Photo: Squirrelwhisperer · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Cardinal’s schools are public: 1 of 6 are Catholic, where in Ontario it is 34%
Catholic schooling here comes from CDSB of Eastern Ontario. The 5 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 1 in the lower. The 3 km around Cardinal counts 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 1,415 students between them.
What stands out about Cardinal’s schools
Results on the rise
At 5 tested schools out of 5, the three-year changes lean upward; Centennial 67 Public School, Wellington Elementary Public School and South Edwardsburg Public School gained most often. Results ↓
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 209 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Centennial 67 Public School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
Who runs Cardinal’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 5 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Cardinal’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 | 4 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 75% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 91% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 91% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 60% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 35% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 81% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 35% here, against 55% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 4 of 8 measures and behind on 2.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Centennial 67 Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 68% | Top fifth |
| Wellington Elementary Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 81% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 54% | Second fifth |
| South Edwardsburg Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 35% · G3 writing 30% · G3 math 30% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 65% | Middle fifth |
| St. Mark Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 40% | Middle fifth |
| South Grenville District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 35% · OSSLT 81% | 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 6 schools in and around Cardinal are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Cardinal
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.
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.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The biggest of the 2 is Upper Canada DSB: 5 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBSouth Grenville District, Wellington Elementary, South Grenville Intermediate, Centennial 67, South Edwardsburg | English public | 5 | 1,065 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioSt. Mark | English Catholic | 1 | 350 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Cardinal
Catholic schools
The Catholic boards are as public as the others: free, with elementary schools that generally require a Catholic parent and high schools open to everyone.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Cardinal
High schools within reach of Cardinal
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. The shortest trip is to Seaway District High School, 10 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaway District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 265 | 10 km |
| South Grenville District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 370 | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 65 | 22,315 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Haliburton Village | 8,100 | 4 | 1,185 | 0 | 5.3 km |
| Talbot | 8,085 | 19 | 11,970 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Otonabee-South Monaghan | 8,084 | 20 | 9,190 | 1 | 9.3 km |
| Lambton Baby Point | 7,966 | 67 | 32,140 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Cardinal | 7,952 | 6 | 1,415 | 0 | 10 km |
| North Stormont | 7,946 | 7 | 1,580 | 3 | 11 km |
| Bayham | 7,935 | 5 | 2,125 | 0 | 15 km |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 81 | 40,115 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 26 | 14,765 | 2 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Greenboro East | 4,800 | 31 | 13,260 | 8 | 1.6 km |
297 of the 349 others have more schools in reach. 240 of 350 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Cardinal
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 km |
| Prescott 14 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Morrisburg 18 km | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9.2 km |
| Augusta 19 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 km |
It has more schools than any of its 3 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Cardinal’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Cardinal
Which boards run the schools in Cardinal?
By number of schools: Upper Canada DSB (5) and CDSB of Eastern Ontario (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Cardinal?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
How many schools are there in Cardinal?
The town holds 2 of them; 4 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Cardinal?
None within 3 km of Cardinal. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).