Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 4.0In the lower two fifths in Ontario: 7 of the 9 schools around Meaford with results
Top of the area on results: École élémentaire catholique St-Dominique-Savio. No single board runs them all: there are 3. 6,165 students attend the 7 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Meaford.
What stands out about Meaford’s schools
Results on the rise
At 4 tested schools out of 9, the three-year changes lean upward; École élémentaire catholique St-Dominique-Savio, Georgian Bay Community School Secondary School and East Ridge Community School gained most often. Results ↓
One big school
With 1,285 students, Owen Sound District Secondary School Secondary School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Meaford’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 | 6 | 74% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 6 | 49% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 6 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 6 | 71% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 6 | 71% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 6 | 29% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 46% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 81% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 29% against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 7: that is the 8 measures.
Every school’s results (9)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École élémentaire catholique St-Dominique-SavioElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 40% | Second fifth |
| Georgian Bay Community School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 89% | Middle fifth |
| East Ridge Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 34% | Fourth fifth |
| Notre Dame Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 55% | Fourth fifth |
| Owen Sound District Secondary School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 81% | Fourth fifth |
| St Mary's High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 44% · OSSLT 80% | Fourth fifth |
| Alexandra Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 69% · G6 writing 53% · G6 math 23% | Fourth fifth |
| Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 62% · G6 writing 59% · G6 math 22% | Bottom fifth |
| Georgian Bay Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 48% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 66% · G6 math 18% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater DSBOwen Sound District Secondary School, East Ridge, Georgian Bay, Hillcrest, Georgian Bay Community School, Alexandra | English public | 6 | 4,070 |
| Bruce-Grey CDSBSt Mary's, Notre Dame, St Basil's Separate | English Catholic | 3 | 1,920 |
| Conseil scolaire catholique ProvidenceSt-Dominique-Savio, Saint-Dominique-Savio | French Catholic | 2 | 175 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 11 schools in and around Meaford 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 Meaford
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French, 2 schools: École élémentaire catholique St-Dominique-Savio and École secondaire catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio, with Conseil scolaire catholique Providence running the public ones.
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 Meaford’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 6, English Catholic 3 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Meaford
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
Eligibility comes from the parents: French as a first language, or French schooling in Canada; otherwise, the board’s admissions committee decides.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 11 schools in and around Meaford
High schools within reach of Meaford
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
The one high school within 15 km is Georgian Bay Community School Secondary School, at 7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Bay Community School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bluewater DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 445 | 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 20,122 | 36 | 20,810 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| … | |||||
| New Springbrook | 12,804 | 61 | 35,925 | 5 | 3.5 km |
| Regent Park | 12,797 | 69 | 22,765 | 6 | 0.7 km |
| Winchester | 12,706 | 8 | 1,750 | 2 | 5.4 km |
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 65 | 22,315 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Meaford | 12,652 | 11 | 6,165 | 2 | 7.2 km |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 37 | 16,950 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Spring Valley | 12,564 | 41 | 26,720 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Bayview Woods-Steeles | 12,499 | 68 | 25,740 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| Highland West | 12,476 | 32 | 17,680 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Port Credit | 7,606 | 26 | 11,210 | 0 | 0.9 km |
319 of the 391 others have more schools in reach. In 294 of the 392, at least one school teaches in French.
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
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Inside Meaford’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in Meaford
Which boards run the schools in Meaford?
Bluewater DSB (6), Bruce-Grey CDSB (3) and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Meaford?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Is there a French-language school in Meaford?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École élémentaire catholique St-Dominique-Savio and École secondaire catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio.
How many schools are there in Meaford?
The town holds 2 of them; 9 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).