Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0No high school in or near Central Manitoulin: the closest is 12 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Ontario.
What stands out about Central Manitoulin’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 190 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
High schools within reach of Central Manitoulin
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Only Manitoulin Secondary School is within 15 km, 11 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitoulin Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Rainbow DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 420 | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Central Manitoulin’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 D: 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 | 2 | 63% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 48% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 76% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 79% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 21% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 21% against 51% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 6 below, out of 6. The three-year changes lean upward at 0 schools and downward at 2.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Charles C McLean Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 54% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 25% | Fourth fifth |
| Central Manitoulin Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 17% | 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 2 schools in and around Central Manitoulin are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Central Manitoulin
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Not one 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.
Who runs Central Manitoulin’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Central Manitoulin
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Central Manitoulin
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Central Manitoulin’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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. 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. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
Questions about schools in Central Manitoulin
How do I get a place at a school in Central Manitoulin?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
How many schools are there in Central Manitoulin?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Central Manitoulin?
Not within 3 km of Central Manitoulin. The French-language board still serves families 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).