5 above the middle in Ontario, 1 below: Turnball’s 11 tested schools
The highest results belong to Yorkview School and Dundana Public School. Over three years, results rose at 7 of its 11 tested schools. 4,370 students attend the 10 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Turnball.
What stands out about Turnball’s schools
No French-language school
For schooling in French, families look beyond these 12 schools: in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Language ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Yorkview School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Turnball’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 | 9 | 93% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 9 | 83% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 9 | 73% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 7 | 86% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 7 | 85% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 7 | 53% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 64% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 86% | 85% |
On Grade 3 writing the area runs ahead, 83% against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 5 sit above the province’s middle and 0 below.
Every school’s results (11)
| 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. Mary Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 69% · OSSLT 86% | Second fifth |
| Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 57% | Middle 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 12 schools in and around Turnball are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Turnball
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.
Who runs Turnball’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 8 and English Catholic 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Hamilton-Wentworth DSB, with 8.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSBDundas Valley, Sir William Osler, Dundas Central, Dundana, Greensville, Rousseau, Yorkview, Glenwood School | English public | 8 | 2,765 |
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSBSt. Mary Catholic, St. Bernadette Catholic, St. Augustine Catholic, Canadian Martyrs Catholic | English Catholic | 4 | 1,605 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Turnball
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
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Turnball
High schools within reach of Turnball
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
18 secondary schools are within 15 km: 11 English public, 5 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 French Catholic. The shortest trip is to Dundas Valley Secondary School, 0.4 km.
| 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 | 4.2 km |
| Ancaster High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,180 | 4.9 km |
| Sir Allan MacNab Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 660 | 5.3 km |
| Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,320 | 6.1 km |
| Westdale Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,525 | 6.4 km |
| St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,810 | 6.7 km |
| École secondaire Georges-P-VanierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 85 | 7 km |
| Westmount Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,310 | 7.5 km |
| Cathedral High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 1,650 | 10 km |
All 18 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterdown District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 1,140 | 10 km |
| St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 1,615 | 11 km |
| Nora Frances HendersonSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,270 | 11 km |
| Aldershot High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Halton DSB | English public | Top fifth | 720 | 12 km |
| Hill Park System Alternative EducationSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | English public | – | – | 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 10,080 | 6 | 1,500 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Cachet | 6,361 | 32 | 21,530 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Mcquesten West | 6,349 | 24 | 14,300 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Pineview | 6,346 | 33 | 15,155 | 11 | 2 km |
| Beasley | 6,338 | 30 | 13,925 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Turnball | 6,312 | 12 | 4,370 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Highland | 6,306 | 11 | 8,400 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Cherry Hill | 6,304 | 43 | 24,495 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Mildmay | 6,247 | 13 | 4,170 | 0 | 6 km |
| Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates | 6,186 | 39 | 17,675 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Eleanor | 3,805 | 26 | 11,280 | 2 | 0.7 km |
Among 307 towns its size, 209 have more schools nearby. Teaching in French: 201 of the 308 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Turnball
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnball | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| Golf Course 0.8 km | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Central Business Dis 2.7 km | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 km |
| Sulphur Springs 2.9 km | 30 | 0 | 12 | 3.1 km |
| Colborne 3.1 km | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2.9 km |
| Ainslie Wood West 3.5 km | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 km |
| York Road 4.3 km | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2.8 km |
The busiest neighbour is Sulphur Springs, with 30 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Turnball or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- 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. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Turnball
How do I get a place at a school in Turnball?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Turnball?
By number of schools: Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (8) and Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB (4).
How many schools are there in Turnball?
3 in the town, 9 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Turnball?
Not within 3 km of Turnball. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).