Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0In the top two fifths in Ontario: 5 of the 9 schools around Plympton-Wyoming with results
Among them: Errol Village Public School, St John Fisher Catholic School and St Michael Catholic School. Over three years, results rose at 5 of its 9 tested schools. The 3 km around Plympton-Wyoming counts 8 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, 2,505 students between them.
What stands out about Plympton-Wyoming’s schools
No French-language school
For schooling in French, families look beyond these 9 schools: in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Language ↓
The strongest results
Errol Village Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Plympton-Wyoming’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 | 7 | 83% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 7 | 65% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 79% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 8 | 90% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 8 | 89% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 8 | 58% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 45% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 83% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 math: 79% here, against 65% in Ontario. On 3 of 8 measures the area beats the provincial middle; on 1 it trails.
Every school’s results (9)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Errol Village Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 89% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 70% | Top fifth |
| St John Fisher Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 91% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 81% | Second fifth |
| St Michael Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 85% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 87% · G6 math 57% | Second fifth |
| Holy Rosary Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 93% · G3 writing 57% · G3 math 79% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 58% | Second fifth |
| Aberarder Central SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading not reported · G3 writing not reported · G3 math not reported · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 33% | Second fifth |
| Plympton-Wyoming Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 77% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 59% | Middle fifth |
| Kinnwood Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 52% · G3 math 71% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 46% | Middle fifth |
| Bright's Grove Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 61% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 58% | Middle fifth |
| North Lambton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 45% · OSSLT 83% | 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 9 schools in and around Plympton-Wyoming are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Plympton-Wyoming
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 Plympton-Wyoming’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 6 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is Lambton Kent DSB: 6 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton Kent DSBNorth Lambton, Bright's Grove, Kinnwood Central, Plympton-Wyoming, Errol Village, Aberarder Central | English public | 6 | 1,905 |
| St Clair CDSBSt John Fisher, St Michael, Holy Rosary | English Catholic | 3 | 600 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Plympton-Wyoming
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Plympton-Wyoming
High schools within reach of Plympton-Wyoming
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 English public. The nearest is Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational Institute, 13 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 | 13 km |
| North Lambton Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lambton Kent DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 575 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 52 | 24,190 | 3 | 2.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 11 | 5,015 | 0 | 12 km |
| Laurentian Valley | 9,714 | 16 | 5,115 | 5 | 3.4 km |
| Lakelands Village | 9,636 | 48 | 23,865 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| North London | 9,584 | 49 | 24,775 | 4 | 2 km |
| Plympton-Wyoming | 9,548 | 9 | 2,505 | 0 | 14 km |
| Rustic | 9,543 | 63 | 25,195 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Richmond | 9,526 | 53 | 30,505 | 12 | 1.8 km |
| Manor Park | 9,491 | 39 | 10,695 | 24 | 2.3 km |
| Steeles Corners | 9,468 | 53 | 22,025 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek | 5,714 | 22 | 8,945 | 5 | 3.3 km |
Among 389 towns its size, 318 have more schools nearby. Teaching in French: 277 of the 390 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Plympton-Wyoming
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plympton-Wyoming | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 km |
| Petrolia 13 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Enniskillen 15 km | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Plympton-Wyoming or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Ontario’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. EQAO doesn’t report small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
Questions about schools in Plympton-Wyoming
Which boards run the schools in Plympton-Wyoming?
By number of schools: Lambton Kent DSB (6) and St Clair CDSB (3).
How do I get a place at a school in Plympton-Wyoming?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Plympton-Wyoming?
4 in the town, 5 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Plympton-Wyoming?
Not within 3 km of Plympton-Wyoming. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).