Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Teaching in French: 5 of Kemptville’s 13 schools
They are École élémentaire publique Rivière-Rideau, École élémentaire catholique Notre-Dame and École intermédiaire Rivière-Rideau, run by CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario and CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario. All four of Ontario’s systems run schools here, English and French, public and Catholic. In or within 3 km of Kemptville: 9 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, with 3,535 students.
What stands out about Kemptville’s schools
Results above the middle
Most of the 10 schools with results sit above the middle in Ontario, 6 of them, with École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame, St Michael High School and Holy Cross School at the head. Results ↓
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 9 schools of the 10 with results, École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame, St Michael High School and Holy Cross School among them. Results ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame (secondary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
Schooling in English and French around Kemptville
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
The French-language schools are École élémentaire publique Rivière-Rideau, École élémentaire catholique Notre-Dame, École intermédiaire Rivière-Rideau and École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame, run by CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario and CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario.
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.
5 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
The four systems cover the same streets, so the nearest school may not be the one a family’s system offers: English or French, public or Catholic, each has its own board.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBNorth Grenville District, Kemptville, South Branch, Oxford on Rideau | English public | 4 | 1,670 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioHoly Cross, St Michael, St Michael | English Catholic | 3 | 1,255 |
| CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontariopublique Rivière-Rideau, intermédiaire Rivière-Rideau, publique Rivière-Rideau | French public | 3 | 200 |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'OntarioNotre-Dame, Notre-Dame | French Catholic | 2 | 135 |
| Ottawa-Carleton DSBOsgoode | English public | 1 | 275 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Kemptville’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 | 83% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 7 | 60% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 62% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 7 | 88% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 7 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 7 | 58% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 72% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 90% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area runs ahead, 72% against 55% in Ontario. On 4 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École secondaire catholique Notre-DameSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 91% · OSSLT not reported | Top fifth |
| St Michael High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 60% · OSSLT 97% | Second fifth |
| Holy Cross SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Notre-DameElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 75% | Second fifth |
| North Grenville District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 72% · OSSLT 83% | Second fifth |
| South Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 59% | Second fifth |
| Kemptville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 58% | Middle fifth |
| Osgoode Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 59% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| École élémentaire publique Rivière-RideauElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 53% · G6 math 29% | Bottom fifth |
| Oxford on Rideau Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 54% · G3 writing 23% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 33% | Bottom 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 13 schools in and around Kemptville are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Kemptville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 5, English Catholic 3 and French-language 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Kemptville
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
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 13 schools in and around Kemptville
High schools within reach of Kemptville
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 1 English public, 1 French Catholic, 1 French public and 1 English Catholic. First by distance comes North Grenville District High School, at 1.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Grenville District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Second fifth | 605 | 1.9 km |
| École secondaire catholique Notre-DameSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | French Catholic | Top fifth | – | 2.1 km |
| École secondaire publique Rivière-RideauSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | French public | – | – | 2.2 km |
| St Michael High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CDSB of Eastern Ontario | English Catholic | Second fifth | 520 | 3.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 31,478 | 15 | 8,330 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 40 | 23,215 | 7 | 0.4 km |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | 19,802 | 35 | 19,670 | 8 | 0.5 km |
| Loyalist | 19,761 | 13 | 3,210 | 0 | 6.9 km |
| Stittsville | 19,753 | 23 | 12,405 | 4 | 0.8 km |
| Kemptville | 19,733 | 13 | 3,535 | 5 | 1.9 km |
| Mount Pleasant Village | 19,719 | 44 | 28,635 | 0 | 1 km |
| Petawawa | 19,606 | 9 | 3,255 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Westmount | 19,591 | 37 | 21,660 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Heart Lake South | 19,573 | 79 | 45,775 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 41 | 20,545 | 7 | 0.8 km |
272 of the 322 others have more schools in reach. Schooling in French is on hand in 252 of the 323.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Kemptville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemptville | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1.9 km |
| North Gower - Kars 16 km | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 km |
| Osgoode - Vernon 18 km | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 km |
It outnumbers its 2 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Kemptville or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Kemptville
Is there a French-language school in Kemptville?
Yes, schooling in French is at École élémentaire publique Rivière-Rideau, École élémentaire catholique Notre-Dame, École intermédiaire Rivière-Rideau and École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame.
How many schools are there in Kemptville?
12 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Kemptville?
By number of schools: Upper Canada DSB (4), CDSB of Eastern Ontario (3), CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario (3), CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario (2) and Ottawa-Carleton DSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Kemptville?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
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).