Photo: Tudor Costache · CC BY-SA 3.0In the lower two fifths in Ontario: 10 of the 17 schools around Central Elgin with results
Top of the area on results: Eva Circe-Cote French Immersion Public School. Catholic schools are fewer here, 3 of 17, where in Ontario they are 34%. Taken together, Central Elgin and its 3 km edge hold 13 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools for 9,435 students.
What stands out about Central Elgin’s schools
Results on the rise
At 9 tested schools out of 17, the three-year changes lean upward; Eva Circe-Cote French Immersion Public School, Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public School and Mitchell Hepburn Public School gained most often. Results ↓
No French-language school
None of the 17 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Central Elgin’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 | 13 | 63% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 13 | 51% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 13 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 13 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 13 | 77% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 13 | 39% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 4 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 81% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 39% here, against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 8: that is the 8 measures.
Every school’s results (17)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Eva Circe-Cote French Immersion Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 60% | Second fifth |
| Kettle Creek Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 41% | Middle fifth |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 66% | Middle fifth |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 92% | Middle fifth |
| Mitchell Hepburn Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 66% | Middle fifth |
| Southwold Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 51% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 52% | Middle fifth |
| Lockes Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 37% | Middle fifth |
| Monsignor Morrison Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Parkside Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 52% · OSSLT 82% | Fourth fifth |
| St. Anne's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 39% | Fourth fifth |
| Central Elgin Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 50% · OSSLT 79% | Fourth fifth |
| John Wise Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 34% | Fourth fifth |
| June Rose Callwood Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 31% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 18% | Bottom fifth |
| New Sarum Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 63% · G6 math 32% | Bottom fifth |
| Forest Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 29% · G3 writing 22% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 57% · G6 math 39% | Bottom fifth |
| Arthur Voaden Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 27% · OSSLT 48% | Bottom fifth |
| Elgin Court Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 36% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 58% · G6 writing 55% · G6 math 29% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Who runs Central Elgin’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 14 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 17 schools in and around Central Elgin 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 Central Elgin
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
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Thames Valley DSB, with 14.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley DSBParkside, Mitchell Hepburn, Central Elgin, Southwold, Lockes, John Wise, Forest Park, Pierre Elliott Trudeau French Immersion … | English public | 14 | 7,150 |
| London District Catholic School BoardSt Joseph's, St. Anne's Separate, Monsignor Morrison Separate | English Catholic | 3 | 2,285 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Central Elgin
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 17 schools in and around Central Elgin
High schools within reach of Central Elgin
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 6 high schools: 4 English public and 2 English Catholic. 1.9 km away, Central Elgin Collegiate Institute is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elgin Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 690 | 1.9 km |
| St Joseph's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 960 | 2.1 km |
| Arthur Voaden Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 355 | 3.4 km |
| Parkside Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,015 | 3.6 km |
| East Elgin Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 985 | 13 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 860 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West London | 24,322 | 47 | 28,855 | 2 | 2.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Dorchester | 15,475 | 12 | 4,865 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 52 | 24,190 | 3 | 2.3 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 |
| … | |||||
| Old East York | 9,175 | 92 | 44,280 | 5 | 0.7 km |
300 out of 383 comparable towns have more schools. Of the 384, 298 offer 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 Central Elgin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elgin | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 km |
| St. Thomas 2 km | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| Aylmer 14 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Southwold 14 km | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 km |
| Malahide 15 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 km |
No neighbour of the 4 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Central Elgin or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- 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. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Central Elgin
How many schools are there in Central Elgin?
Inside the town there are 3; another 14 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Central Elgin?
Not in or within 3 km of Central Elgin; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Central Elgin?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Central Elgin?
By number of schools: Thames Valley DSB (14) and London District Catholic School Board (3).
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).