Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0The nearest high school to Marmora is 17 km away
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. On results, 1 of 2 tested schools are in the upper two fifths in Ontario.
High schools within reach of Marmora
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
No secondary school is within 15 km of the town.
How Marmora’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 | 2 | 73% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 70% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 56% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 68% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 84% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 28% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 28% against 51% in Ontario. On 1 of 6 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 4 it trails. At 1 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 0, more fell.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Second fifth |
| Marmora Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 68% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 28% | 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 2 schools in and around Marmora are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Marmora
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 Marmora’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 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.
The biggest of the 2 is Hastings & Prince Edward DSB: 1 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBMarmora | English public | 1 | 305 |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSBSacred Heart | English Catholic | 1 | 140 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Marmora
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Marmora
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 7,597 | 48 | 20,445 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| South Common | 4,867 | 28 | 14,020 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| North End East | 4,816 | 26 | 13,460 | 3 | 2.2 km |
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 19 | 9,135 | 1 | 10 km |
| Greenboro East | 4,800 | 31 | 13,260 | 8 | 1.6 km |
| Marmora | 4,761 | 2 | 445 | 0 | 17 km |
| Qualicum - Redwood | 4,761 | 35 | 13,050 | 7 | 0.2 km |
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | 1 | 395 | 0 | 16 km |
| Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay | 4,692 | 39 | 17,625 | 8 | 0.5 km |
| Dutton | 4,686 | 1 | 440 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | |||||
| Port Credit NHD (West) | 2,902 | 19 | 7,845 | 0 | 2 km |
Of the 258 others, 240 count more schools. Teaching in French: 164 of the 259 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Marmora
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmora | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 km |
| Havelock 16 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Madoc 19 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Centre Hastings 19 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Madoc (3).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- 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.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Counted: Marmora’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Marmora
Which boards run the schools in Marmora?
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (1) and Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Marmora?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
How many schools are there in Marmora?
The town holds all 2; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Marmora?
Not near Marmora: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).