Beavercrest Community School
150 Devonleigh Gate · Markdale · N0C1H0 · Bluewater DSB
Beavercrest Community School is one of 4 elementary schools in or within 3 km of Grey Highlands. Every school in and around Grey Highlands →
What stands out about Beavercrest Community School
- A typical size: 375 students, where the middle elementary school in Ontario has 335.
- Across its measures, its results average to the middle fifth in Ontario.
- Its weakest measure is Grade 6 math, at 32% where the middle in Ontario is 51%.
- Over three years, 5 of its measures rose by 5 points or more.
- Public and English-language, under Bluewater DSB.
How Beavercrest Community School does 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.
On average across 6 reported measures of 6, Beavercrest Community School is in the middle fifth in Ontario.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Ontario | Band | 3-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 81% | 76% | Second fifth | +29 |
| Grade 3 writing | 56% | 65% | Fourth fifth | +20 |
| Grade 3 math | 66% | 65% | Middle fifth | +48 |
| Grade 6 reading | 89% | 88% | Middle fifth | +25 |
| Grade 6 writing | 89% | 86% | Second fifth | +10 |
| Grade 6 math | 32% | 51% | Bottom fifth | −1 |
N/R: EQAO doesn’t report groups too small to keep students anonymous. The three-year change is in percentage points, as the ministry publishes it.
A standing for Beavercrest Community School, not a grade
Beavercrest Community School has no letter because TownRatings grades towns, not individual schools. What it does have is a standing: on the province’s published results it lands in the middle fifth in Ontario.
Grey Highlands’ School Grade, on its Schools page, is where Beavercrest Community School counts towards a letter.
Getting a place at Beavercrest Community School
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
Side by side with the nearest elementary schools
The nearest schools of the same level, as the crow flies: system, language and, where published, students and results.
2 of the 6 nearest elementary schools have more students than Beavercrest Community School.
| School | System | Language | Students | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavercrest Community School | English public | English | 375 | Middle fifth | |
| Macphail Memorial Elementary School | English public | English | 600 | Bottom fifth | 10 km |
| Highpoint Senior School (Elementary) School | English public | English | – | – | 11 km |
| Holland-Chatsworth Central School | English public | English | 295 | Bottom fifth | 18 km |
| St Peter's & St Paul's Separate School | English Catholic | English | 200 | Second fifth | 21 km |
| Spruce Ridge Community School | English public | English | 355 | Fourth fifth | 21 km |
| Osprey Central School | English public | English | 420 | Middle fifth | 22 km |
Elementary schools near Beavercrest Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Beavercrest Community School
Who runs Beavercrest Community School?
Bluewater DSB: Beavercrest Community School is one of its schools (English public).
What language does Beavercrest Community School teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at Beavercrest Community School?
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.
Which schools of the same kind are near Beavercrest Community School?
The closest schools are Macphail Memorial Elementary School (10 km), Highpoint Senior School (Elementary) School (11 km) and Holland-Chatsworth Central School (18 km).
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). 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).