beamsville
High schools within reach of Beamsville
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 6: 4 English public and 2 English Catholic. Closest of all: West Niagara Secondary School (7.2 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Niagara Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Niagara | English public | Second fifth | 1,655 | 7.2 km |
| Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Niagara CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,085 | 13 km |
| DSBN AcademySecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Niagara | English public | Second fifth | 225 | 14 km |
| Eden High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Niagara | English public | Second fifth | 1,080 | 14 km |
| Saint Francis Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Niagara CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 505 | 15 km |
| St Catharines Collegiate Institute and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Niagara | English public | Second fifth | 700 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurontario | 43,877 | 71 | 36,595 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Wexford/Maryvale | 28,591 | 112 | 44,375 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| York University Heights | 28,557 | 73 | 31,910 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| West Hill | 28,414 | 62 | 23,205 | 1 | 1 km |
| Collingwood | 28,366 | 9 | 4,780 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Beamsville | 28,356 | 11 | 5,050 | 0 | 7.5 km |
| South Riverdale | 28,264 | 98 | 38,345 | 8 | 0.7 km |
| Harbourfront-CityPlace | 28,199 | 67 | 19,870 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Argyle | 28,109 | 47 | 18,780 | 6 | 0.6 km |
| Agincourt North | 27,790 | 92 | 33,720 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 17,005 | 85 | 35,330 | 4 | 1.3 km |
177 of 195 similar towns count more schools. 159 of 196 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Beamsville
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beamsville | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 km |
| Grimsby 12 km | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1.3 km |
| Smithville 13 km | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 km |
| St. Catharines 15 km | 62 | 3 | 24 | 0.7 km |
| Pelham 17 km | 20 | 3 | 10 | 1.2 km |
| Fifty Point 18 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 km |
| Thorold 18 km | 42 | 3 | 18 | 2.3 km |
Top among the neighbours: St. Catharines, 62 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Beamsville’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
Questions about schools in Beamsville
Which boards run the schools in Beamsville?
DSB Niagara (8) and Niagara CDSB (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Beamsville?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Is there a French-language school in Beamsville?
Not near Beamsville: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Beamsville?
The town holds 7 of them; 4 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).