Photo: Tabercil · CC BY 3.0Mount Forest’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 5 of the 6 with results
Results have climbed at 4 of 6 schools over three years. The 3 km around Mount Forest counts 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 1,900 students between them.
How Mount Forest’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 | 74% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 76% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 37% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 43% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 86% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 37% against 51% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 0 of 8 measures and behind on 6.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 72% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 43% | Middle fifth |
| Victoria Cross Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 66% · G6 math 38% | Fourth fifth |
| Wellington Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 43% · OSSLT 86% | Fourth fifth |
| Kenilworth Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Fourth fifth |
| St Mary - Mount Forest Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 62% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 35% | Fourth fifth |
| St John Catholic School, Arthur SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 35% | 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 Mount Forest are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Mount Forest
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Not one teaches 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.
Who runs Mount Forest’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 4 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is Upper Grand DSB: 4 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Grand DSBWellington Heights, Victoria Cross, Arthur, Kenilworth | English public | 4 | 1,440 |
| Wellington CDSBSt John Catholic School, Arthur, St Mary - Mount Forest Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 460 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Mount Forest
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
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Mount Forest
High schools within reach of Mount Forest
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Wellington Heights Secondary School, 12 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 470 | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Park-Swansea | 22,970 | 100 | 39,920 | 8 | 1.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Briar Hill-Belgravia | 14,590 | 69 | 27,605 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Gravenhurst | 14,576 | 5 | 1,350 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Bayshore | 14,491 | 33 | 12,185 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Southcrest | 14,477 | 44 | 25,550 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Mount Forest | 14,407 | 6 | 1,900 | 0 | 13 km |
| Forest Heights | 14,369 | 33 | 15,530 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| South Glengarry | 14,355 | 18 | 4,725 | 6 | 3.2 km |
| Durham | 14,355 | 13 | 4,190 | 0 | 14 km |
| Ridgehill / Armbro Heights | 14,321 | 51 | 24,390 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Carleton Heights-Courtland Park | 8,621 | 67 | 28,835 | 12 | 0.6 km |
365 of the 385 others have more schools in reach. 301 of the 386 have a French-language school.
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 levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Mount Forest and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- 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. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- 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 Mount Forest
How many schools are there in Mount Forest?
The town holds all 6; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Mount Forest?
Not in or within 3 km of Mount Forest; the French-language board can name the nearest.
Which boards run the schools in Mount Forest?
Upper Grand DSB (4) and Wellington CDSB (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Mount Forest?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).