Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.012 of Belleville’s 20 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Best placed: Tyendinaga Public School and Sir John A Macdonald Public School. Its schools answer to 3 boards. In or within 3 km of Belleville: 18 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 4 alternative or adult schools, with 9,425 students.
What stands out about Belleville’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 12 schools of the 20 with results, Tyendinaga Public School, Harmony Public School and Massassaga-Rednersville Public School among them. Results ↓
No French-language school
None of the 26 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Belleville’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 | 16 | 76% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 16 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 16 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 16 | 87% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 16 | 83% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 16 | 32% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 4 | 49% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 83% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 32% against 51% in Ontario. On 0 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 5 it trails.
Every school’s results (20)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Tyendinaga Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 93% · G3 math 97% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 61% | Second fifth |
| Sir John A Macdonald Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 70% | Second fifth |
| Harmony Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 66% · G3 math 74% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 62% | Middle fifth |
| Massassaga-Rednersville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 77% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 29% | Middle fifth |
| St Joseph Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 62% | Middle fifth |
| Susanna Moodie Senior Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 53% | Middle fifth |
| Foxboro Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 56% | Middle fifth |
| Holy Rosary Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 39% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 28% | Middle fifth |
| Georges Vanier Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 52% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 26% | Fourth fifth |
| Nicholson Catholic CollegeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 50% · OSSLT 87% | Fourth fifth |
| St Theresa Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 47% · OSSLT 84% | Fourth fifth |
| Harry J Clarke Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 33% | Fourth fifth |
| Park Dale Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 45% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 39% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 56% | Fourth fifth |
| Centennial Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 47% · OSSLT 81% | Fourth fifth |
| Eastside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 51% · OSSLT 69% | Fourth fifth |
| St Michael Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 27% | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Charles Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Easthill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 27% | Bottom fifth |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 27% · G3 math 33% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 31% | Bottom fifth |
| Prince of Wales Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 22% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 63% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 20% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBEastside, Centennial, Harmony, Harry J Clarke, Easthill, Foxboro, Tyendinaga, Susanna Moodie Senior … | English public | 14 | 6,345 |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSBSt Theresa Catholic, St Michael, Nicholson Catholic College, St Joseph, Georges Vanier, Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Fatima, Nicholson Catholic College (Grade 7 & 8) | English Catholic | 8 | 3,080 |
| Provincial and Demonstration SchoolsSir James Whitney School for the Deaf, Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf, Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska, Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska | Other | 4 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 26 schools in and around Belleville 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 Belleville
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
No school here 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 Belleville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 14, English Catholic 8 and independent or other 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Belleville
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 26 schools in and around Belleville
High schools within reach of Belleville
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 5: 3 English public and 2 English Catholic. St Theresa Catholic Secondary School lies closest, 0.6 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Theresa Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 775 | 0.6 km |
| Nicholson Catholic CollegeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 490 | 1.8 km |
| Eastside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 985 | 2.4 km |
| Centennial Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 930 | 3.7 km |
| Bayside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 925 | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Belleville
Outside the usual elementary and high schools: schooling for deaf or blind students at Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf and Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf; a provincial demonstration school, Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska Elementary School and Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska Secondary School. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | 97,834 | 34 | 14,960 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Simcoe | 75,618 | 32 | 11,730 | 1 | 5.2 km |
| Georgetown | 68,265 | 44 | 22,165 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| Aurora | 67,385 | 46 | 22,830 | 3 | 1 km |
| Welland | 66,480 | 30 | 10,940 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| Belleville | 62,914 | 26 | 9,425 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| North Bay | 62,062 | 29 | 9,310 | 8 | 1.1 km |
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 34 | 20,140 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Caledonia | 56,059 | 22 | 7,570 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 21 | 8,555 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Orillia | 37,735 | 12 | 6,400 | 1 | 0.8 km |
28 of the 36 others have more schools in reach. A school in French is nearby in 30 towns of 37.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Belleville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0.7 km |
| Quinte West 16 km | 40 | 5 | 11 | 3 km |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory 18 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Quinte West (40).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Belleville and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- 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.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
Questions about schools in Belleville
Which boards run the schools in Belleville?
By number of schools: Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (14), Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB (8) and Provincial and Demonstration Schools (4).
How do I get a place at a school in Belleville?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Belleville?
There is none in or near Belleville (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Belleville?
24 in the town, 2 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).