Results around Golf Course split both ways in Ontario: 4 of 8 schools high, 1 low
Best placed: Yorkview School and Dundana Public School. Over three years, results rose at 5 of its 8 tested schools. The 3 km around Golf Course counts 7 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 2,990 students between them.
What stands out about Golf Course’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 8 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: Yorkview School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Golf Course’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 | 7 | 94% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 7 | 87% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 83% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 76% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 49% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 58% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 86% | 85% |
On Grade 3 writing the area runs ahead, 87% against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 4 sit above the province’s middle and 3 below.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkview SchoolElementary · Grades JK–5 | G3 reading 96% · G3 writing 87% · G3 math 87% | Top fifth |
| Dundana Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–5 | G3 reading 94% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 73% | Top fifth |
| St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 84% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 53% | Second fifth |
| Sir William Osler Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 94% · G3 writing 87% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 58% | Second fifth |
| St. Augustine Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 94% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| Dundas Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 39% | Middle fifth |
| Dundas Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 58% · OSSLT 86% | Middle fifth |
| Greensville SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 49% | 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 8 schools in and around Golf Course are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Golf Course
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Golf Course’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 6 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB has 6 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSBDundas Valley, Sir William Osler, Dundas Central, Dundana, Greensville, Yorkview | English public | 6 | 2,505 |
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSBSt. Bernadette Catholic, St. Augustine Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 485 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Golf Course
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Golf Course
High schools within reach of Golf Course
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
19 secondary schools are within 15 km: 12 English public, 5 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 French Catholic. The closest high school is Dundas Valley Secondary School, 0.4 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundas Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 810 | 0.4 km |
| St. Mary Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 935 | 4 km |
| Sir Allan MacNab Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 660 | 5.5 km |
| Ancaster High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,180 | 5.6 km |
| Westdale Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,525 | 6.1 km |
| École secondaire Georges-P-VanierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 85 | 6.6 km |
| Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,320 | 6.9 km |
| St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,810 | 7 km |
| Westmount Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,310 | 7.6 km |
| Waterdown District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,140 | 9.6 km |
All 19 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,650 | 9.9 km |
| Aldershot High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 720 | 11 km |
| St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,615 | 11 km |
| Hill Park System Alternative EducationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | – | – | 12 km |
| Nora Frances HendersonSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,270 | 12 km |
| Bernie Custis Secondary School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 955 | 12 km |
| Sherwood Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,255 | 13 km |
| ÉSAC Mère-TeresaSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS catholique MonAvenir | French Catholic | Middle fifth | 300 | 13 km |
| Sir Winston Churchill Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 790 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood | 5,972 | 47 | 23,605 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Georgian Bay | 3,798 | 2 | 155 | 0 | 29 km |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 4 | 855 | 4 | 13 km |
| Berrisfield | 3,773 | 35 | 15,220 | 4 | 1 km |
| Dixie | 3,749 | 56 | 24,325 | 2 | 1.8 km |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 8 | 2,990 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Industrial Sector A and Keith | 3,723 | 33 | 17,230 | 2 | 1 km |
| Central | 3,698 | 27 | 12,505 | 2 | 1.7 km |
| Blind River | 3,692 | 6 | 720 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 3 | 1,785 | 0 | 5.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
143 out of 217 comparable towns have more schools. 136 of 218 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Golf Course
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Course | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Turnball 0.8 km | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| Central Business Dis 2.3 km | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 km |
| Colborne 2.4 km | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2.9 km |
| Ainslie Wood West 3.3 km | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 km |
| Sulphur Springs 3.4 km | 30 | 0 | 12 | 3.1 km |
| York Road 3.7 km | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2.8 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Sulphur Springs (30).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Golf Course or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- 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.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
Questions about schools in Golf Course
Is there a French-language school in Golf Course?
There is none in or near Golf Course (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Golf Course?
0 are inside the town itself and 8 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Golf Course?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Golf Course?
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (6) and Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).