Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.05 school boards share Plattsville
Thames Valley DSB leads with 6 schools, alongside Waterloo Region DSB, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Waterloo CDSB. Results are mixed: 4 of 10 schools above the middle in Ontario, 4 below it. Taken together, Plattsville and its 3 km edge hold 11 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 3,540 students.
What stands out about Plattsville’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at New Dundee Public School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
5 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley DSBAlgonquin, Springbank, Blenheim District, Innerkip Central, Plattsville & District, Turtle Island | English public | 6 | 2,060 |
| Waterloo Region DSBAyr, New Dundee | English public | 2 | 370 |
| Conseil scolaire catholique ProvidenceNotre-Dame, Notre-Dame | French Catholic | 2 | 165 |
| Waterloo CDSBSt Brigid Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 355 |
| London District Catholic School BoardSt Michael's | English Catholic | 1 | 590 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Plattsville’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 | 9 | 72% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 9 | 63% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 9 | 71% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 9 | 87% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 9 | 83% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 9 | 54% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 85% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 90% | 85% |
The widest gap is on Grade 9 math, where the area’s schools reach 85% against 55% in Ontario. On 4 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 3 it trails. Over three years, 5 schools gained on most measures and 4 lost ground.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| New Dundee Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 95% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 81% | Top fifth |
| École secondaire catholique Notre-DameSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 85% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| St Brigid Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 74% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 67% | Second fifth |
| Innerkip Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 66% · G3 math 72% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 72% | Second fifth |
| Algonquin Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 54% | Middle fifth |
| St Michael's SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 72% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 93% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 51% | Middle fifth |
| Plattsville & District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 73% · G6 reading 78% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 26% | Fourth fifth |
| Ayr Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 20% | Fourth fifth |
| Blenheim District Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 42% · G3 math 37% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 79% · G6 math 67% | Fourth fifth |
| Springbank Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 40% · G3 writing 22% · G3 math 27% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 27% | 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 12 schools in and around Plattsville 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 Plattsville
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.
In French: École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame and École élémentaire catholique Notre-Dame. The public ones of the 2 come under Conseil scolaire catholique Providence.
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 Plattsville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 8, English Catholic 2 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Plattsville
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
Catholic schools
A Catholic elementary school usually asks for a Catholic parent or a baptized child; a Catholic high school admits all.
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Plattsville
High schools within reach of Plattsville
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Paris District High School, 15 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Grand Erie DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 945 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | 81 | 33,460 | 3 | 2.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Clinton | 8,318 | 10 | 3,105 | 0 | 5.9 km |
| Old Ottawa East | 8,308 | 55 | 22,980 | 16 | 0.4 km |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 27 | 17,585 | 0 | 1 km |
| Crestview-Tanglewood | 8,302 | 38 | 16,610 | 7 | 1.1 km |
| Plattsville | 8,251 | 12 | 3,540 | 2 | 15 km |
| G-Section (bramalea) | 8,224 | 40 | 19,365 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| St. Marys | 8,203 | 5 | 1,410 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Alnwick/Haldimand | 8,197 | 6 | 1,495 | 0 | 14 km |
| Kirkland Lake | 8,158 | 9 | 1,610 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 26 | 11,500 | 2 | 1.4 km |
256 of 357 similar towns count more schools. 243 towns of the 358 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Plattsville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plattsville | 12 | 2 | 4 | 15 km |
| Ayr 13 km | 51 | 1 | 17 | 9.1 km |
| Paris 16 km | 59 | 1 | 20 | 2.8 km |
| Rosenberg 18 km | 35 | 1 | 12 | 2 km |
| Huron South 18 km | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1.4 km |
| Woodstock 18 km | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0.6 km |
| Doon South 19 km | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3.6 km |
Among the neighbours, Paris has 59, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Plattsville plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Plattsville
Is there a French-language school in Plattsville?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École secondaire catholique Notre-Dame and École élémentaire catholique Notre-Dame.
How many schools are there in Plattsville?
2 in the town, 10 just beyond it, within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in Plattsville?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Plattsville?
Thames Valley DSB (6), Waterloo Region DSB (2), Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (2), Waterloo CDSB (1) and London District Catholic School Board (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).