Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0The nearest high school to Powassan is 24 km away
Within 3 km of the town there are 2 elementary schools only. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Ontario.
What stands out about Powassan’s schools
Small elementary schools
At 203 students on average, against 365 in Ontario, the elementary schools are small. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
High schools within reach of Powassan
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km of the town there is no secondary school at all.
How Powassan’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 | 2 | 71% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 54% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 62% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 84% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 75% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 15% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 15% against 51% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 6 below, out of 6. Over three years, 1 schools gained on most measures and 0 lost ground.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Gregory Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 67% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 12% | Middle fifth |
| Mapleridge Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 40% · G3 math 56% · G6 reading 79% · G6 writing 68% · G6 math 18% | 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 2 schools in and around Powassan are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Powassan
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.
Who runs Powassan’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 1 and English Catholic 1.
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.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is Near North DSB, with 1.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near North DSBMapleridge | English public | 1 | 280 |
| Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSBSt Gregory Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 125 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Powassan
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
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 2 schools in and around Powassan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 36 | 18,620 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Central | 3,698 | 27 | 12,505 | 2 | 1.7 km |
| Blind River | 3,692 | 6 | 720 | 3 | 0.2 km |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 3 | 1,785 | 0 | 5.2 km |
| Parkview West | 3,686 | 29 | 16,440 | 1 | 2.5 km |
| Powassan | 3,657 | 2 | 405 | 0 | 24 km |
| Woodbridge Meadows | 3,651 | 54 | 28,150 | 3 | 3 km |
| Quinndale | 3,621 | 31 | 15,815 | 3 | 1.6 km |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part | 3,606 | 24 | 4,270 | 8 | 18 km |
| Melancthon | 3,581 | 7 | 3,760 | 0 | 10 km |
| … | |||||
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | 2,505 | 2 | 215 | 0 | 20 km |
191 of the 212 others have more schools in reach. In 131 of the 213, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Powassan
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
The neighbour with most schools is Callander (3).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- 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.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. The area is Powassan plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Powassan
How many schools are there in Powassan?
All 2 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Powassan?
There is none in or near Powassan (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
Which boards run the schools in Powassan?
Near North DSB (1) and Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Powassan?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).