Photo: XeresNelro · CC BY-SA 4.0Bracebridge’s schools mostly beat the middle in Ontario, 5 of the 8 with results
They include Muskoka Falls Public School, Macaulay Public School and AAEC's/e-Learning. None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do. The 3 km around Bracebridge counts 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, 3,890 students between them.
What stands out about Bracebridge’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Muskoka Falls Public School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Bracebridge’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 | 5 | 85% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 76% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 94% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 85% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 52% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 63% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 85% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 76% here, against 65% in Ontario. Above the middle on 5, below on 0: that is the 8 measures. At 3 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 2, more fell.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Muskoka Falls Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 94% · G3 math 94% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 50% | Top fifth |
| Macaulay Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 77% | Second fifth |
| AAEC's/e-LearningAlternative or adult · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 63% · OSSLT 91% | Second fifth |
| Bracebridge Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 72% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 52% | Second fifth |
| Monck Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 63% · OSSLT 85% | Middle fifth |
| Monsignor Michael O'Leary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| St Dominic Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 39% · OSSLT 79% | Bottom 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 Bracebridge
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 isn’t on offer here.
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 8 schools in and around Bracebridge are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Bracebridge’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 6 and English Catholic 2.
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.
Trillium Lakelands DSB runs the most, 6 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trillium Lakelands DSBAAEC's/e-Learning, Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes, Monck, Bracebridge, Macaulay, Muskoka Falls | English public | 6 | 3,390 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBMonsignor Michael O'Leary, St Dominic Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 500 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Bracebridge
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 neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Bracebridge
High schools within reach of Bracebridge
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English Catholic and 1 English public. The nearest is St Dominic Catholic Secondary School, 0.5 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Dominic Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 155 | 0.5 km |
| Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Trillium Lakelands DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 840 | 3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Bracebridge
Other schooling here: adult and continuing education at AAEC's/e-Learning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa | 29,669 | 35 | 22,180 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Weston | 18,896 | 62 | 25,290 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| Woodbridge | 18,835 | 43 | 18,670 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| O'Connor-Parkview | 18,746 | 94 | 45,945 | 5 | 1.8 km |
| North St.James Town | 18,733 | 73 | 22,790 | 4 | 0.3 km |
| Bracebridge | 18,676 | 8 | 3,890 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Kensington-Chinatown | 18,597 | 95 | 27,925 | 9 | 0.2 km |
| Fletchers West | 18,552 | 63 | 30,460 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Eringate-Centennial-West Deane | 18,501 | 56 | 26,550 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Port Hope | 18,446 | 6 | 1,705 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town | 11,205 | 88 | 29,175 | 6 | 0.5 km |
More schools than here: 308 of the 336 others. 263 of the 337 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 Bracebridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracebridge | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Gravenhurst 16 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Bracebridge or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Ontario’s schools on that test; the card shows the average of a school’s fifths.
Questions about schools in Bracebridge
Which boards run the schools in Bracebridge?
Trillium Lakelands DSB (6) and Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Bracebridge?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Is there a French-language school in Bracebridge?
There is none in or near Bracebridge (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Bracebridge?
Every one of them, 8, is inside the town.
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).