Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5Of Palmerston’s 4 tested schools, 1 sit above the middle in Ontario and 2 below
Best placed: Palmerston Public School. Over three years, results rose at 3 of its 4 tested schools. In or within 3 km of Palmerston: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 2,110 students.
How Palmerston’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 | 79% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 63% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 87% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 38% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 66% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 84% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 38% against 51% in Ontario. On 2 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 4 it trails.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Palmerston Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 66% | Second fifth |
| Norwell District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 66% · OSSLT 84% | Middle fifth |
| Minto-Clifford Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 74% · G3 writing 66% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 37% | Fourth fifth |
| Victoria Cross Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 66% · G6 math 38% | 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 4 schools in and around Palmerston 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 Palmerston
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 Palmerston’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
No mix of systems 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 Palmerston
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Palmerston
High schools within reach of Palmerston
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. 8.5 km away, Norwell District Secondary School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwell District Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 735 | 8.5 km |
| Wellington Heights Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 470 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtonbrook East | 15,996 | 64 | 26,210 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Beckwith | 10,073 | 11 | 4,515 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Maple Leaf | 10,040 | 66 | 24,465 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Caledonia-Fairbank | 10,037 | 78 | 29,060 | 2 | 1.8 km |
| Mono | 10,036 | 18 | 8,775 | 0 | 6.1 km |
| Palmerston | 10,029 | 4 | 2,110 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Laurentian Hills | 10,026 | 40 | 22,270 | 1 | 2.1 km |
| Van Kirk | 10,014 | 37 | 21,120 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Vincent | 10,011 | 38 | 22,810 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Malahide | 9,995 | 7 | 2,595 | 0 | 2.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Homeside | 6,011 | 27 | 14,725 | 2 | 1.2 km |
More schools are within reach in 377 of the 390 other towns. 275 of 391 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Palmerston
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Howick 19 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Palmerston’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. 2024-25, the latest open list.
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- 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 Palmerston
How do I get a place at a school in Palmerston?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
Is there a French-language school in Palmerston?
Not near Palmerston: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Palmerston?
3 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
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).