Photo: P199 · Public domainFewer Catholic schools around Brighton: 0 of 5, against 34% in Ontario
The 4 with results split, 1 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 2 in the lower. Within 3 km of Brighton are 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, teaching 2,055 students.
What stands out about Brighton’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 3 schools of the 4 with results, Smithfield Public School, Brighton Public School and East Northumberland Secondary School among them. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Who runs Brighton’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Brighton’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 | 3 | 78% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 95% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 84% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 26% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 84% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 26% against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 3 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 77% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 26% | Second fifth |
| Brighton Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 47% | Middle fifth |
| East Northumberland Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 48% · OSSLT 84% | Fourth fifth |
| Spring Valley Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 52% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 26% | 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 5 schools in and around Brighton 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 Brighton
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
None of them 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.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB runs the most, 4 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSBEast Northumberland, Brighton, Spring Valley, Smithfield | English public | 4 | 1,890 |
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBBayside Secondary School - Elementary (Elementary) | English public | 1 | 165 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Brighton
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Brighton
High schools within reach of Brighton
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. East Northumberland Secondary School is closest, at 0.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Northumberland Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 960 | 0.4 km |
| St Paul Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 475 | 12 km |
| Trenton High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 460 | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 36 | 24,150 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Peel Village | 13,037 | 77 | 33,340 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Carrville Corners | 13,004 | 29 | 15,220 | 2 | 2.4 km |
| Forest | 12,962 | 5 | 1,645 | 0 | 14 km |
| Erin | 12,924 | 12 | 3,440 | 0 | 2 km |
| Brighton | 12,900 | 5 | 2,055 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Westboro | 12,899 | 39 | 13,315 | 13 | 1 km |
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 12,888 | 79 | 22,925 | 5 | 0.5 km |
| New Springbrook | 12,804 | 61 | 35,925 | 5 | 3.5 km |
| Regent Park | 12,797 | 69 | 22,765 | 6 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Playter Estates-Danforth | 7,712 | 86 | 35,010 | 8 | 0.6 km |
367 out of 387 comparable towns have more schools. Teaching in French: 293 of the 388 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Brighton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Colborne 12 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Quinte West 17 km | 40 | 5 | 11 | 3 km |
Next door, Quinte West counts 40 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Ontario’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; small groups go unreported, so places would overstate it.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Brighton and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
Questions about schools in Brighton
How many schools are there in Brighton?
4 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Brighton?
None within 3 km of Brighton. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
Which boards run the schools in Brighton?
By number of schools: Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB (4) and Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Brighton?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).