Photo: unknown. Canada. Department of National Defence. · Public domainPicton’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Ontario, 12 of the 21 with results
Best placed: C M L Snider Elementary School and Sir John A Macdonald Public School. No single board runs them all: there are 3. Taken together, Picton and its 3 km edge hold 19 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 4 alternative or adult schools for 8,310 students.
What stands out about Picton’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 27 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Picton’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 | 17 | 75% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 17 | 57% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 17 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 17 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 17 | 85% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 17 | 33% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 4 | 48% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 4 | 84% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 33% against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 0, below on 5: that is the 8 measures. The three-year changes lean upward at 10 schools and downward at 7.
Every school’s results (21)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| C M L Snider Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 76% · G6 reading 97% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 59% | Second fifth |
| Sir John A Macdonald Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 70% | Second fifth |
| Deseronto Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 60% | Second fifth |
| Massassaga-Rednersville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 77% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 29% | Middle fifth |
| Sophiasburgh Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 62% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 93% · G6 math 33% | Middle fifth |
| St Joseph Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 95% · G6 math 62% | Middle fifth |
| Athol-South Marysburgh School Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 30% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 53% | Middle fifth |
| Bayside Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 49% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 38% | Middle fifth |
| Kente Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 25% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 29% | Middle fifth |
| Bayside Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 49% · OSSLT 86% | Fourth fifth |
| Nicholson Catholic CollegeSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 50% · OSSLT 87% | Fourth fifth |
| Centennial Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 47% · OSSLT 81% | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Edward Collegiate Institute Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 69% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 37% | Fourth fifth |
| St Michael Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 85% · G6 math 27% | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Charles Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 58% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 30% | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Charles Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 59% · G3 writing 44% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 42% | Fourth fifth |
| St Peter Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 27% | Fourth fifth |
| Prince Edward Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 45% · OSSLT 75% | Bottom fifth |
| Easthill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 45% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 27% | Bottom fifth |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 27% · G3 math 33% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 31% | Bottom fifth |
| St Gregory Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 45% · G3 writing 36% · G3 math 45% · G6 reading 44% · G6 writing 44% · G6 math 17% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSBCentennial, Bayside, Prince Edward Collegiate Institute, Prince Edward, Easthill, Bayside, Prince Charles, Prince Charles … | English public | 16 | 5,930 |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSBSt Michael, Nicholson Catholic College, St Peter, St Joseph, St Gregory, Our Lady of Fatima, Nicholson Catholic College (Grade 7 & 8) | English Catholic | 7 | 2,380 |
| Provincial and Demonstration SchoolsSir James Whitney School for the Deaf, Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf, Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska, Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska | Other | 4 | – |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 27 schools in and around Picton 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 Picton
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.
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 Picton’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 16, English Catholic 7 and independent or other 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Picton
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 neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 27 schools in and around Picton
High schools within reach of Picton
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Prince Edward Collegiate Institute, 9.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Edward Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 515 | 9.6 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Alternative, adult and other schools around Picton
Beyond the ordinary schools: schooling for deaf or blind students at Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf and Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf; a provincial demonstration school, Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska Elementary School and Sir James Whitney/Sagonaska Secondary School. Their cards ↑
The kinds as the provincial lists give them (alternative, adult and continuing education, online, provincial schools).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurontario | 43,877 | 71 | 36,595 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Harbourfront-CityPlace | 28,199 | 67 | 19,870 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Argyle | 28,109 | 47 | 18,780 | 6 | 0.6 km |
| Agincourt North | 27,790 | 92 | 33,720 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 96 | 40,680 | 3 | 1.1 km |
| Picton | 27,544 | 27 | 8,310 | 0 | 9.8 km |
| Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan | 27,526 | 105 | 37,385 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Amherstburg | 27,509 | 11 | 6,000 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Banbury-Don Mills | 27,472 | 91 | 39,480 | 4 | 0.6 km |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | 27,429 | 85 | 33,370 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Stayner | 16,571 | 21 | 10,395 | 1 | 1.3 km |
More schools than here: 154 of the 203 others. Teaching in French: 166 of the 204 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Picton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picton | 27 | 0 | 7 | 9.8 km |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory 18 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Picton’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- 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.
- Bands, not ranks. A school with no reported result has no band; one with several averages its fifths.
Questions about schools in Picton
How do I get a place at a school in Picton?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Picton?
Hastings & Prince Edward DSB (16), Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB (7) and Provincial and Demonstration Schools (4), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Is there a French-language school in Picton?
Not in or within 3 km of Picton; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Picton?
Inside the town there are 8; another 19 sit within 3 km.
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).