Photo: Derek Hatfield from Peterborough, Canada · CC BY 2.0Most schools around Norwood score below the middle in Ontario: 3 of 4
Within 3 km of Norwood are 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, teaching 1,185 students.
How Norwood’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 D: 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 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 69% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 76% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 36% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 31% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 62% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 31% here, against 55% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 8 below. The three-year changes lean upward at 2 schools and downward at 1.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Middle fifth |
| Norwood District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 55% · G3 writing 33% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 47% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 62% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 24% | Bottom fifth |
| Norwood District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 31% · OSSLT 62% | 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 5 schools in and around Norwood 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 Norwood
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
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 Norwood’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB, with 4.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSBNorwood District, Norwood District, Hastings, Norwood District Intermediate | English public | 4 | 860 |
| Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSBSt. Paul Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 325 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Norwood
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Norwood
High schools within reach of Norwood
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only Norwood District High School is within 15 km, 0.6 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 290 | 0.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 44 | 17,515 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Wingham | 5,411 | 4 | 1,260 | 0 | 1 km |
| Billings Bridge - Heron Park | 5,370 | 48 | 21,465 | 8 | 1.1 km |
| Central Frontenac | 5,348 | 4 | 450 | 0 | 6.3 km |
| The Ravines of Rainbow Creek | 5,333 | 24 | 11,115 | 3 | 2.6 km |
| Norwood | 5,308 | 5 | 1,185 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Southdale | 5,277 | 38 | 21,225 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Gourley | 5,271 | 38 | 19,735 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Crown Point East | 5,215 | 28 | 13,680 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | 5,174 | 33 | 17,610 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| St. Clair | 3,201 | 40 | 18,495 | 2 | 0.8 km |
Set against 279 others, 218 have more schools in reach. Of the 280, 175 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Norwood
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Havelock 11 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Campbellford 14 km | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 km |
| Douro-Dummer 16 km | 20 | 0 | 7 | 15 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Douro-Dummer (20).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- Which schools count. Inside Norwood’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Norwood
Is there a French-language school in Norwood?
There is none in or near Norwood (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Norwood?
4 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Norwood?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Norwood?
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB (4) and Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).