Photo: Percy Russell Doherty · Public domainResults around Fort Frances lean low: 4 of 4 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario
1,810 students attend the 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in or within 3 km of Fort Frances.
How Fort Frances’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 | 3 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 49% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 76% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 72% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 28% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 46% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 69% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 28% against 51% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 1 of 8 measures and behind on 6. The three-year changes lean upward at 1 schools and downward at 2.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| J W Walker Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 72% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| St Mary Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 28% | Fourth fifth |
| Fort Frances High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 69% | Bottom fifth |
| Robert Moore Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 65% · G6 math 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 5 schools in and around Fort Frances 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 Fort Frances
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.
Not one teaches 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 Fort Frances’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 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Among 2 boards, Rainy River DSB leads with 4.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainy River DSBFort Frances, Robert Moore, J W Walker, Fort Frances High Intermediate | English public | 4 | 1,355 |
| Northwest CDSBSt Mary Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 455 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Fort Frances
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Fort Frances
High schools within reach of Fort Frances
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Fort Frances High School, 2.1 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Frances High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Rainy River DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 670 | 2.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Summit | 12,194 | 65 | 29,435 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Landsdale | 7,681 | 32 | 14,160 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Stoneybrook | 7,662 | 38 | 19,845 | 4 | 0.2 km |
| Fruitland | 7,653 | 32 | 19,730 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Chesley | 7,639 | 4 | 890 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Fort Frances | 7,607 | 5 | 1,810 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Blackburn Hamlet | 7,606 | 28 | 12,250 | 9 | 1 km |
| Port Credit | 7,606 | 26 | 11,210 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Fairview | 7,597 | 48 | 20,445 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| University | 7,595 | 105 | 31,765 | 9 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Iroquois Falls | 4,640 | 8 | 730 | 4 | 3.3 km |
294 out of 339 comparable towns have more schools. In 234 of the 340, at least one school teaches in French.
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
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- Which schools count. The area is Fort Frances plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Fort Frances
How many schools are there in Fort Frances?
The town holds all 5; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Fort Frances?
None within 3 km of Fort Frances. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How do I get a place at a school in Fort Frances?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Fort Frances?
By number of schools: Rainy River DSB (4) and Northwest CDSB (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).