Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0English or French, public or Catholic: Oakridge’s schools come under 4 boards
Beside Thames Valley DSB, which has 23, sit London District Catholic School Board, CS Viamonde and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence. Of its 35 tested schools, 17 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 12 in the bottom two. 22,040 students attend the 30 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Oakridge.
What stands out about Oakridge’s schools
One big school
Saunders Secondary School is the largest school here, with 2,010 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at John Dearness Public School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The four systems cover the same streets, so the nearest school may not be the one a family’s system offers: English or French, public or Catholic, each has its own board.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley DSBSaunders, Sir Frederick Banting, Eagle Heights, Oakridge, Wilfrid Jury, Westminster, Emily Carr, Clara Brenton … | English public | 23 | 16,070 |
| London District Catholic School BoardSt Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima Separate, St. Nicholas Senior Separate, St Marguerite d'Youville, St Theresa Separate, St Paul Separate, St Jude Separate, St Thomas More Separate … | English Catholic | 10 | 5,270 |
| CS ViamondeMarie-Curie | French public | 1 | 240 |
| Conseil scolaire catholique ProvidenceFrère André | French Catholic | 1 | 460 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Oakridge’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 B+: 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 | 30 | 77% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 30 | 73% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 30 | 72% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 30 | 90% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 30 | 88% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 30 | 59% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 5 | 55% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 5 | 78% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 59% against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 3 sit above the province’s middle and 1 below. At 20 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 11, more fell.
Every school’s results (35)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| John Dearness Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 96% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 96% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 78% | Top fifth |
| St George Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 95% · G3 math 90% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 84% | Top fifth |
| West Oaks French Immersion Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 90% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 98% · G6 math 71% | Top fifth |
| Byron Southwood Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 89% · G3 math 86% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 82% | Top fifth |
| Clara Brenton Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 72% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 69% | Second fifth |
| Jeanne-Sauvé Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 96% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 89% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 58% | Second fifth |
| St Thomas Aquinas Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 64% · OSSLT 94% | Second fifth |
| St. Nicholas Senior Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 75% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire Marie-CurieElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 77% | Second fifth |
| Byron Somerset Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 86% · G3 math 88% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 78% | Second fifth |
| Orchard Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 91% · G3 writing 91% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 74% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Frère AndréElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 81% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 76% | Second fifth |
| St Theresa Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 93% · G3 math 93% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| Byron Northview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 88% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 84% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| Oakridge Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 64% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| St. Rose of Lima Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 94% · G6 math 59% | Second fifth |
| Kensal Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 51% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 57% | Second fifth |
| Notre Dame Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 89% | Middle fifth |
| St Jude Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 51% | Middle fifth |
| Emily Carr Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 75% · G3 math 77% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 49% | Middle fifth |
| St Paul Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 94% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 75% | Middle fifth |
| St Marguerite d'Youville SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 40% | Middle fifth |
| University Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 72% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 74% | Middle fifth |
| Arthur Ford Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 66% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Eagle Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 90% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Sir Frederick Banting Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 55% · OSSLT 78% | Fourth fifth |
| W Sherwood Fox Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 67% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 33% | Fourth fifth |
| Westmount Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 46% | Fourth fifth |
| Wilfrid Jury Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| St Thomas More Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 52% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Woodland Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 43% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 51% | Fourth fifth |
| Riverside Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 56% | Bottom fifth |
| Saunders Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 70% | Bottom fifth |
| Victoria Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 42% · G6 writing 47% · G6 math 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Westminster Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 38% · 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 35 schools in and around Oakridge 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 Oakridge
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
2 of them teach in French: École élémentaire Marie-Curie and École élémentaire catholique Frère André; the public ones belong to CS Viamonde and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence.
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 Oakridge’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 23, English Catholic 10 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Oakridge
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 35 schools in and around Oakridge
Show all 30 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Oakridge
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
22 secondary schools are within 15 km: 14 English public, 6 English Catholic, 1 French Catholic and 1 French public. Oakridge Secondary School lies closest, 0.4 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,045 | 0.4 km |
| St Thomas Aquinas Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,425 | 1.5 km |
| Sir Frederick Banting Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,590 | 3.3 km |
| Westminster Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 980 | 3.8 km |
| Saunders Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 2,010 | 3.8 km |
| St. Andre Bessette Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,465 | 4.6 km |
| London South Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 880 | 6.1 km |
| London Central Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Second fifth | 955 | 6.2 km |
| Catholic Central High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,310 | 6.6 km |
| H B Beal Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,525 | 6.9 km |
All 22 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Davison Secondary School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | – | – | 8 km |
| G A Wheable Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | – | – | 8 km |
| École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-BruyèreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | French Catholic | Second fifth | 245 | 8.3 km |
| A B Lucas Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,495 | 8.7 km |
| Medway High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,435 | 8.9 km |
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,145 | 9.6 km |
| John Paul II Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 940 | 9.8 km |
| Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,795 | 9.9 km |
| Montcalm Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 890 | 10 km |
| École secondaire Gabriel-DumontSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Top fifth | 300 | 12 km |
| Clarke Road Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,115 | 12 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | London District Catholic School Board | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 860 | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 28 | 14,275 | 8 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Hillcrest Village | 16,374 | 71 | 25,410 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Mount Pleasant East | 16,373 | 62 | 31,920 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Carlington | 16,354 | 52 | 23,200 | 10 | 1 km |
| Old Hunt Club | 16,270 | 41 | 18,035 | 9 | 3 km |
| Oakridge | 16,247 | 35 | 22,040 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Cliffcrest | 16,184 | 63 | 26,765 | 3 | 0.1 km |
| Bathurst Manor | 16,176 | 61 | 30,540 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| Glen Cairn | 16,119 | 42 | 19,190 | 3 | 1.6 km |
| Almonte | 16,073 | 19 | 6,375 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Laurentian Valley | 9,714 | 16 | 5,115 | 5 | 3.4 km |
223 of the 375 others have more schools in reach. 292 of the 376 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Oakridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge | 35 | 2 | 11 | 0.4 km |
| Hyde Park 2.5 km | 29 | 1 | 10 | 1.7 km |
| Byron 2.9 km | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2.1 km |
| West London 3.1 km | 47 | 2 | 14 | 2.7 km |
| Westmount 3.4 km | 37 | 3 | 11 | 0.5 km |
| River Bend 3.5 km | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2.2 km |
| Southcrest 3.6 km | 44 | 2 | 12 | 0.2 km |
West London has the most schools nearby, 47.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Oakridge and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
Questions about schools in Oakridge
How do I get a place at a school in Oakridge?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Which boards run the schools in Oakridge?
By number of schools: Thames Valley DSB (23), London District Catholic School Board (10), CS Viamonde (1) and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (1).
Is there a French-language school in Oakridge?
Yes: École élémentaire Marie-Curie and École élémentaire catholique Frère André, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Oakridge?
9 in the town, 26 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).