Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Point Edward’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets
The largest is Lambton Kent DSB, with 13; beside it are St Clair CDSB, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and CS Viamonde. On results, 10 of its 17 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Point Edward has 15 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, for 6,960 students.
What stands out about Point Edward’s schools
Fewer Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 3 of 17 here, below the 34% in Ontario. Who runs them ↓
The strongest results
Cathcart Boulevard Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
4 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The four systems cover the same streets, so the nearest school may not be the one a family’s system offers: English or French, public or Catholic, each has its own board.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton Kent DSBNorthern Collegiate Institute and Vocational, Great Lakes, Cathcart Boulevard, P.E. McGibbon, Rosedale, High Park, Errol Road, King George VI … | English public | 13 | 5,885 |
| St Clair CDSBSt Matthew, Holy Trinity | English Catholic | 2 | 715 |
| Conseil scolaire catholique ProvidenceSaint-Thomas-d'Aquin | French Catholic | 1 | 205 |
| CS ViamondeLes Rapides | French public | 1 | 155 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How Point Edward’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 | 15 | 73% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 15 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 15 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 14 | 78% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 14 | 72% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 14 | 40% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 46% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 82% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 40% here, against 51% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 8 below, out of 8. At 6 schools more of the measures rose than fell over three years; at 10, more fell.
Every school’s results (17)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cathcart Boulevard Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 87% · G3 writing 78% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 98% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 79% | Top fifth |
| Lakeroad Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 92% · G3 writing 77% · G3 math 85% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 50% | Second fifth |
| Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 61% · OSSLT 92% | Second fifth |
| École élémentaire catholique Saint-Thomas-d'AquinElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 79% · G3 writing 79% · G3 math 86% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 47% | Second fifth |
| King George VI Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 64% | Middle fifth |
| Rosedale Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 72% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 47% | Middle fifth |
| Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 61% · G3 math 65% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 53% | Middle fifth |
| Hanna Memorial Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 73% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading not reported · G6 writing not reported · G6 math not reported | Fourth fifth |
| Errol Road Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 78% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 80% · G6 math 32% | Fourth fifth |
| École élémentaire Les RapidesElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 44% · G3 writing 53% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 75% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 75% | Fourth fifth |
| Bridgeview Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 54% · G3 writing 54% · G3 math 31% · G6 reading 83% · G6 writing 67% · G6 math 25% | Bottom fifth |
| London Road SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 50% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 31% · G6 reading 23% · G6 writing 46% · G6 math 23% | Bottom fifth |
| St Matthew Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 41% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 77% · G6 math 22% | Bottom fifth |
| Great Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 31% · OSSLT 72% | Bottom fifth |
| High Park Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 40% · G3 writing 23% · G3 math 28% · G6 reading 73% · G6 writing 63% · G6 math 29% | Bottom fifth |
| P.E. McGibbon Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 51% · G3 writing 32% · G3 math 36% · G6 reading 56% · G6 writing 49% · G6 math 12% | Bottom fifth |
| Queen Elizabeth II SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 39% · G3 writing 18% · G3 math 18% · G6 reading 48% · G6 writing 54% · G6 math 32% | 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 17 schools in and around Point Edward 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 Point Edward
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
2 of them teach in French: École élémentaire catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin and École élémentaire Les Rapides; the public ones belong to Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and CS Viamonde.
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 Point Edward’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 13, 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 Point Edward
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
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 17 schools in and around Point Edward
High schools within reach of Point Edward
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 6: 3 English public, 1 French Catholic, 1 English Catholic and 1 French public. First by distance comes Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, at 2.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lambton Kent DSB | English public | Second fifth | 1,145 | 2.7 km |
| Great Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lambton Kent DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,095 | 2.9 km |
| École secondaire catholique Saint-François-XavierSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | French Catholic | Bottom fifth | 60 | 4.3 km |
| St Patrick's Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | St Clair CDSB | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,480 | 4.5 km |
| École secondaire Franco-JeunesseSecondary · Grades 9–12 | CS Viamonde | French public | Bottom fifth | – | 4.5 km |
| Alexander Mackenzie Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Lambton Kent DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 300 | 5.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Point Edward
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Most schools next door: Sarnia, 30.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Point Edward’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Ontario only, measure by measure, then average: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2024-25.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Point Edward
Is there a French-language school in Point Edward?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École élémentaire catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin and École élémentaire Les Rapides.
How many schools are there in Point Edward?
1 are inside the town itself and 16 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Point Edward?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Point Edward?
By number of schools: Lambton Kent DSB (13), St Clair CDSB (2), Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (1) and CS Viamonde (1).
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).