Photo: Eric Marshall · CC BY 3.0No high school in or near Smithville: the closest is 11 km off
In or within 3 km of the town: 6 elementary schools, and no high school. On results, 4 of 6 schools are in the top fifth in Ontario.
What stands out about Smithville’s schools
Results on the rise
At 4 tested schools out of 6, the three-year changes lean upward; Caistor Central Public School, Gainsborough Central Public School and Smithville Public School gained most often. Results ↓
The strongest results
Caistor Central Public School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Ontario. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
High schools within reach of Smithville
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. Closest of all: West Niagara Secondary School (11 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Niagara Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | DSB Niagara | English public | Second fifth | 1,655 | 11 km |
| Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Niagara CDSB | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,085 | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
How Smithville’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 A+: 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 | 88% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 6 | 84% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 6 | 83% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 6 | 98% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 6 | 98% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 6 | 81% | 51% |
The widest gap is on Grade 6 math, where the area’s schools reach 81% against 51% in Ontario. Above the middle on 6, below on 0: that is the 6 measures.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Caistor Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 89% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 88% | Top fifth |
| Gainsborough Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 100% · G3 writing 100% · G3 math 100% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 79% | Top fifth |
| Smithville Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 84% · G3 writing 84% · G3 math 82% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 96% · G6 math 81% | Top fifth |
| St Ann Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 83% · G3 writing 83% · G3 math 83% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 92% | Top fifth |
| Wellington Heights Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 91% · G3 writing 80% · G3 math 78% · G6 reading 89% · G6 writing 83% · G6 math 49% | Second fifth |
| St Martin Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 58% · G3 writing 56% · G3 math 66% · G6 reading 96% · G6 writing 86% · G6 math 80% | Middle 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 6 schools in and around Smithville 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 Smithville
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 Smithville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 4 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
DSB Niagara runs the most, 4 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSB NiagaraSmithville, Wellington Heights, Caistor Central, Gainsborough Central | English public | 4 | 1,225 |
| Niagara CDSBSt Martin Catholic, St Ann Catholic | English Catholic | 2 | 640 |
Boards as Ontario’s list names them (its short forms: DSB, CDSB, CS).
How children get a place in Smithville
Catholic schools
The Catholic boards are as public as the others: free, with elementary schools that generally require a Catholic parent and high schools open to everyone.
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Smithville
Towns its size in Ontario
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathroy | 26,497 | 12 | 5,655 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Elder Mills | 16,790 | 22 | 8,910 | 3 | 1.7 km |
| Scarborough Village | 16,774 | 60 | 22,985 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| Leaside-Bennington | 16,710 | 112 | 51,295 | 7 | 0.8 km |
| Sturgeon Falls | 16,682 | 12 | 2,110 | 8 | 4.8 km |
| Smithville | 16,586 | 6 | 1,865 | 0 | 11 km |
| Stayner | 16,571 | 21 | 10,395 | 1 | 1.3 km |
| A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) | 16,400 | 43 | 21,530 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Hillcrest Village | 16,374 | 71 | 25,410 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Mount Pleasant East | 16,373 | 62 | 31,920 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Vincent | 10,011 | 38 | 22,810 | 3 | 1.4 km |
349 of 367 similar towns count more schools. Schooling in French is on hand in 286 of the 368.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Smithville
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 km |
| Grimsby 11 km | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1.3 km |
| Beamsville 13 km | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 km |
| Fifty Point 16 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 km |
| Industrial 16 km | 14 | 0 | 8 | 4.6 km |
| Trillium 18 km | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 km |
| Westmeria 18 km | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 km |
Most schools next door: Grimsby, 15.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Smithville’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2024-25.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Smithville
Which boards run the schools in Smithville?
DSB Niagara (4) and Niagara CDSB (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Smithville?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Is there a French-language school in Smithville?
None within 3 km of Smithville. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Smithville?
Inside the town there are 4; another 2 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).