Photo: Beems3 · CC BY-SA 3.0One of the 4 schools around Manitouwadge teaches in French
Those are École publique Franco-Manitou (CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario). Its schools answer to 3 boards. The 3 km around Manitouwadge counts 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 185 students between them.
What stands out about Manitouwadge’s schools
Results, where published
Results are out for 2 schools here; 0 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario (Our Lady of Lourdes School and Manitouwadge High School). Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Schooling in English and French around Manitouwadge
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario runs the French-language ones: École publique Franco-Manitou.
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.
3 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior-Greenstone DSBManitouwadge, Manitouwadge | English public | 2 | 70 |
| Superior North CDSBOur Lady of Lourdes | English Catholic | 1 | 115 |
| CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontariopublique Franco-Manitou | French public | 1 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Manitouwadge’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 | 1 | 100% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 26% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 50% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 26% against 55% in Ontario. Across 5 measures: 2 above the middle, 3 below.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Lourdes SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Middle fifth |
| Manitouwadge High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 26% · OSSLT 50% | 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 4 schools in and around Manitouwadge are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Manitouwadge’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 2, English Catholic 1 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Manitouwadge
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
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
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Manitouwadge
High schools within reach of Manitouwadge
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Manitouwadge High School, 0.9 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitouwadge High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Superior-Greenstone DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 70 | 0.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Manitouwadge’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- 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 Manitouwadge
How many schools are there in Manitouwadge?
The town holds all 4; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Manitouwadge?
Yes, schooling in French is at École publique Franco-Manitou.
How do I get a place at a school in Manitouwadge?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Manitouwadge?
Superior-Greenstone DSB (2), Superior North CDSB (1) and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario (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).