Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Campbellford’s schools are public: 1 of 7 are Catholic, where in Ontario it is 34%
The Catholic schools belong to Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSB. Results are mixed: 0 of 6 schools above the middle in Ontario, 3 below it. The 3 km around Campbellford counts 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 1,765 students between them.
Who runs Campbellford’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 6 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Campbellford’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 | 5 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 64% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 80% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 72% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 38% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 40% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 78% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 40% here, against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 7: that is the 8 measures. The three-year changes lean upward at 2 schools and downward at 3.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Middle fifth |
| Percy Centennial Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 65% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| St. Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 52% | Middle fifth |
| Campbellford District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 40% · OSSLT 78% | Bottom fifth |
| Hillcrest Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 41% · G3 math 27% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 33% | Bottom fifth |
| Kent Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 30% · G3 writing 22% · G3 math 22% · G6 reading 68% · G6 writing 56% · 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.
Where the 7 schools in and around Campbellford 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 Campbellford
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.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB has 6 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSBCampbellford District, Percy Centennial, Hillcrest, Kent, Hastings, Norwood District Intermediate | English public | 6 | 1,485 |
| Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSBSt. Mary Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 280 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Campbellford
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
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.
The 7 schools in and around Campbellford
High schools within reach of Campbellford
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public. First by distance comes Campbellford District High School, at 3.1 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellford District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 450 | 3.1 km |
| Norwood District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 290 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springwater | 24,144 | 38 | 18,135 | 3 | 12 km |
| … | |||||
| Byron | 15,277 | 22 | 13,050 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Pleasant View | 15,248 | 83 | 29,030 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Central Elgin | 15,230 | 17 | 9,435 | 0 | 2 km |
| Limoges | 15,122 | 12 | 3,365 | 11 | 4.1 km |
| Campbellford | 15,103 | 7 | 1,765 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Taylor-Massey | 15,050 | 69 | 34,725 | 4 | 1.5 km |
| Doon South | 15,044 | 16 | 8,505 | 1 | 3.6 km |
| Lawrence Park South | 15,018 | 63 | 29,790 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Royal Orchard | 15,006 | 70 | 39,615 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Old East York | 9,175 | 92 | 44,280 | 5 | 0.7 km |
In 351 of the 382 others the count is higher. A school in French is nearby in 297 towns of 383.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Campbellford
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
It outnumbers its 3 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Campbellford and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- 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. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
Questions about schools in Campbellford
How do I get a place at a school in Campbellford?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Campbellford?
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB (6) and Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Campbellford?
Inside the town there are 6; another 1 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Campbellford?
Not near Campbellford: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).