Photo: The Silverliner · CC BY-SA 3.0Most schools around Dundalk score below the middle in Ontario: 5 of 6
3 boards run its schools. 2,675 students attend the 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in or within 3 km of Dundalk.
What stands out about Dundalk’s schools
Fewer Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 1 of 7 here, below the 34% in Ontario. Who runs them ↓
Results on the rise
At 5 tested schools out of 6, the three-year changes lean upward; Egremont Community School, Victoria Cross Public School and Highpoint Community Elementary School gained most often. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Dundalk’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 | 5 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 52% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 56% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 81% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 35% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 43% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 86% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 35% against 51% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 0 of 8 measures and behind on 6.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Egremont Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 84% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 37% | Middle fifth |
| Victoria Cross Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 66% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| Wellington Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 43% · OSSLT 86% | Fourth fifth |
| Highpoint Community Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 57% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Spruce Ridge Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 28% | Fourth fifth |
| St Mary - Mount Forest Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 62% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 35% | Fourth fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater DSBHighpoint Community, Dundalk & Proton, Spruce Ridge, Egremont | English public | 4 | 1,535 |
| Upper Grand DSBWellington Heights, Victoria Cross | English public | 2 | 920 |
| Wellington CDSBSt Mary - Mount Forest Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 220 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 7 schools in and around Dundalk 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 Dundalk
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in French.
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 Dundalk’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 6 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Dundalk
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Dundalk
High schools within reach of Dundalk
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
The one high school within 15 km is Grey Highlands Secondary School, at 12 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Highlands Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bluewater DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 725 | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington-Chinatown | 18,597 | 95 | 27,925 | 9 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 41 | 20,545 | 7 | 0.8 km |
| Mississauga Valleys | 11,799 | 58 | 26,050 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Chapel Hill North | 11,715 | 38 | 16,525 | 17 | 1.6 km |
| Cardinal Creek | 11,676 | 42 | 19,805 | 20 | 1.3 km |
| Dundalk | 11,599 | 7 | 2,675 | 0 | 12 km |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 35 | 16,840 | 4 | 1.2 km |
| Ramara | 11,551 | 10 | 3,330 | 0 | 16 km |
| Drayton | 11,518 | 8 | 1,895 | 0 | 17 km |
| Ebenezer West | 11,510 | 13 | 9,310 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | 7,008 | 5 | 305 | 3 | 31 km |
Set against 381 others, 329 have more schools in reach. 281 of the 382 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Dundalk
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 km |
| Melancthon 17 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Grey Highlands 18 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- 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.
- Which schools count. Inside Dundalk’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
Questions about schools in Dundalk
How do I get a place at a school in Dundalk?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Dundalk?
By number of schools: Bluewater DSB (4), Upper Grand DSB (2) and Wellington CDSB (1).
How many schools are there in Dundalk?
Inside the town there are 3; another 4 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Dundalk?
None within 3 km of Dundalk. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).