Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Results around St. Joseph lean low: 2 of 3 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario
Best placed: St Joseph Island Central Public School. Its elementary schools are small, 167 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. Within 3 km of St. Joseph are 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, teaching 860 students.
How St. Joseph’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 B−: 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 | 73% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 64% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 90% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 87% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 79% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 31% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 74% | 85% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 6 math: 79% here, against 51% in Ontario. Of 8 measures, 1 sit above the province’s middle and 4 below. Over three years, 3 schools gained on most measures and 0 lost ground.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Island Central Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 77% · G3 writing 77% · G3 math 69% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 100% · G6 math 92% | Second fifth |
| Central Algoma Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | G3 reading 68% · G3 writing 41% · G3 math 59% · G6 reading 80% · G6 writing 73% · G6 math 65% | Fourth fifth |
| Central Algoma Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 31% · OSSLT 74% | 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 schools in and around St. Joseph
Where the 4 schools in and around St. Joseph are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around St. Joseph
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.
None of them teaches 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 St. Joseph’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 St. Joseph
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of St. Joseph
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Central Algoma Secondary School, 13 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Algoma Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Algoma DSB | English public | Bottom fifth | 360 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around St. Joseph
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Laird 14 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A school with no reported result has no band; one with several averages its fifths.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- Which schools count. Counted: St. Joseph’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
Questions about schools in St. Joseph
How many schools are there in St. Joseph?
All 4 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in St. Joseph?
There is none in or near St. Joseph (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in St. Joseph?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).