Photo: Cindy Funk · CC BY 2.0Of Goderich’s 3 tested schools, 1 sit above the middle in Ontario and 0 below
Top of the area on results: Goderich Public School. In or within 3 km of Goderich: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 1,355 students.
How Goderich’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 A−: 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 | 81% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 91% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 91% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 52% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 47% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 88% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 47% against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 5, below on 1: that is the 8 measures. The three-year changes lean upward at 3 schools and downward at 0.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Goderich Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| St Marys Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 48% | Middle fifth |
| Goderich District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 47% · OSSLT 88% | Middle 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 4 schools in and around Goderich 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 Goderich
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
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 Goderich’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 3 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Avon Maitland DSB counts 3, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Maitland DSBGoderich, Goderich District, GDCI - | English public | 3 | 1,030 |
| Huron Perth CDSBSt Marys Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 325 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Goderich
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Goderich
High schools within reach of Goderich
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Goderich District Collegiate Institute, 0.4 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goderich District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Avon Maitland DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 395 | 0.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Scarborough | 13,453 | 34 | 13,110 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Trinity Commons | 8,477 | 57 | 30,475 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Muskoka Lakes | 8,463 | 5 | 1,630 | 0 | 19 km |
| Huron-Kinloss | 8,445 | 7 | 2,500 | 0 | 15 km |
| Britannia | 8,421 | 41 | 12,915 | 11 | 0.7 km |
| Goderich | 8,412 | 4 | 1,355 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Norton Park | 8,402 | 55 | 24,605 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| Alta Vista | 8,387 | 52 | 23,180 | 9 | 1.3 km |
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | 20 | 8,645 | 0 | 15 km |
| South-West Oxford | 8,375 | 21 | 9,990 | 0 | 10 km |
| … | |||||
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 26 | 11,500 | 2 | 1.4 km |
Of the 368 others, 346 count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 253 towns of 369.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Goderich
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goderich | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 13 km | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 km |
| Clinton 15 km | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5.9 km |
Top among the neighbours: Clinton, 10 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Goderich and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Goderich
Is there a French-language school in Goderich?
Not in or within 3 km of Goderich; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Goderich?
The town holds all 4; none is outside it.
Which boards run the schools in Goderich?
By number of schools: Avon Maitland DSB (3) and Huron Perth CDSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Goderich?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).