Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Catholic schools are a larger share around Mitchell: 3 of 6, against 34% in Ontario
Huron Perth CDSB run the Catholic ones. Results are mixed: 1 of 4 schools above the middle in Ontario, 1 below it. Within 3 km of Mitchell are 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, teaching 1,500 students.
What stands out about Mitchell’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at St Patricks Separate School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Who runs Mitchell’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 3 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Mitchell’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 | 68% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 62% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 96% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 96% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 61% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 42% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 83% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 42% against 55% in Ontario. Above the middle on 3, below on 4: that is the 8 measures. Over three years, 2 schools gained on most measures and 1 lost ground.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Patricks Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 100% | Top fifth |
| Upper Thames Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 66% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 61% | Middle fifth |
| St Columban Separate SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 56% | Middle fifth |
| Mitchell District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 83% | 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 6 schools in and around Mitchell are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Mitchell
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in French.
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.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Avon Maitland DSB counts 3, more than any of the other boards of the 2.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Maitland DSBUpper Thames, Mitchell District, Mitchell District | English public | 3 | 1,095 |
| Huron Perth CDSBSt Columban Separate, St Patricks Separate, St Patricks Separate | English Catholic | 3 | 405 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Mitchell
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Mitchell
High schools within reach of Mitchell
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Mitchell District High School (1.1 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Avon Maitland DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 350 | 1.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almonte | 16,073 | 19 | 6,375 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands | 10,185 | 7 | 1,430 | 0 | 12 km |
| Temiskaming Shores | 10,144 | 10 | 2,575 | 5 | 4.8 km |
| Runnymede-Bloor West Village | 10,129 | 67 | 29,260 | 6 | 0.8 km |
| Mount Pleasant North | 10,103 | 33 | 21,175 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Mitchell | 10,080 | 6 | 1,500 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Beckwith | 10,073 | 11 | 4,515 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Maple Leaf | 10,040 | 66 | 24,465 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Caledonia-Fairbank | 10,037 | 78 | 29,060 | 2 | 1.8 km |
| Mono | 10,036 | 18 | 8,775 | 0 | 6.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Homeside | 6,011 | 27 | 14,725 | 2 | 1.2 km |
In 347 of the 392 others the count is higher. 276 of 393 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Mitchell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Seaforth 19 km | 12 | 0 | 5 | 17 km |
Top among the neighbours: Seaforth, 12 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Mitchell and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Mitchell
How do I get a place at a school in Mitchell?
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 Mitchell?
Avon Maitland DSB (3) and Huron Perth CDSB (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Mitchell?
The town holds 4 of them; 2 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Mitchell?
Not near Mitchell: 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).