Photo: P199 · Public domainOf Chalk River’s 4 tested schools, 1 sit above the middle in Ontario and 0 below
Top of the area on results: St Anthony's Separate School. In or within 3 km of Chalk River: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 1,015 students.
How Chalk River’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 | 3 | 80% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 70% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 64% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 96% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 79% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 44% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 34% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 94% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 34% here, against 55% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 4 above the middle, 3 below. At 1 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 2, more fell.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Anthony's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Second fifth |
| St Mary's Our Lady of Good Counsel Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 47% | Middle fifth |
| Mackenzie Community School - Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 40% | Middle fifth |
| Mackenzie Community School - Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 34% · OSSLT 94% | Middle 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 4 schools in and around Chalk River are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Chalk River
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Chalk River’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 2 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Renfrew County CDSB, with 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew County CDSBSt Mary's Our Lady of Good Counsel Separate, St Anthony's Separate | English Catholic | 2 | 225 |
| Renfrew County DSBMackenzie Community School -, Mackenzie Community School - | English public | 2 | 790 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Chalk River
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.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Chalk River
High schools within reach of Chalk River
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Mackenzie Community School - Secondary School, 8.3 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Community School - Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Renfrew County DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 305 | 8.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bells Corners East | 4,963 | 20 | 8,295 | 3 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| French River / Rivière des Français | 3,178 | 4 | 245 | 3 | 2 km |
| Enniskillen | 3,174 | 7 | 2,275 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Queensway Terrace North | 3,160 | 35 | 14,530 | 5 | 0.6 km |
| Blakeley | 3,151 | 41 | 18,595 | 4 | 1.1 km |
| Chalk River | 3,147 | 4 | 1,015 | 0 | 8.4 km |
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | 13 | 7,590 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Ainslie Wood East | 3,112 | 28 | 10,145 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Greenbelt (east) | 3,094 | 87 | 37,955 | 32 | 0.7 km |
| Admaston/Bromley | 3,086 | 12 | 2,930 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
Among 166 towns its size, 126 have more schools nearby. Schooling in French is on hand in 99 of the 167.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Chalk River
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk River | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8.4 km |
| Deep River 7.7 km | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 km |
Of 1 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- 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.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Counted: Chalk River’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Chalk River
Which boards run the schools in Chalk River?
Renfrew County CDSB (2) and Renfrew County DSB (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Chalk River?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Chalk River?
Inside the town there are 1; another 3 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Chalk River?
Not within 3 km of Chalk River. 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).