Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0The 3 schools of Little Current: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Every one sits inside the town itself. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Ontario. 725 students attend them (2024-25).
How Little Current’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 C: 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 | 70% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 77% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 39% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 46% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 73% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 39% against 51% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 0 of 8 measures and behind on 6. At 2 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 0, more fell.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Little Current Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 39% | Fourth fifth |
| Manitoulin Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 73% | 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 3 schools in and around Little Current are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Little Current
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
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 Little Current’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 2 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Among 2 boards, Rainbow DSB leads with 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow DSBManitoulin, Little Current | English public | 2 | 725 |
| Sudbury CDSBSt Joseph | English Catholic | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Little Current
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
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Little Current
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton | 4,398 | 11 | 575 | 4 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Atikokan | 2,796 | 3 | 375 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 15 km |
| Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part | 2,770 | 23 | 2,820 | 11 | 24 km |
| Vars | 2,767 | 3 | 855 | 2 | 11 km |
| Little Current | 2,764 | 3 | 725 | 0 | 24 km |
| Marritt | 2,759 | 17 | 9,135 | 0 | 3.1 km |
| Waterridge Village | 2,737 | 46 | 13,120 | 23 | 1.1 km |
| Freelton | 2,724 | 4 | 1,135 | 0 | 10 km |
| Trinity | 2,708 | 24 | 14,700 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
111 of 136 similar towns count more schools. 77 towns of the 137 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
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Little Current and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- 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.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
Questions about schools in Little Current
Is there a French-language school in Little Current?
Not within 3 km of Little Current. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Little Current?
Rainbow DSB (2) and Sudbury CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Little Current?
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).