Photo: Jodie Wilson from Mountain View, USA · CC BY 2.0Douro-Dummer’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 11 of the 18 with results
Best placed: Queen Elizabeth Public School and St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School. Over three years, results rose at 13 of its 18 tested schools. Taken together, Douro-Dummer and its 3 km edge hold 16 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools for 8,645 students.
What stands out about Douro-Dummer’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 20 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
One big school
With 1,260 students, Thomas A Stewart Secondary School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Queen Elizabeth Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Douro-Dummer’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 | 15 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 15 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 15 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 15 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 15 | 83% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 15 | 44% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 49% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 76% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 44% here, against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 8 below.
Every school’s results (18)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 100% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 72% | Top fifth |
| St. Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 100% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 84% | Top fifth |
| St. Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 96% · G3 writing 81% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 63% | Top fifth |
| Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 53% · OSSLT 85% | Middle fifth |
| Edmison Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 46% | Middle fifth |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 39% | Middle fifth |
| St. Anne Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 57% | Middle fifth |
| Kaawaate East City Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 66% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 32% | Fourth fifth |
| Warsaw Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| Monsignor O'Donoghue Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 44% | Fourth fifth |
| R F Downey Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 71% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 46% | Fourth fifth |
| Thomas A Stewart Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 76% | Fourth fifth |
| Highland Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 38% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 32% | Fourth fifth |
| Norwood District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 33% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 47% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 62% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 24% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 36% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 27% | Bottom fifth |
| Lakefield District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 54% · G3 writing 39% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 65% · G6 math 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Norwood District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 31% · OSSLT 62% | Bottom 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 20 schools in and around Douro-Dummer 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 Douro-Dummer
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Douro-Dummer’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 13 and English Catholic 7.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB runs the most, 13 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSBThomas A Stewart, Adam Scott, Kaawaate East City, Lakefield District, Edmison Heights, Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational, Norwood District, Adam Scott Intermediate … | English public | 13 | 6,435 |
| Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSBSt. Anne Catholic, Monsignor O'Donoghue Catholic, St. Paul Catholic, St. Paul Catholic, Immaculate Conception Catholic, St. Joseph Catholic, St. Paul Catholic | English Catholic | 7 | 2,210 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Douro-Dummer
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 20 schools in and around Douro-Dummer
High schools within reach of Douro-Dummer
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Thomas A Stewart Secondary School, 14 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas A Stewart Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,260 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionview | 13,382 | 63 | 26,925 | 3 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Britannia | 8,421 | 41 | 12,915 | 11 | 0.7 km |
| Goderich | 8,412 | 4 | 1,355 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Norton Park | 8,402 | 55 | 24,605 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| Alta Vista | 8,387 | 52 | 23,180 | 9 | 1.3 km |
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | 20 | 8,645 | 0 | 15 km |
| South-West Oxford | 8,375 | 21 | 9,990 | 0 | 10 km |
| Aylmer | 8,371 | 5 | 2,120 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 40 | 26,440 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| McNab/Braeside | 8,340 | 7 | 2,690 | 1 | 8.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 26 | 11,500 | 2 | 1.4 km |
More schools are within reach in 232 of the 365 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 251 towns of 366.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Douro-Dummer
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douro-Dummer | 20 | 0 | 7 | 15 km |
| Bridgenorth 16 km | 26 | 1 | 8 | 9.7 km |
| Norwood 16 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 17 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Peterborough 18 km | 34 | 2 | 13 | 1.1 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Peterborough (34).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Douro-Dummer and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Douro-Dummer
Which boards run the schools in Douro-Dummer?
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB (13) and Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSB (7), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Douro-Dummer?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
How many schools are there in Douro-Dummer?
2 in the town, 18 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Douro-Dummer?
There is none in or near Douro-Dummer (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).