Photo: Ainuvas · CC BY-SA 4.0Parkhill’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 4 of the 5 with results
No single board runs them all: there are 3. The 3 km around Parkhill counts 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 900 students between them.
What stands out about Parkhill’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 152 students, against 365 in Ontario. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Parkhill’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 | 68% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 50% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 78% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 67% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 34% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 33% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 50% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the literacy test: 50% here, against 85% in Ontario. The area is ahead on 1 of 8 measures and behind on 7. Over three years, 2 schools gained on most measures and 2 lost ground.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| McGillivray Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 50% | Middle fifth |
| Sacred Heart Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 64% | Fourth fifth |
| East Williams Memorial Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 67% · G6 writing 61% · G6 math 17% | Fourth fifth |
| Parkhill-West Williams SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 52% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 7% | Bottom fifth |
| North Middlesex District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 33% · OSSLT 50% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley DSBEast Williams Memorial, Parkhill-West Williams, North Middlesex District, McGillivray Central | English public | 4 | 660 |
| London District Catholic School BoardSacred Heart Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 110 |
| Huron Perth CDSBOur Lady of Mt Carmel | English Catholic | 1 | 130 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 6 schools in and around Parkhill 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 Parkhill
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Parkhill’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 4 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Parkhill
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.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools here are public, paid for by the province. Elementary places usually go to Catholic families; Catholic high schools take any student.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Parkhill
High schools within reach of Parkhill
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only North Middlesex District High School is within 15 km, 1.6 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Middlesex District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Thames Valley DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 140 | 1.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North | 10,985 | 45 | 16,310 | 19 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | 7,008 | 5 | 305 | 3 | 31 km |
| Hope | 6,997 | 54 | 29,190 | 4 | 2.6 km |
| Lowertown East | 6,996 | 37 | 11,085 | 14 | 0.2 km |
| Perth | 6,972 | 8 | 2,440 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Parkhill | 6,864 | 6 | 900 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen | 6,838 | 35 | 15,390 | 10 | 1.5 km |
| Thunder Bay, Unorganized | 6,831 | 22 | 1,610 | 5 | 22 km |
| Lucan | 6,827 | 2 | 970 | 0 | 18 km |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek | 6,822 | 19 | 8,855 | 0 | 2.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Lake of Bays | 4,105 | 1 | 140 | 0 | 14 km |
261 out of 321 comparable towns have more schools. A school in French is nearby in 218 towns of 322.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Parkhill
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkhill | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| Forest 15 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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 province’s 2024-25 list.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Parkhill’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- 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 Parkhill
How many schools are there in Parkhill?
The town holds 5 of them; 1 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Parkhill?
Not in or within 3 km of Parkhill; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Parkhill?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Parkhill?
Thames Valley DSB (4), London District Catholic School Board (1) and Huron Perth 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).