Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5Most schools around Shelburne score below the middle in Ontario: 3 of 4
Over three years, results rose at 3 of its 4 tested schools. Taken together, Shelburne and its 3 km edge hold 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 2,260 students.
How Shelburne’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 | 3 | 65% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 3 | 37% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 3 | 44% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 3 | 86% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 3 | 86% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 3 | 36% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 37% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 76% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 3 writing: 37% here, against 65% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 0 sit above the province’s middle and 6 below.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Glenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 65% · G3 writing 68% · G3 math 70% · G6 reading 86% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 36% | Middle fifth |
| Centennial Hylands Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 67% · G3 writing 31% · G3 math 44% · G6 reading 88% · G6 writing 88% · G6 math 40% | Fourth fifth |
| Centre Dufferin District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 37% · OSSLT 76% | Bottom fifth |
| Hyland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 37% · G3 math 32% · G6 reading 60% · G6 writing 53% · G6 math 16% | 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 4 schools in and around Shelburne 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 Shelburne
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Shelburne’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Shelburne
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Shelburne
High schools within reach of Shelburne
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Only Centre Dufferin District High School is within 15 km, 0.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Dufferin District High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Upper Grand DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 810 | 0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 70 | 30,565 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Walkerton | 10,811 | 13 | 4,305 | 0 | 2.3 km |
| Westminster | 10,794 | 34 | 15,145 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Exeter | 10,781 | 8 | 2,015 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Alexandria | 10,772 | 11 | 1,325 | 6 | 4 km |
| Shelburne | 10,767 | 4 | 2,260 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Victoria Hills | 10,760 | 39 | 21,155 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Grand River South | 10,723 | 24 | 9,340 | 4 | 1 km |
| Weston-Pelham Park | 10,680 | 101 | 36,690 | 6 | 1.8 km |
| Markland Wood | 10,559 | 38 | 17,765 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Tweed | 6,504 | 2 | 515 | 0 | 15 km |
Among 378 towns its size, 368 have more schools nearby. Of the 379, 273 offer 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 Shelburne
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Melancthon 10 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 km |
| Amaranth 10 km | 19 | 1 | 3 | 10 km |
| Mulmur 16 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 km |
| Mono 17 km | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6.1 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Amaranth (19).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The open list of 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- Bands, not ranks. Ontario’s results are whole percentages with small groups left out, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Which schools count. Inside Shelburne’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
Questions about schools in Shelburne
How do I get a place at a school in Shelburne?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Shelburne?
Not near Shelburne: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Shelburne?
The town holds all 4; none is outside it.
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).