Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 2.0No high school in or near Colborne: the closest is 12 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 3 elementary schools, and no high school. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in Ontario.
High schools within reach of Colborne
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: East Northumberland Secondary School, 11 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Northumberland Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 960 | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Colborne’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 | 2 | 71% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 51% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 88% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 86% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 30% | 51% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 30% here, against 51% in Ontario. Of 6 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 4 below. At 0 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 2, more fell.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Northumberland Hills Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 30% | Middle fifth |
| Colborne Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 29% | 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 3 schools in and around Colborne are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Colborne
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 Colborne’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They all share one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB runs the most, 2 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSBNorthumberland Hills, Colborne | English public | 2 | 540 |
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBBayside Secondary School - Elementary (Elementary) | English public | 1 | 165 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Colborne
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Colborne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Riverdale | 11,491 | 84 | 33,325 | 8 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Wainfleet | 7,329 | 12 | 3,240 | 2 | 12 km |
| Vanier South | 7,259 | 32 | 13,065 | 12 | 1 km |
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | 55 | 27,080 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Concord | 7,225 | 34 | 17,575 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Colborne | 7,216 | 3 | 705 | 0 | 12 km |
| Carlisle | 7,161 | 14 | 6,675 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| Raleigh | 7,113 | 50 | 22,690 | 4 | 0.9 km |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | 7,052 | 6 | 1,870 | 0 | 14 km |
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 80 | 40,165 | 4 | 3.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Bruleville | 4,310 | 44 | 19,670 | 2 | 2.1 km |
Of the 337 others, 319 count more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 235 of the 338.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Colborne
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
| Brighton 12 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Alnwick/Haldimand 16 km | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 km |
6 schools make Alnwick/Haldimand the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Ontario’s schools on that test; the card shows the average of a school’s fifths.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open 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.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Colborne or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Colborne
Is there a French-language school in Colborne?
Not within 3 km of Colborne. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Colborne?
Every one of them, 3, is inside the town.
How do I get a place at a school in Colborne?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which boards run the schools in Colborne?
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB (2) and Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).