Photo: Gary J. Wood from Toronto, ON, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Of Kingsville’s 10 tested schools, 5 sit above the middle in Ontario and 2 below
Best placed: St John de Brebeuf Catholic School and Holy Name Catholic School. Over three years, results rose at 6 of its 10 tested schools. In or within 3 km of Kingsville: 6 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, with 6,195 students.
What stands out about Kingsville’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 10 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
Big elementary schools
At 536 students on average, against 365 in Ontario, the elementary schools are large; Erie Migration District Elementary School and St John de Brebeuf Catholic School lead. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at St John de Brebeuf Catholic School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Kingsville’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 | 5 | 74% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 75% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 6 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 6 | 89% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 6 | 61% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 4 | 56% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 79% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 61% against 51% in Ontario. On 4 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 1 it trails.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St John de Brebeuf Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 88% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 76% | Top fifth |
| Holy Name Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 64% | Second fifth |
| Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 56% · OSSLT 100% | Second fifth |
| Cardinal Carter Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 58% | Second fifth |
| Erie Migration District Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 75% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 67% | Second fifth |
| Essex District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 63% · OSSLT 79% | Middle fifth |
| Gosfield North Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 54% | Middle fifth |
| Essex Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 56% | Middle fifth |
| Erie Migration District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 56% · OSSLT 79% | Fourth fifth |
| Leamington District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 75% | 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 10 schools in and around Kingsville are
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.
Schooling in English and French around Kingsville
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Kingsville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 6 and English Catholic 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Among 2 boards, Greater Essex County DSB leads with 6.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Essex County DSBErie Migration District, Leamington District, Erie Migration District, Essex District, Essex, Gosfield North | English public | 6 | 4,360 |
| Windsor-Essex CDSBCardinal Carter Catholic, St John de Brebeuf, Holy Name, Cardinal Carter | English Catholic | 4 | 1,835 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Kingsville
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 10 schools in and around Kingsville
High schools within reach of Kingsville
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. For the shortest journey, Erie Migration District Secondary School: 0.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Migration District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 730 | 0.9 km |
| Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Windsor-Essex CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 630 | 10 km |
| Leamington District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Greater Essex County DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 925 | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson - Lorne Park | 39,523 | 57 | 24,265 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Wellington Place | 25,729 | 79 | 22,945 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 23 | 12,790 | 4 | 0.8 km |
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 48 | 25,575 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Sheldon | 25,488 | 79 | 42,510 | 4 | 1.7 km |
| Kingsville | 25,302 | 10 | 6,195 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 83 | 36,180 | 2 | 1.5 km |
| Dorset Park | 24,770 | 92 | 35,510 | 4 | 1.2 km |
| Oro-Medonte | 24,681 | 28 | 12,760 | 2 | 13 km |
| Agincourt South-Malvern West | 24,438 | 111 | 39,550 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Central Elgin | 15,230 | 17 | 9,435 | 0 | 2 km |
Set against 233 others, 215 have more schools in reach. Teaching in French: 190 of the 234 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Kingsville
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsville | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.9 km |
| Leamington 12 km | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1.8 km |
| Essex 13 km | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 km |
Leamington leads the neighbours with 12 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Kingsville and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Kingsville
Which boards run the schools in Kingsville?
By number of schools: Greater Essex County DSB (6) and Windsor-Essex CDSB (4).
How do I get a place at a school in Kingsville?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Kingsville?
There is none in or near Kingsville (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Kingsville?
4 in the town, 6 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).