Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0Orillia’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 11 of the 12 with results
Best placed: Couchiching Heights Public School. They come under 3 school boards. The 3 km around Orillia counts 9 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, 6,400 students between them.
What stands out about Orillia’s schools
One big school
Orillia Secondary School is the largest school here, with 1,275 students. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Orillia’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 | 9 | 67% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 9 | 49% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 9 | 51% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 9 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 9 | 78% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 9 | 44% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 40% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 83% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 40% here, against 55% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 0 above the middle, 7 below. The three-year changes lean upward at 4 schools and downward at 5.
Every school’s results (12)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Couchiching Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| Monsignor Lee Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 53% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 53% | Fourth fifth |
| Orchard Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 44% | Fourth fifth |
| Orillia Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 40% · OSSLT 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Twin Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 35% · OSSLT 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Harriett Todd Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 31% · G3 writing 20% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Notre Dame Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 24% | Fourth fifth |
| Lions Oval Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 49% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 47% | Fourth fifth |
| St Bernard's Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 55% · G6 writing 45% · G6 math 9% | Fourth fifth |
| ÉÉC Samuel-de-ChamplainElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 46% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Regent Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 41% · G3 writing 28% · G3 math 38% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 65% · G6 math 44% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe County DSBOrillia, Twin Lakes, Orchard Park, Harriett Todd, Regent Park, Lions Oval, Couchiching Heights | English public | 7 | 4,285 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBPatrick Fogarty Catholic, Notre Dame, Monsignor Lee Separate, St Bernard's Separate | English Catholic | 4 | 1,975 |
| CS catholique MonAvenirÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain | French Catholic | 1 | 140 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 12 schools in and around Orillia 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 Orillia
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
1 of them teach in French: ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain; the public ones belong to CS catholique MonAvenir.
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 Orillia’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 7, English Catholic 4 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Orillia
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
French-language schools
Eligibility comes from the parents: French as a first language, or French schooling in Canada; otherwise, the board’s admissions committee decides.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Orillia
High schools within reach of Orillia
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. Orillia Secondary School is closest, at 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orillia Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,275 | 0.7 km |
| Twin Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 835 | 1.7 km |
| Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 720 | 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 34 | 20,140 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Malton | 39,476 | 112 | 53,240 | 3 | 0.8 km |
| Erin Mills | 39,194 | 66 | 32,505 | 3 | 2 km |
| Beverley Glen | 38,720 | 54 | 25,565 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | 54 | 27,150 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| Orillia | 37,735 | 12 | 6,400 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Fort Erie | 37,226 | 9 | 3,890 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| LaSalle | 36,452 | 24 | 15,560 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Central Erin Mills | 36,393 | 77 | 38,375 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Stratford | 36,097 | 13 | 5,320 | 0 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Bayview Village | 22,617 | 76 | 28,670 | 5 | 2.1 km |
More schools than here: 99 of the 111 others. 88 of the 112 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 Orillia
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orillia | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| Severn 7.1 km | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5.2 km |
| Chippewas of Rama First Nation 8.3 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Oro-Medonte 14 km | 28 | 2 | 7 | 13 km |
| Ramara 16 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 16 km |
28 schools make Oro-Medonte the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Orillia and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Orillia
Which boards run the schools in Orillia?
By number of schools: Simcoe County DSB (7), Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (4) and CS catholique MonAvenir (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Orillia?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Orillia?
Yes, schooling in French is at ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain.
How many schools are there in Orillia?
The town holds 11 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).