Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer Catholic schools around Listowel: 1 of 8, against 34% in Ontario
The Catholic schools belong to Huron Perth CDSB. 3 boards run its schools. In or within 3 km of Listowel: 6 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, with 3,970 students.
What stands out about Listowel’s schools
Results on both sides
The results split: 3 of 7 schools in the upper two fifths in Ontario, 2 in the lower, with St Mary's Separate School, Elma Township Public School and Palmerston Public School on top. Results ↓
Results on the rise
At 6 tested schools out of 7, the three-year changes lean upward; St Mary's Separate School, Elma Township Public School and Palmerston Public School gained most often. Results ↓
No French-language school
None of the 8 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Who runs Listowel’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 7 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 3 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Maitland DSBListowel District, North Perth Westfield, Elma Township, Listowel Eastdale, Listowel District | English public | 5 | 2,360 |
| Upper Grand DSBNorwell District, Palmerston | English public | 2 | 1,215 |
| Huron Perth CDSBSt Mary's Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 395 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Listowel’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 | 81% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 63% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 71% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 89% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 54% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 56% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 83% | 85% |
On Grade 3 math the area runs ahead, 71% against 65% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 5 above the middle, 1 below.
Every school’s results (7)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 74% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 50% | Second fifth |
| Elma Township Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 54% | Second fifth |
| Palmerston Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 66% | Second fifth |
| Listowel Eastdale Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 81% | Middle fifth |
| Norwell District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 66% · OSSLT 84% | Middle fifth |
| Listowel District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 45% · OSSLT 82% | Fourth fifth |
| North Perth Westfield Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 70% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 38% | Fourth 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 8 schools in and around Listowel are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Listowel
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Not one teaches 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.
How children get a place in Listowel
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Listowel
High schools within reach of Listowel
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
The one high school within 15 km is Listowel District Secondary School, at 1.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listowel District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Avon Maitland DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 930 | 1.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King | 29,077 | 70 | 35,320 | 3 | 5.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Port Hope | 18,446 | 6 | 1,705 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Downtown Yonge East | 18,251 | 70 | 21,045 | 4 | 0.2 km |
| DT Fairview | 18,209 | 57 | 26,565 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Mimico-Queensway | 18,207 | 29 | 13,900 | 2 | 1.8 km |
| Listowel | 18,168 | 8 | 3,970 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Port Elgin | 18,167 | 7 | 2,975 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Credit Valley | 18,078 | 52 | 33,135 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Downsview | 18,055 | 78 | 33,210 | 2 | 0.1 km |
| Greater Napanee | 18,016 | 6 | 2,820 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Hintonburg-Mechanicsville | 10,966 | 47 | 15,445 | 14 | 1.5 km |
Among 351 towns its size, 321 have more schools nearby. A school in French is nearby in 277 towns of 352.
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
- Which schools count. Counted: Listowel’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
Questions about schools in Listowel
Is there a French-language school in Listowel?
No, none within 3 km of Listowel; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Listowel?
The town holds 6 of them; 2 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in Listowel?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Listowel?
Avon Maitland DSB (5), Upper Grand DSB (2) and Huron Perth CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).