Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Results around Mildmay split both ways in Ontario: 5 of 11 schools high, 4 low
Top of the area on results: Ecole Immaculee-Conception Separate School and Sacred Heart School. Over three years, results rose at 6 of its 11 tested schools. In or within 3 km of Mildmay: 10 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, with 4,170 students.
What stands out about Mildmay’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 13 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Mildmay’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 | 8 | 85% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 8 | 75% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 8 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 8 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 8 | 92% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 8 | 36% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 54% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 79% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 36% against 51% in Ontario. On 5 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 2 it trails.
Every school’s results (11)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Ecole Immaculee-Conception Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 73% | Second fifth |
| Sacred Heart SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 64% | Second fifth |
| Dawnview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 28% | Second fifth |
| Mildmay-Carrick Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 53% | Second fifth |
| Holy Family Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 44% | Second fifth |
| Sacred Heart High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 54% · OSSLT 89% | Middle fifth |
| St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 23% | Middle fifth |
| John Diefenbaker Senior SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 54% · OSSLT 79% | Fourth fifth |
| Hillcrest Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 64% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 23% | Fourth fifth |
| Walkerton District Community SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 33% · G3 writing 24% · G3 math 26% · G6 reading 71% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 12% | Bottom fifth |
| Walkerton District Community SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 35% · OSSLT 73% | 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 13 schools in and around Mildmay are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Mildmay
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Mildmay’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 7 and English Catholic 6.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Among 2 boards, Bluewater DSB leads with 7.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater DSBJohn Diefenbaker Senior, Walkerton District, Walkerton District, Dawnview, Mildmay-Carrick Central, Hillcrest Central, John Diefenbaker Senior | English public | 7 | 2,105 |
| Bruce-Grey CDSBSacred Heart, St Teresa of Calcutta, Holy Family Separate, Ecole Immaculee-Conception Separate, Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart Separate | English Catholic | 6 | 2,065 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Mildmay
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
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 13 schools in and around Mildmay
High schools within reach of Mildmay
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. Walkerton District Community School is closest, at 5.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkerton District Community SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bluewater DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 430 | 5.9 km |
| Sacred Heart High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bruce-Grey CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 765 | 7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malahide | 9,995 | 7 | 2,595 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Beasley | 6,338 | 30 | 13,925 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Turnball | 6,312 | 12 | 4,370 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Highland | 6,306 | 11 | 8,400 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Cherry Hill | 6,304 | 43 | 24,495 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Mildmay | 6,247 | 13 | 4,170 | 0 | 6 km |
| Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates | 6,186 | 39 | 17,675 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| Delta East | 6,186 | 44 | 22,030 | 4 | 1 km |
| Tay Valley | 6,171 | 10 | 2,845 | 0 | 9.9 km |
| Rosemount | 6,169 | 32 | 16,265 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Industrial Sector A and Keith | 3,723 | 33 | 17,230 | 2 | 1 km |
202 of the 304 others have more schools in reach. In 199 of the 305, 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 Mildmay
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Of 2 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Mildmay or within 3 km of it are here.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
Questions about schools in Mildmay
Is there a French-language school in Mildmay?
No, none within 3 km of Mildmay; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Mildmay?
5 in the town, 8 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Mildmay?
Bluewater DSB (7) and Bruce-Grey CDSB (6), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Mildmay?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).