Photo: P199 · Public domainLanark Highlands’s teenagers travel 24 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 2 elementary schools. 1 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in Ontario.
What stands out about Lanark Highlands’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 115 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
High schools within reach of Lanark Highlands
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Lanark 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 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 | 1 | 42% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 42% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 29% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 57% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 63% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 40% | 51% |
On Grade 3 math the area trails, 29% against 65% in Ontario. Across 6 measures: 0 above the middle, 6 below.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 70% | Second fifth |
| Maple Grove Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 42% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 29% · G6 reading 33% · G6 writing 35% · G6 math 10% | 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 2 schools in and around Lanark Highlands are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Lanark Highlands
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
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 Lanark Highlands’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 1 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Among 2 boards, Upper Canada DSB leads with 1.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBMaple Grove | English public | 1 | 160 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioSacred Heart of Jesus Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 70 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Lanark Highlands
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Lanark Highlands
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands | 10,185 | 7 | 1,430 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | |||||
| Osgoode - Vernon | 6,398 | 9 | 3,990 | 0 | 12 km |
| Valley Park | 6,394 | 23 | 12,625 | 2 | 2 km |
| Woodhill | 6,386 | 110 | 56,200 | 2 | 2.8 km |
| Munster - Ashton | 6,372 | 4 | 2,445 | 0 | 6.5 km |
| Lanark Highlands | 6,370 | 2 | 230 | 0 | 24 km |
| Heritage Park | 6,369 | 30 | 14,730 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 32 | 21,530 | 1 | 1.5 km |
| Mcquesten West | 6,349 | 24 | 14,300 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Pineview | 6,346 | 33 | 15,155 | 11 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Eleanor | 3,805 | 26 | 11,280 | 2 | 0.7 km |
In 297 of the 311 others the count is higher. 203 towns of the 312 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. EQAO publishes shares at the provincial standard; the band places each among Ontario’s schools by fifths.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Lanark Highlands and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- 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 Lanark Highlands
How do I get a place at a school in Lanark Highlands?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Lanark Highlands?
Upper Canada DSB (1) and CDSB of Eastern Ontario (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Lanark Highlands?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Lanark Highlands?
No, none within 3 km of Lanark Highlands; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).