Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.04 of Perth’s 6 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario
The highest results belong to The Queen Elizabeth School and Glen Tay Public School. Over three years, results rose at 4 of its 6 tested schools. Counting a 3 km margin, Perth has 6 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, for 2,440 students.
What stands out about Perth’s schools
No French-language school
For schooling in French, families look beyond these 8 schools: in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Language ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Perth’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 | 4 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 63% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 80% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 45% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 44% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 76% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 44% against 55% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 6 below.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| The Queen Elizabeth SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 88% · G3 math 94% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 97% · G6 math 45% | Second fifth |
| Glen Tay Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 55% | Second fifth |
| St John Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 45% · OSSLT 81% | Fourth fifth |
| Perth and District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 71% | Bottom fifth |
| The Stewart Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 44% | Bottom fifth |
| St John Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 48% · G3 math 41% · G6 reading 74% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 26% | 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 8 schools in and around Perth 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 Perth
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
No school here 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 Perth’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 5 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Among 2 boards, Upper Canada DSB leads with 5.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Canada DSBPerth and District, The Stewart, The Queen Elizabeth, Perth Intermediate, Glen Tay | English public | 5 | 1,575 |
| CDSB of Eastern OntarioSt John, St John Catholic, St. John Intermediate | English Catholic | 3 | 865 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Perth
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
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 8 schools in and around Perth
High schools within reach of Perth
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. The nearest is Perth and District Collegiate Institute, 0.5 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth and District Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Canada DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 580 | 0.5 km |
| St John Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CDSB of Eastern Ontario | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 340 | 1.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess-Rosethorn | 11,177 | 64 | 28,930 | 3 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 80 | 40,165 | 4 | 3.2 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 |
| … | |||||
| Red Lake | 4,285 | 5 | 745 | 1 | 0.3 km |
253 out of 326 comparable towns have more schools. In 224 of the 327, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Perth
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Drummond/North Elmsley 7 km | 18 | 0 | 8 | 6.6 km |
| Tay Valley 10 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9.9 km |
| Smiths Falls 19 km | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 km |
Among the neighbours, Drummond/North Elmsley has 18, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Perth and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
Questions about schools in Perth
Which boards run the schools in Perth?
Upper Canada DSB (5) and CDSB of Eastern Ontario (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Perth?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Perth?
Not in or within 3 km of Perth; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Perth?
6 are inside the town itself and 2 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).