Photo: Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0Grand Valley’s teenagers travel 16 km to the nearest high school
Within 3 km of the town there are 1 elementary school only.
High schools within reach of Grand Valley
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Grand Valley’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 | 1 | 62% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 48% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 43% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 74% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 45% | 51% |
On Grade 3 math the area trails, 43% against 65% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 6 below, out of 6. At 0 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 1, more fell.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley & District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 43% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 45% | Fourth 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 school in or near Grand Valley is
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Grand Valley
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Grand Valley
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 7,597 | 48 | 20,445 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 19 | 9,135 | 1 | 10 km |
| Greenboro East | 4,800 | 31 | 13,260 | 8 | 1.6 km |
| Marmora | 4,761 | 2 | 445 | 0 | 17 km |
| Qualicum - Redwood | 4,761 | 35 | 13,050 | 7 | 0.2 km |
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | 1 | 395 | 0 | 16 km |
| Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay | 4,692 | 39 | 17,625 | 8 | 0.5 km |
| Dutton | 4,686 | 1 | 440 | 0 | 11 km |
| Britannia | 4,641 | 34 | 18,745 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Iroquois Falls | 4,640 | 8 | 730 | 4 | 3.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Port Credit NHD (West) | 2,902 | 19 | 7,845 | 0 | 2 km |
Of the 258 others, 251 count more schools. 164 of the 259 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 Grand Valley
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
| East Garafraxa 10 km | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9.8 km |
| Amaranth 14 km | 19 | 1 | 3 | 10 km |
| Orangeville 17 km | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0.6 km |
Of the neighbours, Amaranth counts the most schools: 19.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Grand Valley’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- 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. A band is the fifth of Ontario’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; small groups go unreported, so places would overstate it.
Questions about schools in Grand Valley
Which schools near Grand Valley have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Ontario; the strongest is Grand Valley & District Public School.
How do I get a place at a school in Grand Valley?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in Grand Valley?
Not in or within 3 km of Grand Valley; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Grand Valley?
Every one of them, 1, is inside the town.
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).