Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Spring Valley’s schools mostly beat the middle in Ontario, 6 of the 10 with results
They include Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School, Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School and Ancaster High School. No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, 10% of schools are. 5,860 students attend the 8 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Spring Valley.
What stands out about Spring Valley’s schools
One big school
With 1,320 students, Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Spring 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 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 | 85% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 7 | 73% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 80% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 7 | 87% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 7 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 7 | 62% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 68% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 90% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area runs ahead, 68% against 55% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 6 above the middle, 0 below. The three-year changes lean upward at 3 schools and downward at 3.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 69% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 66% | Second fifth |
| Ancaster High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 67% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| St. Ann (Ancaster) Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 100% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| St. Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 89% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| Ancaster Meadow Elementary Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 63% | Second fifth |
| Frank Panabaker North SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 58% | Middle fifth |
| Rousseau Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 57% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 68% | Middle fifth |
| Spring Valley SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 44% | Middle fifth |
| Frank Panabaker South Senior Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 50% | Middle fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Schooling in English and French around Spring Valley
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
None of them 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.
Where the 10 schools in and around Spring Valley are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Spring Valley’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 6 and English Catholic 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Among 2 boards, Hamilton-Wentworth DSB leads with 6.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSBAncaster, Ancaster Meadow Elementary, Frank Panabaker South Senior, Spring Valley, Frank Panabaker North, Rousseau | English public | 6 | 3,255 |
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSBBishop Tonnos Catholic, Immaculate Conception Catholic, St. Joachim Catholic, St. Ann (Ancaster) Catholic | English Catholic | 4 | 2,605 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Spring Valley
Catholic schools
The Catholic boards are as public as the others: free, with elementary schools that generally require a Catholic parent and high schools open to everyone.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 10 schools in and around Spring Valley
High schools within reach of Spring Valley
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 15: 8 English public, 5 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 French Catholic. Ancaster High School is closest, at 0.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancaster High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,180 | 0.5 km |
| Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,320 | 1.4 km |
| Dundas Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 810 | 5.7 km |
| St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,810 | 7 km |
| Sir Allan MacNab Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 660 | 7.1 km |
| St. Mary Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 935 | 7.9 km |
| Westmount Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,310 | 9.1 km |
| Westdale Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,525 | 10 km |
| École secondaire Georges-P-VanierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 85 | 11 km |
| Nora Frances HendersonSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,270 | 12 km |
All 15 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,615 | 12 km |
| Cathedral High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,650 | 13 km |
| Hill Park System Alternative EducationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | – | – | 13 km |
| ÉSAC Mère-TeresaSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS catholique MonAvenir | French Catholic | Middle fifth | 300 | 14 km |
| Sherwood Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,255 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | 6,690 | 14 | 8,430 | 0 | 4.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Bartonville | 4,311 | 35 | 16,605 | 4 | 1.1 km |
| Bruleville | 4,310 | 44 | 19,670 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Red Lake | 4,285 | 5 | 745 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Templemead | 4,188 | 25 | 12,965 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| Spring Valley | 4,175 | 10 | 5,860 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place | 4,172 | 44 | 21,315 | 6 | 2 km |
| Balfour | 4,171 | 47 | 22,565 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Barry's Bay | 4,151 | 4 | 625 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Pioneer Tower West | 4,122 | 27 | 11,270 | 4 | 3.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
More schools are within reach in 168 of the 261 other towns. Of the 262, 162 offer 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 Spring Valley
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Top among the neighbours: Sulphur Springs, 30 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Spring Valley and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Ontario’s schools on that test; the card shows the average of a school’s fifths.
- The year. The open list of 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 Spring Valley
How many schools are there in Spring Valley?
The town holds 3 of them; 7 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Spring Valley?
There is none in or near Spring Valley (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Spring Valley?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Spring Valley?
Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (6) and Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB (4), 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).