Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mixed results around Petrolia: 1 high and 1 low of 5 schools in Ontario
Best placed: École Hillcrest Public School. Taken together, Petrolia and its 3 km edge hold 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 1,875 students.
How Petrolia’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 | 4 | 81% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 68% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 87% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 85% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 45% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 56% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 90% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 45% against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 4, below on 1: that is the 8 measures. Over three years, 2 schools gained on most measures and 1 lost ground.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École Hillcrest Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 71% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 95% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 62% | Second fifth |
| Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 56% · OSSLT 90% | Middle fifth |
| Queen Elizabeth II P Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 97% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 66% · G6 writing 66% · G6 math 46% | Middle fifth |
| St Philip Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 86% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 44% | Middle fifth |
| Lambton Central Centennial SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 30% | 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 5 schools in and around Petrolia are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Petrolia
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
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 Petrolia’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 4 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Lambton Kent DSB has 4 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton Kent DSBLambton Central, Queen Elizabeth II P, Hillcrest, Lambton Central Centennial | English public | 4 | 1,665 |
| St Clair CDSBSt Philip | English Catholic | 1 | 210 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Petrolia
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
Catholic schools
Ontario’s Catholic boards are publicly funded. Their elementary schools generally ask that a parent or the child be Catholic; their high schools are open to all students.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Petrolia
High schools within reach of Petrolia
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational Institute, 0.1 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lambton Kent DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 845 | 0.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centreville Chicopee | 10,291 | 31 | 14,955 | 4 | 1.1 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 |
| Fisher Heights | 6,451 | 33 | 14,785 | 6 | 1.1 km |
| Petrolia | 6,422 | 5 | 1,875 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Mount Royal | 6,421 | 18 | 10,125 | 0 | 3 km |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 69 | 26,320 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Fitzroy | 6,400 | 9 | 4,140 | 1 | 9.6 km |
| Osgoode - Vernon | 6,398 | 9 | 3,990 | 0 | 12 km |
| … | |||||
| Bridgeport East | 3,903 | 40 | 22,565 | 2 | 1.7 km |
Among 306 towns its size, 252 have more schools nearby. Schooling in French is on hand in 202 of the 307.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Petrolia
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrolia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Enniskillen 2.1 km | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 km |
| Plympton-Wyoming 13 km | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 km |
9 schools make Plympton-Wyoming the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- The year. The province’s 2024-25 list.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. Inside Petrolia’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Petrolia
Which boards run the schools in Petrolia?
By number of schools: Lambton Kent DSB (4) and St Clair CDSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Petrolia?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
How many schools are there in Petrolia?
Inside the town there are 4; another 1 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Petrolia?
No, none within 3 km of Petrolia; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).