Photo: Bbadgett · CC BY-SA 3.03 school boards share Muskoka Lakes
Most belong to Trillium Lakelands DSB (3); Near North DSB and Simcoe Muskoka CDSB run the remainder. The 4 with results split, 0 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 2 in the lower. 1,630 students attend the 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in or within 3 km of Muskoka Lakes.
What stands out about Muskoka Lakes’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 198 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trillium Lakelands DSBBracebridge and Muskoka Lakes, Glen Orchard, Watt | English public | 3 | 1,190 |
| Near North DSBMactier | English public | 1 | 95 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBMonsignor Michael O'Leary | English Catholic | 1 | 345 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Muskoka Lakes’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 | 3 | 64% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 43% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 38% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 77% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 82% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 45% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 63% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 85% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 38% here, against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 6 below. Over three years, 0 schools gained on most measures and 2 lost ground.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 63% · OSSLT 85% | Middle fifth |
| Watt Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Middle fifth |
| Glen Orchard Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 57% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 68% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Monsignor Michael O'Leary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 64% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 74% · G6 math 40% | 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 5 schools in and around Muskoka Lakes are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Muskoka Lakes
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.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Muskoka Lakes’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Muskoka Lakes
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Muskoka Lakes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Scarborough | 13,453 | 34 | 13,110 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Stone Mills | 8,523 | 6 | 850 | 0 | 20 km |
| Wildfield | 8,511 | 9 | 3,915 | 0 | 4.5 km |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 44 | 17,515 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Trinity Commons | 8,477 | 57 | 30,475 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Muskoka Lakes | 8,463 | 5 | 1,630 | 0 | 19 km |
| Huron-Kinloss | 8,445 | 7 | 2,500 | 0 | 15 km |
| Britannia | 8,421 | 41 | 12,915 | 11 | 0.7 km |
| Goderich | 8,412 | 4 | 1,355 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Norton Park | 8,402 | 55 | 24,605 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Rushdale | 5,154 | 39 | 18,320 | 3 | 0.8 km |
Among 361 towns its size, 319 have more schools nearby. 248 of 362 have a school teaching in French.
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
- 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. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2024-25.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Muskoka Lakes’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Muskoka Lakes
How many schools are there in Muskoka Lakes?
2 in the town, 3 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Muskoka Lakes?
Not within 3 km of Muskoka Lakes. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Muskoka Lakes?
By number of schools: Trillium Lakelands DSB (3), Near North DSB (1) and Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Muskoka Lakes?
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).