Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 3.0Chesley’s teenagers travel 8.5 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 3 elementary schools and 1 alternative or adult school. Of the 3 with results, 3 sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario.
High schools within reach of Chesley
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Chesley’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 | 3 | 70% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 65% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 80% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 41% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 reading, where the area’s schools reach 65% against 88% in Ontario. Of 6 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 6 below. At 1 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 1, more fell.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Paisley Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 53% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 53% | Fourth fifth |
| Arran Tara Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 49% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 25% | Fourth fifth |
| Chesley District Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 41% | 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 4 schools in and around Chesley 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 Chesley
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Chesley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Chesley
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 4 schools in and around Chesley
Alternative, adult and other schools around Chesley
Beyond the ordinary schools: alternative programs at Bluewater Alternative Education School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Summit | 12,194 | 65 | 29,435 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Bostwick | 7,694 | 35 | 19,395 | 4 | 2.5 km |
| Landsdale | 7,681 | 32 | 14,160 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Stoneybrook | 7,662 | 38 | 19,845 | 4 | 0.2 km |
| Fruitland | 7,653 | 32 | 19,730 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Chesley | 7,639 | 4 | 890 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Fort Frances | 7,607 | 5 | 1,810 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Blackburn Hamlet | 7,606 | 28 | 12,250 | 9 | 1 km |
| Port Credit | 7,606 | 26 | 11,210 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Fairview | 7,597 | 48 | 20,445 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Iroquois Falls | 4,640 | 8 | 730 | 4 | 3.3 km |
In 313 of the 339 others the count is higher. 234 of 340 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Chesley and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- 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. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
Questions about schools in Chesley
How do I get a place at a school in Chesley?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Chesley?
There is none in or near Chesley (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Chesley?
All 4 are inside the town itself.
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).