Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0No high school in or near East Ferris: the closest is 13 km off
Within 3 km of the town there are 5 elementary schools only. On results, 5 of its 5 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario.
What stands out about East Ferris’s schools
More Catholic schools
3 of 5 schools here are Catholic, against 34% in Ontario; Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB and CSDC Franco-Nord run them. Who runs them ↓
Several boards
3 boards run schools in the area: Near North DSB, Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB and CSDC Franco-Nord. The boards ↓
Results easing
More of the results fell than rose over three years at 3 schools of the 5 with results, St Theresa School, École séparée Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin and Ferris Glen Public School among them. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
High schools within reach of East Ferris
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is West Ferris Secondary School, at 13 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Ferris Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Near North DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 770 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How East Ferris’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 | 58% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 53% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 53% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 78% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 38% | 51% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 38% here, against 51% in Ontario. On 0 of 6 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 6 it trails.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| M T Davidson Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 40% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| Holy Cross Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| St Theresa SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 51% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| École séparée Saint-Thomas-D'AquinElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 48% | Fourth fifth |
| Ferris Glen Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 33% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 21% | 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 5 schools in and around East Ferris 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 East Ferris
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.
École séparée Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin teach in French; CSDC Franco-Nord runs the public ones among the 1.
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 East Ferris’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 2, English Catholic 2 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 3 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near North DSBFerris Glen, M T Davidson | English public | 2 | 380 |
| Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSBSt Theresa, Holy Cross | English Catholic | 2 | 570 |
| CSDC Franco-Nordséparée Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin | French Catholic | 1 | 255 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in East Ferris
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around East Ferris
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrepointe - Briargreen | 9,259 | 40 | 16,635 | 5 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Country Hills West | 5,936 | 32 | 17,595 | 1 | 2 km |
| River Bend | 5,930 | 13 | 7,405 | 1 | 2.2 km |
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 36 | 18,620 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | 42 | 18,555 | 3 | 1.2 km |
| East Ferris | 5,835 | 5 | 1,205 | 1 | 13 km |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 49 | 24,040 | 8 | 1.5 km |
| Rosedale Village | 5,764 | 43 | 26,405 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Seguin | 5,761 | 7 | 1,595 | 1 | 19 km |
| Forest Hill | 5,760 | 39 | 22,220 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Edwards - Carlsbad Springs | 3,536 | 32 | 12,475 | 12 | 12 km |
233 of the 291 others have more schools in reach. 188 of the 292 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 East Ferris
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
North Bay has the most schools nearby, 29.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside East Ferris’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in East Ferris
How many schools are there in East Ferris?
2 in the town, 3 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in East Ferris?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École séparée Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin.
How do I get a place at a school in East Ferris?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in East Ferris?
By number of schools: Near North DSB (2), Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB (2) and CSDC Franco-Nord (1).
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).