Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most schools around Keswick score below the middle in Ontario: 15 of 18
The strongest results are at Black River Public School. Its schools answer to 3 boards. Taken together, Keswick and its 3 km edge hold 16 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools for 7,445 students.
What stands out about Keswick’s schools
No French-language school
For schooling in French, families look beyond these 19 schools: in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Language ↓
The strongest results
Black River Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Keswick’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 D: 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 | 13 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 13 | 52% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 14 | 45% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 15 | 76% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 15 | 75% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 15 | 29% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 29% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 77% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 29% here, against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 8: that is the 8 measures. At 8 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 8, more fell.
Every school’s results (18)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Black River Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 91% · G3 math 91% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 75% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Academy High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 56% · OSSLT 84% | Middle fifth |
| R L Graham Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 59% · G6 writing 45% · G6 math 17% | Middle fifth |
| Morning Glory Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Sutton Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 29% | Fourth fifth |
| Lakeside Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 37% | Fourth fifth |
| Lake Simcoe Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 47% | Fourth fifth |
| Keswick High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 29% · OSSLT 77% | Bottom fifth |
| Keswick Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading no data · G3 writing no data · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 40% | Bottom fifth |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 48% · G3 writing 24% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 43% | Bottom fifth |
| Goodfellow Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 63% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 24% | Bottom fifth |
| Jersey Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 57% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 43% | Bottom fifth |
| W J Watson Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 52% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 37% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 16% | Bottom fifth |
| Fairwood Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 70% · G6 writing 58% · G6 math 21% | Bottom fifth |
| Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 42% · G6 reading 66% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 14% | Bottom fifth |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 23% | Bottom fifth |
| Deer Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 28% · G3 writing 26% · G3 math 21% · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 50% · G6 math 21% | Bottom fifth |
| Sutton District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 16% · OSSLT 66% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| York Region DSBKeswick, Lake Simcoe, Sutton District, Sutton, R L Graham, W J Watson, Morning Glory, Lakeside … | English public | 13 | 5,410 |
| York CDSBSt Thomas Aquinas Catholic, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Academy, Prince of Peace Catholic, St Bernadette's Catholic, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic | English Catholic | 5 | 1,380 |
| Simcoe County DSBGoodfellow | English public | 1 | 655 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 19 schools in and around Keswick are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Keswick
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 Keswick’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 14 and English Catholic 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Keswick
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 19 schools in and around Keswick
High schools within reach of Keswick
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 3 English public and 1 English Catholic. 5.9 km away, Sutton District High School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | York Region DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 470 | 5.9 km |
| Keswick High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | York Region DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 960 | 6.1 km |
| Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Academy High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | York CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 320 | 7.1 km |
| Nantyr Shores Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,470 | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay | 85,351 | 28 | 9,620 | 0 | 6.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Caledonia | 56,059 | 22 | 7,570 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 21 | 8,555 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 81 | 40,865 | 7 | 0.6 km |
| Cornwall | 54,346 | 25 | 8,985 | 7 | 0.7 km |
| Keswick | 53,630 | 19 | 7,445 | 0 | 6 km |
| Bradford | 51,346 | 18 | 9,525 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Alliston | 50,739 | 18 | 9,475 | 0 | 5.5 km |
| Innisfil | 50,686 | 35 | 18,590 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Quinte West | 50,385 | 40 | 11,730 | 5 | 3 km |
| … | |||||
| DT Core | 33,003 | 67 | 33,280 | 1 | 0.7 km |
35 of 44 similar towns count more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 35 of the 45.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Keswick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | 19 | 0 | 5 | 6 km |
| Innisfil 12 km | 35 | 2 | 10 | 0.7 km |
| East Gwillimbury 18 km | 37 | 2 | 11 | 5.4 km |
Among the neighbours, East Gwillimbury has 37, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Keswick or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Keswick
Is there a French-language school in Keswick?
Not near Keswick: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Keswick?
The town holds 18 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in Keswick?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Keswick?
By number of schools: York Region DSB (13), York CDSB (5) and Simcoe County DSB (1).
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).