Photo: Dwrite7841 · CC BY-SA 4.01 of Port Perry’s 9 schools are Catholic, fewer than the 34% in Ontario
Durham CDSB run the Catholic ones. The 9 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 3 in the lower. The 3 km around Port Perry counts 7 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, 4,470 students between them.
What stands out about Port Perry’s schools
No French-language school
None of the 9 schools here teaches in French; in Ontario, 10% of schools do. Language ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Greenbank Public School (elementary), in the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Who runs Port Perry’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 8 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Port Perry’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 B: 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 | 6 | 76% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 6 | 53% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 7 | 60% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 7 | 81% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 7 | 81% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 7 | 36% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 2 | 58% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 2 | 87% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 36% against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 5 below. Over three years, 5 schools gained on most measures and 3 lost ground.
Every school’s results (9)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Greenbank Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 94% · G3 math 94% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 74% | Top fifth |
| Uxbridge Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 59% · OSSLT 90% | Second fifth |
| R H Cornish Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 38% · G3 math 80% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 63% | Middle fifth |
| Joseph Gould Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 75% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 36% | Middle fifth |
| Port Perry High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 57% · OSSLT 84% | Middle fifth |
| Prince Albert Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 60% · G6 reading 87% · G6 writing 81% · G6 math 42% | Middle fifth |
| Cartwright Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 62% · G3 writing 43% · G3 math 50% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 70% · G6 math 27% | Bottom fifth |
| Uxbridge Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading no data · G3 writing no data · G3 math 23% · G6 reading 70% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 30% | Bottom fifth |
| Good Shepherd Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 33% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 19% | 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 9 schools in and around Port Perry 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 Port Perry
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.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is Durham DSB: 8 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham DSBUxbridge, Port Perry, R H Cornish, Joseph Gould, Cartwright Central, Prince Albert, Uxbridge, Greenbank | English public | 8 | 4,240 |
| Durham CDSBGood Shepherd | English Catholic | 1 | 230 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Port Perry
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
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 provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Port Perry
High schools within reach of Port Perry
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only Port Perry High School is within 15 km, 3.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Perry High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Durham DSB | English public | Middle fifth | 980 | 3.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | 54 | 27,150 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Springwater | 24,144 | 38 | 18,135 | 3 | 12 km |
| Owen Sound | 24,075 | 10 | 5,435 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Newtonbrook West | 23,978 | 63 | 30,795 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Huntsville | 23,948 | 7 | 2,890 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Port Perry | 23,928 | 9 | 4,470 | 0 | 3.6 km |
| Essex | 23,872 | 7 | 2,715 | 1 | 13 km |
| Waterdown | 23,858 | 14 | 7,070 | 0 | 1 km |
| Etobicoke City Centre | 23,856 | 72 | 32,310 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Brockville | 23,720 | 15 | 3,820 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Mount Forest | 14,407 | 6 | 1,900 | 0 | 13 km |
Set against 252 others, 233 have more schools in reach. 203 towns of the 253 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 Perry
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Perry | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3.6 km |
| Uxbridge 18 km | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2.3 km |
22 schools make Uxbridge the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- 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. A school with no reported result has no band; one with several averages its fifths.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. The area is Port Perry plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Port Perry
Which boards run the schools in Port Perry?
By number of schools: Durham DSB (8) and Durham CDSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Port Perry?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Port Perry?
6 are inside the town itself and 3 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Port Perry?
None within 3 km of Port Perry. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).