Photo: DebraJNolan · CC BY-SA 4.0Results around Garden River 14 lean low: 2 of 3 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Elementary schools here average 188 students; in Ontario, 365. The 3 km around Garden River 14 counts 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 1,080 students between them.
How Garden River 14’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 | 2 | 79% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 52% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 75% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 77% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 41% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 33% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 63% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 33% against 55% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 7 below. The three-year changes lean upward at 2 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Echo Bay Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 64% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 46% | Middle fifth |
| Pinewood Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 68% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 35% | Fourth fifth |
| White Pines Collegiate and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 33% · OSSLT 63% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 4 schools in and around Garden River 14
Where the 4 schools in and around Garden River 14 are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Garden River 14
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Garden River 14’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Garden River 14
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Garden River 14
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 2 English public, 1 French Catholic and 1 English Catholic. White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School lies closest, 8.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Pines Collegiate and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algoma DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 515 | 8.5 km |
| Superior Heights Collegiate and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algoma DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 940 | 11 km |
| École secondaire Notre-Dame-du-SaultSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario | French Catholic | – | – | 14 km |
| St Mary's College Separate SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Huron-Superior CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 940 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Garden River 14
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden River 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 km |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional 12 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Sault Ste. Marie 14 km | 36 | 3 | 10 | 0.5 km |
| Laird 18 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
The busiest neighbour is Sault Ste. Marie, with 36 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Garden River 14’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Garden River 14
How many schools are there in Garden River 14?
0 in the town, 4 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Garden River 14?
Not within 3 km of Garden River 14. The French-language board still serves families here.
How do I get a place at a school in Garden River 14?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).