Photo: Bwake · CC BY-SA 3.0Drummond/North Elmsley’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 10 of the 14 with results
Best placed: The Queen Elizabeth School and Drummond Central School. Over three years, results rose at 8 of its 14 tested schools. Counting a 3 km margin, Drummond/North Elmsley has 13 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, for 4,750 students.
What stands out about Drummond/North Elmsley’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 18 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Drummond/North Elmsley’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 | 8 | 66% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 8 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 8 | 44% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 9 | 80% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 9 | 77% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 9 | 31% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 42% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 75% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 31% against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 8 below.
Every school’s results (14)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 94% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 45% | Second fifth |
| Drummond Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 77% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Second fifth |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 70% | Second fifth |
| Chimo Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 54% | Middle fifth |
| St John Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 45% · OSSLT 81% | Fourth fifth |
| St Francis de Sales Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 39% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 31% | Fourth fifth |
| Perth and District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 71% | Bottom fifth |
| Smiths Falls District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 29% · OSSLT 79% | Bottom fifth |
| The Stewart Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 44% | Bottom fifth |
| North Elmsley Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 27% | Bottom fifth |
| St John Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 26% | Bottom fifth |
| Duncan J Schoular Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 42% · G6 reading 48% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 15% | Bottom fifth |
| Maple Grove Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 42% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 29% · G6 reading 33% · G6 writing 35% · G6 math 10% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Luke Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math not reported · OSSLT 19% | 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 18 schools in and around Drummond/North Elmsley 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 Drummond/North Elmsley
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
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 Drummond/North Elmsley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 10 and English Catholic 8.
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.
Upper Canada DSB has 10 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBSmiths Falls District, Perth and District, Chimo, Duncan J Schoular, The Stewart, The Queen Elizabeth, Perth Intermediate, Maple Grove … | English public | 10 | 3,275 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioSt Francis de Sales Separate, St John, St John Catholic, St. John Intermediate, St. Luke Catholic, Sacred Heart of Jesus Separate, St. James Catholic Education Centre, St. Luke | English Catholic | 8 | 1,475 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Drummond/North Elmsley
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
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 18 schools in and around Drummond/North Elmsley
High schools within reach of Drummond/North Elmsley
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. 6.5 km away, Perth and District Collegiate Institute is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth and District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 580 | 6.5 km |
| St John Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CDSB of Eastern Ontario | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 340 | 8.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findlay Creek | 14,089 | 7 | 4,735 | 0 | 6 km |
| … | |||||
| Blossom Park - Timbermill | 8,907 | 26 | 11,175 | 6 | 3.8 km |
| DT Cooksville | 8,864 | 44 | 21,415 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Kapuskasing | 8,825 | 10 | 1,545 | 7 | 0.3 km |
| Uplands | 8,819 | 18 | 11,940 | 3 | 2 km |
| Drummond/North Elmsley | 8,817 | 18 | 4,750 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Pioneer Park | 8,781 | 17 | 10,745 | 1 | 2.3 km |
| Manotick | 8,770 | 21 | 9,355 | 5 | 3 km |
| Craig Henry - Manordale | 8,758 | 32 | 12,915 | 3 | 1.3 km |
| Hanover | 8,723 | 5 | 1,705 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Norwood | 5,308 | 5 | 1,185 | 0 | 0.6 km |
In 247 of the 371 others the count is higher. In 257 of the 372, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Drummond/North Elmsley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond/North Elmsley | 18 | 0 | 8 | 6.6 km |
| Perth 7 km | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Smiths Falls 16 km | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 km |
| Tay Valley 17 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9.9 km |
| Montague 19 km | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 km |
| Beckwith 19 km | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 km |
Of 5 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- Which schools count. Inside Drummond/North Elmsley’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Drummond/North Elmsley
How do I get a place at a school in Drummond/North Elmsley?
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.
Which boards run the schools in Drummond/North Elmsley?
Upper Canada DSB (10) and CDSB of Eastern Ontario (8), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Drummond/North Elmsley?
No, none within 3 km of Drummond/North Elmsley; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Drummond/North Elmsley?
2 in the town, 16 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).