Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.03 of Sioux Lookout’s 3 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Taken together, Sioux Lookout and its 3 km edge hold 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school for 1,045 students.
How Sioux Lookout’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 D: 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 | 60% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 49% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 45% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 72% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 66% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 21% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 36% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 57% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area trails, 21% against 51% in Ontario. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 8 below, out of 8. Over three years, 2 schools gained on most measures and 1 lost ground.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Separate SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 82% · G3 writing 73% · G3 math 68% · G6 reading 77% · G6 writing 72% · G6 math 25% | Fourth fifth |
| Sioux Mountain Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 38% · G3 writing 25% · G3 math 22% · G6 reading 67% · G6 writing 60% · G6 math 17% | Bottom fifth |
| Sioux North High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 36% · OSSLT 57% | 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 3 schools in and around Sioux Lookout 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 Sioux Lookout
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix 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.
Who runs Sioux Lookout’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 2 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Keewatin-Patricia DSB has 2 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keewatin-Patricia DSBSioux North, Sioux Mountain | English public | 2 | 775 |
| Northwest CDSBSacred Heart Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 270 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Sioux Lookout
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
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 3 schools in and around Sioux Lookout
High schools within reach of Sioux Lookout
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
The one high school within 15 km is Sioux North High School, at 1.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux North High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Keewatin-Patricia DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 460 | 1.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiarton | 9,799 | 5 | 1,325 | 0 | 11 km |
| … | |||||
| Crown Point West | 6,132 | 30 | 15,650 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 40 | 17,665 | 7 | 1.5 km |
| Central Business Dis | 6,127 | 24 | 9,695 | 2 | 2 km |
| Rolston | 6,124 | 42 | 20,670 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Sioux Lookout | 6,122 | 3 | 1,045 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Civic Hospital | 6,091 | 42 | 17,450 | 5 | 1.2 km |
| Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park | 6,059 | 121 | 54,485 | 32 | 2.3 km |
| Lawfield | 6,021 | 49 | 21,765 | 5 | 1.5 km |
| Homeside | 6,011 | 27 | 14,725 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Industrial Sector A and Keith | 3,723 | 33 | 17,230 | 2 | 1 km |
In 274 of the 296 others the count is higher. A French-language school is within reach in 192 of the 297.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
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 2024-25 list.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Sioux Lookout and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Sioux Lookout
Which boards run the schools in Sioux Lookout?
By number of schools: Keewatin-Patricia DSB (2) and Northwest CDSB (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Sioux Lookout?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
How many schools are there in Sioux Lookout?
All 3 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Sioux Lookout?
Not within 3 km of Sioux Lookout. The French-language board still serves families here.
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).