Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.03 school boards share East Garafraxa
Upper Grand DSB runs the most, 6 of them; Dufferin-Peel CDSB and CS Viamonde run the rest. Results are mixed: 4 of 9 schools above the middle in Ontario, 3 below it. Taken together, East Garafraxa and its 3 km edge hold 8 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 3,775 students.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Grand DSBWestside, Montgomery Village, Credit Meadows, Spencer Avenue, Parkinson Centennial, East Garafraxa Central | English public | 6 | 2,715 |
| Dufferin-Peel CDSBSt Andrew, St Peter Separate | English Catholic | 2 | 900 |
| CS Viamondedes Quatre-Rivières | French public | 1 | 160 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How East Garafraxa’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 | 8 | 73% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 8 | 71% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 8 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 8 | 88% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 8 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 8 | 38% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 53% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 84% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 38% here, against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 3 below. At 5 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 4, more fell.
Every school’s results (9)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 74% | Second fifth |
| East Garafraxa Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 81% | Second fifth |
| Spencer Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 53% | Second fifth |
| St Peter Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 38% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire des Quatre-RivièresElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 28% | Middle fifth |
| Westside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 53% · OSSLT 84% | Middle fifth |
| Montgomery Village Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 70% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 26% | Fourth fifth |
| St Andrew SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 43% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 38% | Bottom fifth |
| Parkinson Centennial SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 52% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 39% · G6 reading 66% · G6 writing 55% · G6 math 7% | 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 9 schools in and around East Garafraxa are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around East Garafraxa
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
1 of them teach in French: École élémentaire des Quatre-Rivières; the public ones belong to CS Viamonde.
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 Garafraxa’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, English Catholic 2 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in East Garafraxa
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around East Garafraxa
High schools within reach of East Garafraxa
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 3 English public. Closest of all: Westside Secondary School (9.6 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 760 | 9.6 km |
| Orangeville District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,095 | 12 km |
| Erin District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Second fifth | 530 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenboro East | 4,800 | 31 | 13,260 | 8 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Riverside Park South - Revelstoke | 3,030 | 39 | 17,335 | 8 | 1.5 km |
| Buchanan | 3,006 | 48 | 23,275 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| McDougall | 3,002 | 9 | 1,755 | 2 | 11 km |
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | 4 | 310 | 3 | 34 km |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 9 | 3,775 | 1 | 9.8 km |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 8 | 4,815 | 0 | 3 km |
| Gilkson | 2,963 | 30 | 14,945 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Wawa | 2,943 | 6 | 485 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Carpenter | 2,941 | 19 | 11,230 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
96 of 158 similar towns count more schools. Teaching in French: 92 of the 159 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around East Garafraxa
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Garafraxa | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9.8 km |
| Grand Valley 10 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| Orangeville 11 km | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| Erin 15 km | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 km |
| Amaranth 15 km | 19 | 1 | 3 | 10 km |
| Mono 18 km | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6.1 km |
Of the neighbours, Amaranth counts the most schools: 19.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside East Garafraxa and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
Questions about schools in East Garafraxa
Is there a French-language school in East Garafraxa?
Yes: École élémentaire des Quatre-Rivières, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in East Garafraxa?
1 are inside the town itself and 8 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in East Garafraxa?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in East Garafraxa?
Upper Grand DSB (6), Dufferin-Peel CDSB (2) and CS Viamonde (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).