Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Schools in Carleton Place: 3 boards, side by side
Upper Canada DSB leads with 6 schools, alongside CDSB of Eastern Ontario and CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario. On the tests, 1 of 8 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 1 under it. Taken together, Carleton Place and its 3 km edge hold 8 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school for 4,515 students.
What stands out about Carleton Place’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 4 schools of the 8 with results, Beckwith Public School, Caldwell Street Elementary School and Carleton Place High School among them. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBCarleton Place, Beckwith, Arklan Community, Caldwell Street, T R Leger School of Adult & Continuing, Carleton Place Intermediate | English public | 6 | 2,705 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioNotre Dame Catholic, St. Gregory, St Mary's Separate, Notre Dame Catholic Separate | English Catholic | 4 | 1,530 |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'OntarioJ.-L.-Couroux | French Catholic | 1 | 280 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Carleton Place’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 | 5 | 82% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 78% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 78% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 79% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 45% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 91% | 85% |
On Grade 3 writing the area runs ahead, 78% against 65% in Ontario. On 4 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 4 it trails.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Beckwith Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 45% | Second fifth |
| Caldwell Street Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 67% | Middle fifth |
| Notre Dame Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 47% · OSSLT 94% | Middle fifth |
| St. Gregory Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–3 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 62% | Middle fifth |
| Carleton Place High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 88% | Middle fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique J.-L.-CourouxElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 65% · G6 math 43% | Middle fifth |
| Arklan Community Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 64% | Middle fifth |
| St Mary's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades 4–8 | G6 reading 78% · 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 11 schools in and around Carleton Place 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 Carleton Place
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French, 1 schools: École élémentaire catholique J.-L.-Couroux, with CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario 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 Carleton Place’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 6, English Catholic 4 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Carleton Place
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Carleton Place
High schools within reach of Carleton Place
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. Carleton Place High School is closest, at 1 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton Place High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 670 | 1 km |
| Notre Dame Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CDSB of Eastern Ontario | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 555 | 1.6 km |
| Almonte District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 380 | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Carleton Place
Beyond the ordinary schools: alternative programs at T R Leger School of Adult & Continuing Secondary School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington | 23,659 | 59 | 28,335 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Springbrook | 14,961 | 52 | 25,895 | 5 | 1.4 km |
| Ingersoll | 14,911 | 5 | 2,845 | 0 | 1 km |
| Vales of Castlemore | 14,894 | 31 | 19,520 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Rockwood | 14,870 | 50 | 21,725 | 2 | 2.8 km |
| Carleton Place | 14,837 | 11 | 4,515 | 1 | 1 km |
| Cooksville NHD (West) | 14,821 | 57 | 24,980 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Hyde Park | 14,769 | 29 | 18,215 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| Lawrence Park North | 14,735 | 54 | 27,490 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Roncesvalles | 14,725 | 93 | 33,350 | 7 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Blossom Park - Timbermill | 8,907 | 26 | 11,175 | 6 | 3.8 km |
329 out of 379 comparable towns have more schools. 297 of 380 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 Carleton Place
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Top among the neighbours: Almonte, 19 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Carleton Place plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- 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 Carleton Place
How do I get a place at a school in Carleton Place?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Carleton Place?
Upper Canada DSB (6), CDSB of Eastern Ontario (4) and CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Carleton Place?
10 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Carleton Place?
Yes: École élémentaire catholique J.-L.-Couroux, the French-language schools here.
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).