Photo: norgo · CC BY-SA 3.012 of Severn’s 15 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Top of the area on results: Couchiching Heights Public School. Its schools answer to 4 boards. Within 3 km of Severn are 12 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, teaching 7,565 students.
What stands out about Severn’s schools
Results easing
At 8 tested schools out of 15, the three-year changes lean downward, as at K P Manson Public School, Warminster Elementary School and Severn Shores Public School. Results ↓
One big school
With 1,275 students, Orillia Secondary School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Severn’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 | 12 | 69% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 12 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 12 | 53% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 12 | 85% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 12 | 78% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 12 | 43% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 3 | 40% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 3 | 83% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 9 math: 40% here, against 55% in Ontario. Across 8 measures: 0 above the middle, 7 below.
Every school’s results (15)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Couchiching Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 75% · G3 writing 70% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 92% · G6 math 56% | Second fifth |
| K P Manson Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 76% · G3 writing 82% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 29% | Middle fifth |
| Warminster Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 63% · G3 math 52% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 76% · G6 math 53% | Middle fifth |
| Monsignor Lee Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 53% · G3 writing 58% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 92% · G6 writing 89% · G6 math 53% | Fourth fifth |
| Orchard Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 71% · G3 writing 65% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 44% | Fourth fifth |
| Orillia Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 42% · OSSLT 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Severn Shores Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 67% · G3 math 62% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 26% | Fourth fifth |
| Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 40% · OSSLT 83% | Fourth fifth |
| Twin Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 35% · OSSLT 85% | Fourth fifth |
| Coldwater Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 61% · G3 writing 35% · G3 math 48% · G6 reading 91% · G6 writing 78% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Harriett Todd Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 31% · G3 writing 20% · G3 math 51% · G6 reading 81% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 50% | Fourth fifth |
| Notre Dame Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 84% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 24% | Fourth fifth |
| Lions Oval Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 63% · G3 writing 49% · G3 math 54% · G6 reading 65% · G6 writing 71% · G6 math 47% | Fourth fifth |
| ÉÉC Samuel-de-ChamplainElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 85% · G3 writing 46% · G3 math 46% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 41% | Fourth fifth |
| Marchmont Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 56% · G3 writing 47% · G3 math 53% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 69% · G6 math 35% | Bottom fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
The 4 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe County DSBOrillia, Twin Lakes, Coldwater, Orchard Park, Severn Shores, Harriett Todd, Lions Oval, Marchmont … | English public | 10 | 5,495 |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSBPatrick Fogarty Catholic, Notre Dame, Monsignor Lee Separate | English Catholic | 3 | 1,735 |
| CS catholique MonAvenirÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain | French Catholic | 1 | 140 |
| Trillium Lakelands DSBK P Manson | English public | 1 | 195 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
Where the 15 schools in and around Severn 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 Severn
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Ontario marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
Schooling in French, 1 schools: ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain, with CS catholique MonAvenir running the public ones.
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 Severn’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 11, English Catholic 3 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Severn
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.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
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 15 schools in and around Severn
High schools within reach of Severn
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary School lies closest, 5.1 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 720 | 5.1 km |
| Orillia Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,275 | 6.5 km |
| Twin Lakes Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Simcoe County DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 835 | 8.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 83 | 36,180 | 2 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Kenora | 15,892 | 11 | 2,800 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Corunna | 15,872 | 7 | 1,625 | 0 | 17 km |
| Sheridan | 15,775 | 64 | 27,435 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 24 | 12,890 | 6 | 1.3 km |
| Severn | 15,716 | 15 | 7,565 | 1 | 5.2 km |
| Trinity-Bellwoods | 15,691 | 100 | 29,785 | 10 | 0.8 km |
| Downtown | 15,686 | 64 | 33,300 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Vanier | 15,686 | 43 | 21,780 | 3 | 1.7 km |
| Little Portugal | 15,669 | 95 | 32,690 | 7 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Sulphur Springs | 9,404 | 30 | 13,375 | 0 | 3.1 km |
Of the 376 others, 298 count more schools. Teaching in French: 292 of the 377 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Severn
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severn | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5.2 km |
| Orillia 7.1 km | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| Chippewas of Rama First Nation 8.7 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 km |
| Oro-Medonte 17 km | 28 | 2 | 7 | 13 km |
| Ramara 18 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 16 km |
Top among the neighbours: Oro-Medonte, 28 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. Inside Severn’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. The 2024-25 list.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
Questions about schools in Severn
Which boards run the schools in Severn?
Simcoe County DSB (10), Simcoe Muskoka CDSB (3), CS catholique MonAvenir (1) and Trillium Lakelands DSB (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Severn?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Is there a French-language school in Severn?
Yes, there are French-language schools: ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain.
How many schools are there in Severn?
Inside the town there are 3; another 12 sit within 3 km.
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).