Photo: Onasill ~ Bill - Be Safe & Happy · Public domainMost schools around Port Hope score below the middle in Ontario: 4 of 6
Catholic schools are fewer here, 1 of 6, where in Ontario they are 34%. Taken together, Port Hope and its 3 km edge hold 5 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 1,705 students.
What stands out about Port Hope’s schools
Results on the rise
More of the results rose than fell over three years at 4 schools of the 6 with results, Beatrice Strong Public School, North Hope Central Public School and Dr M S Hawkins Sr. Public School among them. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Port Hope’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 | 4 | 70% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 4 | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 4 | 44% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 4 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 4 | 84% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 4 | 29% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 27% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 79% | 85% |
On Grade 9 math the area trails, 27% against 55% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 7 below, out of 8.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Strong Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 70% · G3 writing 64% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| North Hope Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 81% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 47% · G6 reading 85% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 23% | Middle fifth |
| Dr M S Hawkins Sr. Public SchoolElementary · Grades 4–8 | G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 31% | Fourth fifth |
| Ganaraska Trail Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 69% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Port Hope High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 27% · OSSLT 79% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 47% · G3 writing 50% · G3 math 35% · G6 reading 82% · G6 writing 80% · 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.
Who runs Port Hope’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 5 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 6 schools in and around Port Hope are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Port Hope
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
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.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB, with 5.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSBGanaraska Trail, Beatrice Strong, Dr M S Hawkins Sr., Port Hope, North Hope Central | English public | 5 | 1,360 |
| Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSBSt. Anthony Catholic | English Catholic | 1 | 345 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Port Hope
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
Catholic schools
Families who aren’t Catholic can usually choose a Catholic high school, though rarely a Catholic elementary one.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Port Hope
High schools within reach of Port Hope
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. Closest of all: Port Hope High School (1.1 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Hope High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 220 | 1.1 km |
| St. Mary Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 835 | 11 km |
| Cobourg Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,110 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Ontario
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King | 29,077 | 70 | 35,320 | 3 | 5.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Bracebridge | 18,676 | 8 | 3,890 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Kensington-Chinatown | 18,597 | 95 | 27,925 | 9 | 0.2 km |
| Fletchers West | 18,552 | 63 | 30,460 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Eringate-Centennial-West Deane | 18,501 | 56 | 26,550 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Port Hope | 18,446 | 6 | 1,705 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Downtown Yonge East | 18,251 | 70 | 21,045 | 4 | 0.2 km |
| DT Fairview | 18,209 | 57 | 26,565 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Mimico-Queensway | 18,207 | 29 | 13,900 | 2 | 1.8 km |
| Listowel | 18,168 | 8 | 3,970 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Borden Farm - Fisher Glen | 11,100 | 34 | 14,370 | 6 | 0.4 km |
Set against 343 others, 327 have more schools in reach. 270 of the 344 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 Port Hope
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Of the neighbours, Hamilton counts the most schools: 15.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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.
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- Which schools count. Inside Port Hope’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
Questions about schools in Port Hope
Is there a French-language school in Port Hope?
Not in or within 3 km of Port Hope; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Port Hope?
All 6 are inside the town itself.
How do I get a place at a school in Port Hope?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Port Hope?
Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB (5) and Peterborough Victoria Northum Clarington CDSB (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).