Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Howick’s teenagers travel 17 km to the nearest high school
In or within 3 km of the town: 1 elementary school, and no high school.
High schools within reach of Howick
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Howick’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 | 1 | 87% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 77% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 74% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 91% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 42% | 51% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 77% here, against 65% in Ontario. On 4 of 6 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails. Over three years, 1 schools gained on most measures and 0 lost ground.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Howick Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 77% · G3 math 74% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 42% | Second 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 school in or near Howick is
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
How children get a place in Howick
The neighbourhood 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.
The school in and around Howick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 7,161 | 14 | 6,675 | 0 | 9.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Queenswood - Chatelaine | 4,537 | 32 | 14,895 | 12 | 1.6 km |
| Casselman | 4,535 | 6 | 1,830 | 6 | 0.6 km |
| Felker | 4,534 | 13 | 9,595 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Crossroads | 4,525 | 24 | 14,095 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Howick | 4,517 | 1 | 340 | 0 | 17 km |
| Eastmount | 4,496 | 50 | 21,510 | 5 | 1.5 km |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 13 | 7,870 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Bells Corners West | 4,422 | 11 | 4,330 | 4 | 0.2 km |
| Montague | 4,414 | 10 | 2,525 | 1 | 7 km |
| … | |||||
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 15 | 9,625 | 0 | 1.2 km |
More schools than here: 257 of the 266 others. 165 of the 267 have 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 Howick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Morris-Turnberry 13 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 km |
| Wingham 18 km | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 km |
| Palmerston 19 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
Most schools next door: Morris-Turnberry, 4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- 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. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Which schools count. The area is Howick plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
Questions about schools in Howick
How do I get a place at a school in Howick?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which schools near Howick have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Ontario; the strongest is Howick Central Public School.
How many schools are there in Howick?
Every one of them, 1, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Howick?
Not within 3 km of Howick. 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).