Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0The nearest high school to Black River-Matheson is 35 km away
In or within 3 km of the town: 2 elementary schools, and no high school. Elementary schools here average 100 students; in Ontario, 365.
High schools within reach of Black River-Matheson
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
The 2 schools in and around Black River-Matheson
How Black River-Matheson’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 | 1 | 77% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 46% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 62% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 83% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 75% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 42% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 3 writing, where the area’s schools reach 46% against 65% in Ontario. Across 6 measures: 0 above the middle, 5 below. Over three years, 1 schools gained on most measures and 0 lost ground.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph H Kennedy Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 46% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 42% | Fourth 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 2 schools in and around Black River-Matheson 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 Black River-Matheson
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.
Schooling in French, 1 schools: École catholique Sainte-Thérèse, with CSDC des Grandes Rivières running the public ones.
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 Black River-Matheson’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 1 and French-language 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.
Among 2 boards, DSB Ontario North East leads with 1.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSB Ontario North EastJoseph H Kennedy | English public | 1 | 130 |
| CSDC des Grandes Rivièrescatholique Sainte-Thérèse | French Catholic | 1 | 70 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Black River-Matheson
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
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.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horning | 4,587 | 30 | 15,470 | 0 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Carpenter | 2,941 | 19 | 11,230 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Butler | 2,922 | 28 | 12,235 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Algonquin Highlands | 2,915 | 2 | — | 0 | 19 km |
| Port Credit NHD (West) | 2,902 | 19 | 7,845 | 0 | 2 km |
| Black River-Matheson | 2,899 | 2 | 200 | 1 | 35 km |
| Shaver | 2,882 | 8 | 5,035 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part | 2,877 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 35 km |
| Crerar | 2,877 | 35 | 16,290 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Perry | 2,866 | 1 | 265 | 0 | 24 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
135 of the 150 others have more schools in reach. 87 towns of the 151 have 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. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Black River-Matheson or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- 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. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- 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.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
Questions about schools in Black River-Matheson
Which boards run the schools in Black River-Matheson?
DSB Ontario North East (1) and CSDC des Grandes Rivières (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Which schools near Black River-Matheson have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Ontario; the strongest is Joseph H Kennedy Public School.
How many schools are there in Black River-Matheson?
Every one of them, 2, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Black River-Matheson?
Yes, schooling in French is at École catholique Sainte-Thérèse.
How do I get a place at a school in Black River-Matheson?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).