Photo: P199 · Public domainThe nearest high school to Hastings Highlands is 15 km away
Within 3 km of the town there are 3 elementary schools only. Elementary schools here average 100 students; in Ontario, 365.
High schools within reach of Hastings Highlands
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: North Hastings High School, 15 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hastings High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 450 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
The 3 schools in and around Hastings Highlands
How Hastings Highlands’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 | 38% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 75% | 65% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 38% here, against 65% in Ontario. On 1 of 3 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bird's Creek Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | 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 3 schools in and around Hastings Highlands are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Hastings Highlands
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Hastings Highlands’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 2 and English Catholic 1.
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.
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB counts 2, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBBird's Creek, Maynooth | English public | 2 | 200 |
| Renfrew County CDSBGeorge Vanier Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 100 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Hastings Highlands
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 5 | 630 | 2 | 18 km |
| … | |||||
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | 4 | 825 | 0 | 18 km |
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 26 | 11,500 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Bells Corners East | 4,963 | 20 | 8,295 | 3 | 1 km |
| Falkirk East | 4,961 | 27 | 13,940 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Hastings Highlands | 4,957 | 3 | 300 | 0 | 15 km |
| Westdale South | 4,931 | 32 | 12,155 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| York Road | 4,931 | 24 | 11,030 | 2 | 2.8 km |
| South Common | 4,867 | 28 | 14,020 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| North End East | 4,816 | 26 | 13,460 | 3 | 2.2 km |
| … | |||||
| McDougall | 3,002 | 9 | 1,755 | 2 | 11 km |
In 238 of the 266 others the count is higher. In 169 of the 267, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Hastings Highlands
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings Highlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 km |
| Bancroft 13 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 km |
| Carlow/Mayo 16 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 km |
| Faraday 19 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Bancroft (5).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Hastings Highlands or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Hastings Highlands
Is there a French-language school in Hastings Highlands?
There is none in or near Hastings Highlands (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Hastings Highlands?
2 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Which boards run the schools in Hastings Highlands?
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (2) and Renfrew County CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Which schools near Hastings Highlands have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Ontario; the strongest is Bird's Creek Public School.
How do I get a place at a school in Hastings Highlands?
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.
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).