Photo: the real Kam75 · CC BY-SA 2.0Oliver Paipoonge’s teenagers travel 14 km to the nearest high school
The town’s own schools, within 3 km, are 5 elementary schools. On the tests, 1 of 5 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 0 under it.
What stands out about Oliver Paipoonge’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 3 schools of the 5 with results, Nor'wester View Public School, Crestview Public School and Kakabeka Falls District Public School among them. Results ↓
The strongest results
Nor'wester View Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
High schools within reach of Oliver Paipoonge
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute (14 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate Collegiate and Vocational InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lakehead DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,075 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Oliver Paipoonge’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 A: 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 | 89% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 5 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 5 | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 5 | 92% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 5 | 91% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 5 | 44% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 3 reading, where the area’s schools reach 89% against 76% in Ontario. Of 6 measures, 4 sit above the province’s middle and 1 below.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Nor'wester View Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 94% · G3 writing 87% · G3 math 87% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 76% | Top fifth |
| Crestview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 90% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 40% | Middle fifth |
| Valley Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 89% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 44% | Middle fifth |
| Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 76% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 91% · G6 math 55% | Middle fifth |
| Kakabeka Falls District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 57% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 33% | Middle 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 Oliver Paipoonge are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Oliver Paipoonge
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 Oliver Paipoonge’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
Lakehead DSB has 4 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakehead DSBNor'wester View, Valley Central, Kakabeka Falls District, Crestview | English public | 4 | 990 |
| Thunder Bay CDSBHoly Family Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 355 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Oliver Paipoonge
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
Catholic schools
Ontario funds the Catholic system in full; its high schools are open to all, its elementary schools mostly to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Oliver Paipoonge
Towns its size in Ontario
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Central | 10,392 | 38 | 17,935 | 6 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing | 6,577 | 16 | 10,690 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Stipeley | 6,572 | 32 | 15,635 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Corman | 6,566 | 32 | 18,515 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Battlefield | 6,531 | 24 | 14,035 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Oliver Paipoonge | 6,524 | 5 | 1,345 | 0 | 14 km |
| Bramalea Woods | 6,521 | 61 | 30,915 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Tweed | 6,504 | 2 | 515 | 0 | 15 km |
| Glencoe | 6,468 | 5 | 1,120 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| City View | 6,468 | 47 | 20,375 | 8 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Bridgeport East | 3,903 | 40 | 22,565 | 2 | 1.7 km |
More schools are within reach in 258 of the 312 other towns. 207 towns of the 313 have 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 Oliver Paipoonge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Paipoonge | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 km |
| Thunder Bay 16 km | 44 | 4 | 24 | 3 km |
| Fort William 52 19 km | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 km |
Most schools next door: Thunder Bay, 44.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. The provincial list for 2024-25.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Ontario’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the school’s measures; small groups go unreported, so places would overstate it.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Oliver Paipoonge and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Oliver Paipoonge
Which boards run the schools in Oliver Paipoonge?
Lakehead DSB (4) and Thunder Bay CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Oliver Paipoonge?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Is there a French-language school in Oliver Paipoonge?
No, none within 3 km of Oliver Paipoonge; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Oliver Paipoonge?
3 in the town, 2 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).