Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.04 of the 15 schools around Midland teach in French
They are École secondaire Le Caron, École élémentaire Le Caron and École élémentaire Saint-Joseph, run by CS Viamonde and CS catholique MonAvenir. Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. Within 3 km of Midland are 12 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, teaching 4,985 students.
What stands out about Midland’s schools
Results below the middle
Most of the 13 schools with results, 9, sit under the middle in Ontario; Sacred Heart School, Canadian Martyrs Catholic School and James Keating Public School are furthest below. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Schooling in English and French around Midland
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 Viamonde and CS catholique MonAvenir runs the French-language ones: École secondaire Le Caron, École élémentaire Le Caron, École élémentaire Saint-Joseph and ÉÉC Saint-Louis.
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 5 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
The four systems cover the same streets, so the nearest school may not be the one a family’s system offers: English or French, public or Catholic, each has its own board.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe County DSBGeorgian Bay District, Mundy's Bay Elementary, Huron Park, James Keating, Bayview | English public | 5 | 2,680 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBSt Theresa's Separate, Monsignor Castex Separate, Canadian Martyrs, Sacred Heart, St Ann's Separate | English Catholic | 5 | 1,475 |
| CS ViamondeSaint-Joseph, Le Caron, Le Caron | French public | 3 | 400 |
| CS catholique MonAvenirÉÉC Saint-Louis | French Catholic | 1 | 85 |
| Penetanguishene PSSBBurkevale Protestant Separate School Separate | English public | 1 | 345 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Midland’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 | 9 | 69% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 9 | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 9 | 47% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 10 | 79% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 10 | 72% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 10 | 40% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 42% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 82% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 47% here, against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 8 below. At 7 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 4, more fell.
Every school’s results (13)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Burkevale Protestant Separate School Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 57% | Second fifth |
| École secondaire Le CaronSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 59% · OSSLT 100% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire Saint-JosephElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 69% | Middle fifth |
| St Ann's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 36% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 25% | Middle fifth |
| Huron Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 75% · G6 math 43% | Fourth fifth |
| Monsignor Castex Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 68% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 37% | Fourth fifth |
| Georgian Bay District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 82% | Fourth fifth |
| St Theresa's Separate SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 76% | Fourth fifth |
| Bayview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 47% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 45% | Fourth fifth |
| Mundy's Bay Elementary Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 36% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 45% | Fourth fifth |
| James Keating Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 47% · G3 writing 29% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 37% | Bottom fifth |
| Canadian Martyrs Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 23% · G3 math 23% · G6 reading 72% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Sacred Heart SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 60% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 0% | 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 15 schools in and around Midland are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Midland’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 6, English Catholic 5 and French-language 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Midland
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 15 schools in and around Midland
High schools within reach of Midland
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
3 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English Catholic, 1 English public and 1 French public. St Theresa's Separate School lies closest, 1.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Theresa's Separate SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 730 | 1.5 km |
| Georgian Bay District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,110 | 1.6 km |
| École secondaire Le CaronSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Second fifth | 100 | 4.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annex | 30,705 | 123 | 38,790 | 10 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Heart Lake South | 19,573 | 79 | 45,775 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Vinegar Hill | 19,543 | 61 | 35,685 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Walkerville | 19,541 | 38 | 17,120 | 7 | 0.9 km |
| Central London | 19,363 | 56 | 23,955 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| Midland | 19,305 | 15 | 4,985 | 4 | 1.6 km |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 66 | 40,740 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| Bendale-Glen Andrew | 19,134 | 84 | 31,635 | 4 | 1.3 km |
| Medway | 18,922 | 40 | 24,940 | 4 | 0.4 km |
| Weston | 18,896 | 62 | 25,290 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Cardinal Creek | 11,676 | 42 | 19,805 | 20 | 1.3 km |
More schools than here: 263 of the 322 others. A French-language school is within reach in 253 of the 323.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Midland
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1.6 km |
| Penetanguishene 4.9 km | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1.9 km |
| Tay 8.9 km | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 km |
| Tiny 9.8 km | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7.9 km |
Each of its 3 neighbours has fewer schools.
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. Schools inside Midland and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
Questions about schools in Midland
Which boards run the schools in Midland?
By number of schools: Simcoe County DSB (5), Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (5), CS Viamonde (3), CS catholique MonAvenir (1) and Penetanguishene PSSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Midland?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
How many schools are there in Midland?
7 in the town, 8 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Midland?
Yes: École secondaire Le Caron, École élémentaire Le Caron, École élémentaire Saint-Joseph and ÉÉC Saint-Louis, the French-language schools here.
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).