Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.03 schools in and around Northern Bruce Peninsula: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
All of them belong to Bluewater DSB. On results, 1 of 2 tested schools are in the upper two fifths in Ontario. Between them they teach 300 students (2024-25).
How Northern Bruce Peninsula’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 | 1 | 91% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 1 | 70% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 1 | 83% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 1 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 1 | 84% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 1 | 56% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 45% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 60% | 85% |
The widest gap is on the literacy test, where the area’s schools reach 60% against 85% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 5 of 8 measures and behind on 2. Over three years, 1 schools gained on most measures and 0 lost ground.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Peninsula District SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 91% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 84% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| Bruce Peninsula District SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 45% · OSSLT 60% | 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 3 schools in and around Northern Bruce Peninsula 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 Northern Bruce Peninsula
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Northern Bruce Peninsula’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Northern Bruce Peninsula
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Northern Bruce Peninsula
High schools within reach of Northern Bruce Peninsula
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
The one high school within 15 km is Bruce Peninsula District School, at 12 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Peninsula District SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Bluewater DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 80 | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton Baby Point | 7,966 | 67 | 32,140 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Rushdale | 5,154 | 39 | 18,320 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| Westmount | 5,048 | 40 | 23,625 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Hearst | 5,032 | 8 | 790 | 6 | 0.2 km |
| Huntington | 5,024 | 44 | 20,455 | 4 | 0.7 km |
| Northern Bruce Peninsula | 5,018 | 3 | 300 | 0 | 12 km |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside | 5,007 | 45 | 26,240 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | 4 | 825 | 0 | 18 km |
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 26 | 11,500 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Bells Corners East | 4,963 | 20 | 8,295 | 3 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| McDougall | 3,002 | 9 | 1,755 | 2 | 11 km |
Set against 272 others, 244 have more schools in reach. 173 of 273 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
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Ontario’s schools on that test; the card shows the average of a school’s fifths.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- Which schools count. Inside Northern Bruce Peninsula’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
Questions about schools in Northern Bruce Peninsula
How do I get a place at a school in Northern Bruce Peninsula?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Is there a French-language school in Northern Bruce Peninsula?
None within 3 km of Northern Bruce Peninsula. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).