Photo: P199 · Public domainMarkstay-Warren’s teenagers travel 34 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 4 elementary schools. Teaching in French runs high: 3 of 4 schools, against 10% in Ontario.
What stands out about Markstay-Warren’s schools
Several boards
The area’s schools come under 3 boards, CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario, Rainbow DSB and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario. The boards ↓
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 103 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 Markstay-Warren
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
Schooling in English and French around Markstay-Warren
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
The French-language schools are École publique Camille-Perron, École élémentaire Saint-Thomas and École élémentaire Saint-Charles-Borromée, run by CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario.
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 Markstay-Warren’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 | 72% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 44% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 56% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 77% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 73% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 27% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 27% against 51% in Ontario. Across 6 measures: 0 above the middle, 6 below. The three-year changes lean upward at 0 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Markstay Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 27% | 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 Markstay-Warren are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Markstay-Warren’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 French-language 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSDC du Nouvel-OntarioSaint-Charles-Borromée, Saint-Thomas | French Catholic | 2 | 50 |
| Rainbow DSBMarkstay | English public | 1 | 175 |
| CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontariopublique Camille-Perron | French public | 1 | 85 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Markstay-Warren
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
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.
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Markstay-Warren
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenboro East | 4,800 | 31 | 13,260 | 8 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | 12 | 7,525 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Riverside Park South - Revelstoke | 3,030 | 39 | 17,335 | 8 | 1.5 km |
| Buchanan | 3,006 | 48 | 23,275 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| McDougall | 3,002 | 9 | 1,755 | 2 | 11 km |
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | 4 | 310 | 3 | 34 km |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 9 | 3,775 | 1 | 9.8 km |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 8 | 4,815 | 0 | 3 km |
| Gilkson | 2,963 | 30 | 14,945 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Wawa | 2,943 | 6 | 485 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
Set against 158 others, 119 have more schools in reach. A school in French is nearby in 92 towns of 159.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Markstay-Warren
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markstay-Warren | 4 | 3 | 2 | 34 km |
| St.-Charles 15 km | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Markstay-Warren or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Markstay-Warren
Which schools near Markstay-Warren have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Ontario; the strongest is Markstay Public School.
Which boards run the schools in Markstay-Warren?
CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario (2), Rainbow DSB (1) and CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Markstay-Warren?
The town holds 3 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Markstay-Warren?
Yes: École publique Camille-Perron, École élémentaire Saint-Thomas and École élémentaire Saint-Charles-Borromée, the French-language schools here.
How do I get a place at a school in Markstay-Warren?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).