Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Dryden has 2 French-language schools among its 6
Those are École catholique de l'Enfant-Jésus and École secondaire catholique des satellites (CSDC des Aurores boréales). Its schools answer to 3 boards. In or within 3 km of Dryden: 4 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, with 1,600 students.
What stands out about Dryden’s schools
More Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 3 of 6 here, above the 34% in Ontario, under CSDC des Aurores boréales and Northwest CDSB. Who runs them ↓
Results on both sides
The results split: 1 of 4 schools in the upper two fifths in Ontario, 2 in the lower, with New Prospect Public School, St Josephs Separate School and Open Roads Public School on top. Results ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: New Prospect Public School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Schooling in English and French around Dryden
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
By name, in French: École catholique de l'Enfant-Jésus and École secondaire catholique des satellites (CSDC des Aurores boréales).
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.
3 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keewatin-Patricia DSBDryden, Open Roads, New Prospect | English public | 3 | 1,245 |
| CSDC des Aurores boréalescatholique de l'Enfant-Jésus, des satellites | French Catholic | 2 | – |
| Northwest CDSBSt Josephs Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 355 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Dryden’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 | 90% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 73% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 87% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 90% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 60% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 40% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 82% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 40% against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 4, below on 2: that is the 8 measures. At 1 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 1, more fell.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| New Prospect Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 81% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 82% | Top fifth |
| St Josephs Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 32% | Middle fifth |
| Open Roads Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 60% | Fourth fifth |
| Dryden High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 40% · OSSLT 82% | 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 6 schools in and around Dryden are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Dryden’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 3, English Catholic 1 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Dryden
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
Catholic schools
The Catholic boards are as public as the others: free, with elementary schools that generally require a Catholic parent and high schools open to everyone.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Dryden
High schools within reach of Dryden
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 French Catholic. The nearest is Dryden High School, 1.3 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Keewatin-Patricia DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 575 | 1.3 km |
| École secondaire catholique des satellitesSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC des Aurores boréales | French Catholic | – | – | 4.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Woods-Steeles | 12,499 | 68 | 25,740 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 26 | 14,765 | 2 | 1 km |
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 5 | 630 | 2 | 18 km |
| Kenora, Unorganized | 7,877 | 14 | 2,630 | 2 | 34 km |
| Minden Hills | 7,841 | 1 | 460 | 0 | 18 km |
| Dryden | 7,808 | 6 | 1,600 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Chatsworth | 7,770 | 5 | 1,140 | 0 | 21 km |
| Augusta | 7,767 | 5 | 1,375 | 0 | 6.6 km |
| Mountview | 7,752 | 41 | 18,865 | 3 | 0.7 km |
| Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights | 7,746 | 26 | 12,260 | 10 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | 1 | 395 | 0 | 16 km |
More schools are within reach in 294 of the 348 other towns. 238 of the 349 have a French-language school.
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 year. The province’s 2024-25 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.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- Which schools count. Counted: Dryden’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
Questions about schools in Dryden
How do I get a place at a school in Dryden?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Dryden?
Keewatin-Patricia DSB (3), CSDC des Aurores boréales (2) and Northwest CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Dryden?
All 6 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Dryden?
Yes, schooling in French is at École catholique de l'Enfant-Jésus and École secondaire catholique des satellites.
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).