Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most schools around Melancthon score below the middle in Ontario: 4 of 6
The Catholic boards run 0 of its 7 schools, below the 34% in Ontario. In or within 3 km of Melancthon: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 3,760 students.
What stands out about Melancthon’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 4 schools of the 6 with results, Glenbrook Elementary School, Centennial Hylands Elementary School and Highpoint Community Elementary School among them. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Melancthon’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 | 5 | 65% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 52% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 86% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 86% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 36% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 37% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 76% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 37% against 55% in Ontario. On 0 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 6 it trails.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Glenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 36% | Middle fifth |
| Primrose Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 38% | Middle fifth |
| Centennial Hylands Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 31% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Highpoint Community Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 57% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Centre Dufferin District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 37% · OSSLT 76% | Bottom fifth |
| Hyland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 60% · G6 writing 53% · G6 math 16% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Who runs Melancthon’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 7 schools in and around Melancthon are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Melancthon
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Upper Grand DSB counts 5, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Grand DSBCentre Dufferin District, Primrose, Centennial Hylands, Hyland Heights, Glenbrook | English public | 5 | 2,810 |
| Bluewater DSBHighpoint Community, Dundalk & Proton | English public | 2 | 950 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Melancthon
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Melancthon
High schools within reach of Melancthon
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Centre Dufferin District High School, 10 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Dufferin District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 810 | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havelock | 5,663 | 1 | 205 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | |||||
| Powassan | 3,657 | 2 | 405 | 0 | 24 km |
| Woodbridge Meadows | 3,651 | 54 | 28,150 | 3 | 3 km |
| Quinndale | 3,621 | 31 | 15,815 | 3 | 1.6 km |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part | 3,606 | 24 | 4,270 | 8 | 18 km |
| Melancthon | 3,581 | 7 | 3,760 | 0 | 10 km |
| Burkholme | 3,580 | 54 | 25,205 | 5 | 0.9 km |
| Victoria Park | 3,574 | 34 | 18,745 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Fessenden | 3,551 | 31 | 14,805 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Horton | 3,550 | 8 | 1,905 | 0 | 7.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
More schools are within reach in 137 of the 200 other towns. In 119 of the 201, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Melancthon
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Next door, Amaranth counts 19 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Melancthon’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Melancthon
How do I get a place at a school in Melancthon?
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.
Which boards run the schools in Melancthon?
By number of schools: Upper Grand DSB (5) and Bluewater DSB (2).
Is there a French-language school in Melancthon?
None within 3 km of Melancthon. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Melancthon?
0 are inside the town itself and 7 lie within 3 km of its edge.
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).